Constitution Watch: Albania
On June 24, Albania’s parliament (the
Assembly, or Kuvend) seemed to take a
step away from 12 years of political deadlock when the
ruling and opposition factions united long enough to
elect a consensus candidate for president.The country’s
major political forces, including the ruling Socialist
Party (SP) and the opposition Democratic Party (DP),
led by Sali Berisha, compromised on Alfred Moisiu, a
72-year-old career military man.