In Albania, large political parties push for constitutional change to reduce size of parliament

At the start of his fourth term in September, Prime Minister Edi Rama expressed his ambition for a constitutional reform that would lead to “a small parliament.” According to Rama, the Albanian Parliament should be reduced from 140 members to at least 101. Two months later, the idea is being supported from a distance by the opposition leader, Sali Berisha, who is speaking out in favor of a two-chamber parliamentary system, accompanied by a reduction in the number of MPs. [ . . . ] Rama and Berisha's aligned stances are paving the way for a second pact between them, since the 2008 constitutional changes that defined the pillars of the political system that the country inherits today. With the establishment of the Special Committee for Electoral Reform in the Assembly, the parties are calculating the effects of a possible agreement towards this goal. For organizations monitoring the Assembly, any change to the Constitution will need to be comprehensive and transparent and not lead to 'political bargaining' between the two major parties, to the detriment of new parties.
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