In the new Legislature, only the Socialists and the Democrats will have the right to form a parliamentary group.
The Socialist Movement for Integration (SMI) – a party which was founded back in 2004 and has been detrimental in the creation of coalitions granting parties the right to form government in Albania since 2009 – will only be represented by 4 MPs in the new Parliament.
The prerequisites necessary to form a parliamentary group include having at least 7 MPs.
But what does the lack of a parliamentary group mean?
Parliamentary groups are provided with separate offices at the Parliamentary Headship. Each group is also equipped with a personal secretary and advisors.
In addition, parliamentary groups benefit from extra time-slots to speak during plenary sessions.
The leaders of the parliamentary groups also take advantage of higher financial benefits, which comes up to 9 000 ALL on top of what regular MPs make.
Therefore, SMI gives up on its chance to have an office at the Parliamentary Headship, personal advisors, additional time-slots as well as better payments for their leading representatives in Parliament.
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