Territorial reform examined in committee, protesters gather at the Assembly

The Assembly will hold this Monday a series of parliamentary committee meetings before the plenary session, which is scheduled to start at 15:00.

At the centre of attention is the draft law “On the administrative-territorial division of local government units in the Republic of Albania”, which will be discussed and voted on in principle, article by article and as a whole in the Committee on Legal Affairs and Public Administration, at 11:00.

Protests have also been announced over this draft law. Citizens have already gathered in front of the Assembly, a large part of them residents of the Municipality of Poliçan who oppose the merger with Berat. It is reported from the ground that also present at this protest are the mayor of Fushë-Arrëz, Hil Curri, Shkodër district DP MP Kliti Hoti, DP MP Arian Ndoj, the mayor of Memaliaj, Albert Malaj, and MP Denisa Vata, from the Dibër district.

Meanwhile, organisers of the daily protests have also called on citizens to gather at 14:00 in front of the Assembly to protest during the plenary session, which starts at 15:00.

For its part, the Democratic Party has announced a national protest on October 8 against the Socialist Party’s territorial reform project.