The Chairman of the Democratic Party, Sali Berisha, participated today in the training for new MPs, organized by the political force he leads, in cooperation with the "Konrad Adenauer" Foundation.
In his speech, Berisha raised concerns that Parliament does not provide new MPs with any assistance in their work, while hundreds of people are paid in the administration.
"You are MPs with your hands in your pockets. You have no staff, neither for constant contact with voters, nor for supporting your activity in the Assembly. This is a skeletal Parliament. There are people who receive 220 thousand salaries in the administration and you see parliamentarians without any assistants, or at best, 2-3 who share an office and an assistant. This is like saying Parliament," Berisha said.
The chief democrat's concern is more than justified, especially when it comes to deputies who entered the Assembly through closed lists and through the electoral code approved by "broad agreement" between the SP and the DP.
The result? A representation that for years has produced MPs who are not only not experts in any field, but often fail to connect two meaningful sentences. Not to mention those who came from the underworld, or others who still don't know why they are sitting in that chair.
All this happens because the only condition, albeit unwritten, that the leaders of the two major parties impose is absolute obedience. The list includes those who do not oppose anything, who raise and lower the card in Parliament at the will of the leader, without any questions or reflection.
Therefore, Berisha is right when he says that these MPs, whose names are often heard only when the list of candidates is announced, definitely need someone to guide them on the work they need to do in the Assembly.
Because Albanian citizens, in addition to the cost they incur from their incompetence in the highest state institution, now also have to pay for advisors for them.
