TIRANA, Oct. 8 /ATA/ – The proposed territorial reform serves the governing majority’s efforts to retain power rather than citizens’ interests, Democratic Party lawmaker and deputy parliament speaker Agron Gjekmarkaj said on Thursday.
Speaking during a plenary session, Gjekmarkaj accused the government of seeking to create what he called “administrative anarchy” rather than improve the country’s governance.
“I have a personal conviction that whenever proposals for reforms or laws are put forward, there is always a catch,” he said. “The aim is not to administer Albania or improve governance, but to create administrative anarchy in order to retain power at any cost.”
Gjekmarkaj said the proposed changes were illogical, undemocratic and inconsistent with European principles.
“The territory is divided, merged, torn apart and stitched back together, while Socialist lawmakers struggle,” he said, describing the reform as comparable to Albania’s 1975 Constitution.
“You are behaving like occupiers. This reform is a moral, political and legal incest. An attack carried out of fear,” Gjekmarkaj said.
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