The leader of the Democratic Party, Sali Berisha, has announced that starting Monday, the opposition will take what he calls the "most important step" against the Rama government: the establishment of the so-called "parliamentary platform" in front of the Prime Minister's Office building.
In a Facebook post, Berisha accuses the majority of having turned parliament into a mechanical machine that passes the government, the program, and the budget without any debate, while the opposition, according to him, is given a voice only for statistics: "only once in nine sessions."
According to Berisha, the establishment of this platform aims to create a new space for the opposition and restore political debate, which he accuses the government of systematically suppressing.
"Tomorrow the Democratic Party takes the most important step against the narco-parliament controlled by Ramaduro. The start of the parliamentary platform, before the prime minister! This is the only alternative left after the parliament passes the government, program and budget without debate!", Berisha writes on Facebook.
The protests come a week after SPAK's summons for Berisha
This announcement comes just a week after SPAK's subpoena for Sali Berisha was made public in connection with the investigation into the events of January 21, 2011, when four protesters were killed in front of the Prime Minister's Office. So far, the DP has not organized protests on other major issues it has denounced, including:
• what he called the "electoral massacre" of the May 11 elections,
• the scandals denounced by the opposition against Erion Veliaj, the mayor of Tirana,
• as well as the accusations against Belinda Balluku, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Infrastructure and Energy.
It is not yet known whether the “parliamentary platform” will take the form of a daily protest, a symbolic installation or an open political roundtable near the Prime Minister's Office. The DP is expected to make the full plan public in the coming days.
