The crisis in the governing coalition has assumed a new dimension. After blocking the work of the parliamentary commission on labor and social affairs with marathon speeches, BDI voted Monday against putting on the agenda of the plenary session two government proposals for modifying the law on culture and the film fund law. BDI together with the other Albanian parties decided to vote against all proposals on the agenda, Utrinski vesnik reports.

The obvious suspension of institutions is expected to lead to a series of absurd situations, like the one Monday when due to this attitude of the Albanian parties, Deputy Ombudsman Nevenka Krusarovska aged 62 who meets the retirement conditions was not given a green light by the Parliament considering the Badinter principle was not met. The collateral damage of this ethnic outsmarting of the political elites is not just Krusarovska, who personally asked to be relieved of duty, but also the whole public, which cannot suppose when and how the coalition crisis will be put an end to.

“We are not going to vote on any proposal or draft on this agenda. We cannot behave in a principled way at one time and in a totally opposite way at other time. Principles are universal. I regret that I have to take up where I left off six months ago. I am going to talk about the interethnic relations. This law on defenders should not be part of the agenda because it is in contravention of the Framework Agreement and the Constitution. It arbitrarily harms the spirit of consensus and helps the majority outvote the minority down ethnic lines. However, you should know that Albanians are no longer afraid of being outvoted,” MP Ermira Mehmeti-Devaja said.