{"id":35616,"date":"2022-05-03T18:30:27","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T16:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=35616"},"modified":"2022-05-03T19:38:43","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T17:38:43","slug":"dp-cant-be-kept-hostage-by-mps-with-government-affiliated-programs-says-berisha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/dp-cant-be-kept-hostage-by-mps-with-government-affiliated-programs-says-berisha\/","title":{"rendered":"DP can\u2019t be kept hostage by MPs with government-affiliated programs, says Berisha"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former PM Sali Berisha said on Tuesday that Democrat MPs who didn\u2019t attend the National Assembly held on April 30 cannot keep the party hostage with programs handed by the government.<\/p>\n<p>In a press conference from DP\u2019s headquarters, Berisha asserted that the vast majority of MPs will join the majority, as they belong to the Democratic Party and need to represent the opposition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were MPs missing at the Assembly. Once again, their place is in the DP and they are MPs from this force. Obviously, it is impossible for one or two MPs to keep hostage the party through programs appropriated from government offices. That simply cannot happen. Their place is with the majority\u201d, said the former head of the executive.<\/p>\n<p>Berisha added that the by-elections held on March 5 defined who\u2019s the majority among Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>In total 35 MPs were absent at the National Assembly held on April 30, which make up the majority of the party\u2019s parliamentary group.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/programs\/now\/2022\/05\/02\/berisha-couldnt-get-the-dp-but-might-form-new-party-says-journalist\/\">Berisha couldn\u2019t get the DP, but might form new party, says journalist<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/programs\/now\/2022\/05\/02\/vokshi-dp-cant-be-kept-hostage-by-boycotting-mps-looking-for-trade-offs\/\">Vokshi: DP can\u2019t be kept hostage by boycotting MPs looking for trade-offs<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/04\/30\/assembly-discharges-alibeaj-as-dps-floor-leader\/\">Assembly discharges Alibeaj as DP\u2019s floor leader<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former PM Sali Berisha said on Tuesday that Democrat MPs who didn\u2019t attend the National Assembly held on April 30 cannot keep the party hostage with programs handed by the government. In a press conference from DP\u2019s headquarters, Berisha asserted that the vast majority of MPs will join the majority, as they belong to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":35617,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[270,361,982,305,151,987],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>DP can\u2019t be kept hostage by MPs with government-affiliated programs, says Berisha - 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\/dp-cant-be-kept-hostage-by-mps-with-government-affiliated-programs-says-berisha\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"DP can\u2019t be kept hostage by MPs with government-affiliated programs, says Berisha - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former PM Sali Berisha said on Tuesday that Democrat MPs who didn\u2019t attend the National Assembly held on April 30 cannot keep the party hostage with programs handed by the government. 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