{"id":29583,"date":"2022-01-17T17:14:35","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T16:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=29583"},"modified":"2022-01-17T17:29:58","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T16:29:58","slug":"basha-expels-berishas-supporters-from-dps-parliamentary-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/basha-expels-berishas-supporters-from-dps-parliamentary-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Basha expels Berisha\u2019s supporters from DP\u2019s parliamentary group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The rift among Democrats appears to have made its way to the Albanian Parliament after the head of the DP expelled MPs that sided with Sali Berisha.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent shuffle, the DP <a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/01\/15\/reorganization-of-democrat-lawmakers-alibeaj-to-replace-rushaj-among-other-changes\/\">appointed<\/a> Enkelejd Alibeaj as the new head of the party\u2019s parliament group.<\/p>\n<p>Several Democrat MPs have called on the Parliament to disregard Basha\u2019s request.<\/p>\n<p>Democrat MP Oerd Bylykbashi warned that this sets a dangerous precedent that could potentially \u201cdamage democracy and the parliament\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>According to the MPs expelled from the DP group, no one has the right to remove them as this is in violation of the regulation.<\/p>\n<p>Another MP, Belind Kellici, called on the speaker of the assembly to revoke the announcement as it is \u201cbeyond her jurisdiction\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Parliament speaker Lindita Nikolla responded that she had only implemented DP\u2019s request after the latter determined who will be the members of its parliamentary group.<\/p>\n<p>The head of the parliamentary group of the Socialist Party, Taulant Balla, said that the parliament speaker is obliged to convey during a session the decisions taken by all parliament groups, as in the recent case.<\/p>\n<p>He also called on the DP to address the issue in the upcoming plenary session.<\/p>\n<p>7 MPs are required to form a parliamentary group. The opposition currently has 3 groups, one belongs to the DP and two to its allies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/programs\/now\/2022\/01\/12\/basha-vs-berisha-showdown-attorney-and-democratic-mp-give-their-takes\/\">Basha vs. Berisha showdown \u2013 attorney and Democratic MP give their take<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/programs\/good-morning\/2022\/01\/12\/berisha-brought-a-violent-minority-democrats-debate-over-recent-developments\/\">\u2018Berisha brought a violent minority\u2019, Democrats debate over recent developments<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/01\/11\/dps-leadership-permanently-expels-sali-berisha-from-democratic-party\/\">DP\u2019s leadership permanently expels Sali Berisha from Democratic Party<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The rift among Democrats appears to have made its way to the Albanian Parliament after the head of the DP expelled MPs that sided with Sali Berisha. In a recent shuffle, the DP appointed Enkelejd Alibeaj as the new head of the party\u2019s parliament group. Several Democrat MPs have called on the Parliament to disregard [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":29584,"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>Basha expels Berisha\u2019s supporters from DP\u2019s parliamentary group - 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\/basha-expels-berishas-supporters-from-dps-parliamentary-group\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Basha expels Berisha\u2019s supporters from DP\u2019s parliamentary group - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The rift among Democrats appears to have made its way to the Albanian Parliament after the head of the DP expelled MPs that sided with Sali Berisha. 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