Albania: government reshuffle after accord with opposition
Agreement on seven new technical ministries
22 May, 11:41Ledina Mandia will become deputy premier. He is a former president of the attorney general's office and current advisor to the presidency of the republic.
Dritan Demiraj, a former commander of Albanian army special units who has taken part in several missions abroad, has been appointed interior minister.
Helga Vukaj, the director general of the Court of Audit, will be finance minister.
''The new ministers will have the task of checking the government's actions during the electoral campaign'', explained Rama.
After three months of protests demanding the creation of a technical government able to guarantee standards for upcoming political elections in June, Rama and Basha worked on an agreement to prevent a long crisis.
Parliament on Monday will meet in a plenary session to vote, along with government changes, changes to the electoral law and criminal code, also in view of a judicial reform deemed by Brussels as a condition to obtain a green light for European union adhesion talks. (ANSA).