{"id":26734,"date":"2021-12-06T19:47:35","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T18:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=26734"},"modified":"2021-12-06T19:47:36","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T18:47:36","slug":"parliament-puts-denar-biba-in-charge-of-competition-authority-amid-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/parliament-puts-denar-biba-in-charge-of-competition-authority-amid-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"Parliament puts Denar Biba in charge of Competition Authority amid controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Denar Biba is the only candidate that is expected to substitute Juliana Latifi as head of the Albanian Competition Authority. He was able to get the majority of votes in a poll conducted at the Commission of Economy.<\/p>\n<p>Various MPs have become part of a public debate regarding Biba\u2019s previous work as well as his absence in the Commission.<\/p>\n<p>The opposition and Socialist MP, Erjon Brace requested Biba\u2019s attendance in a special session, but this request was overthrown and was directly referred to Parliament instead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis man is a political person and has given proof for this sat the Central Elections Commission,\u201d \u2013 said Edmond Spaho, Democratic MP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter reading his CV, as far as I\u2019m concerned, he lacks the expertise to run the office he\u2019s been put in charge of,\u201d \u2013 said Brace.<\/p>\n<p>The Director of the Competition Authority is elected once every 5 years through a vote in Parliament. Denar Biba was proposed for this job by 28 MPs of the Albanian Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>The Competition Authority is a government agency in Albania acting to ensure a free, effective and competitive market, pursuant to the Law &#8220;On Protection of Competition&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/01\/06\/albanian-competition-authority-no-investigation-on-the-country-s-high-prices-for-covid-19-tests\/\">Albanian Competition Authority launches no investigation on the country\u2019s high prices for COVID-19 tests<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2020\/10\/15\/albanian-competition-authority-fines-24-companies-for-exploitation-of-masks-and-disinfectant-prices\/\">Albanian Competition Authority fines 24 companies for exploitation of masks and disinfectant prices<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2019\/09\/20\/head-of-road-authority-resigns-over-abuse-of-office-lawsuit\/\">Director of the Albanian Road Authority resigns over Lawsuit<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Denar Biba is the only candidate that is expected to substitute Juliana Latifi as head of the Albanian Competition Authority. He was able to get the majority of votes in a poll conducted at the Commission of Economy. Various MPs have become part of a public debate regarding Biba\u2019s previous work as well as his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":26735,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Parliament puts Denar Biba in charge of Competition Authority amid controversy - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/parliament-puts-denar-biba-in-charge-of-competition-authority-amid-controversy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Parliament puts Denar Biba in charge of Competition Authority amid controversy - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Denar Biba is the only candidate that is expected to substitute Juliana Latifi as head of the Albanian Competition Authority. 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