Parliament
Parliament meets Thursday in the shadow of the protests: PD gets urgent interpellation of Minister Ervin Demo
The Oct. 22 plenary session is expected to focus on the protests and the police response, while three draft laws and two international agreements are also on the agenda.
By ANN Newsroom · Newsroom
October 20, 2026, 18:51 · Updated 12:23 · 2 min read
In brief
- Parliament holds a plenary session on Thursday, Oct. 22, at 10 a.m.
- The Democratic Party has requested an urgent interpellation of Interior Minister Ervin Demo over the protests.
- Lawmaker Tedi Blushi has also requested interpellations of ministers Enea Karakaçi and Petrit Malaj.
Albania's Parliament will meet in plenary session on Thursday, Oct. 22, at 10 a.m., at a time when the country is in the grip of a wave of protests by students and lecturers. The agenda was approved by order of Parliament Speaker Niko Peleshi on Oct. 20.
The most heated item of the session is expected to be the urgent interpellation requested by the Democratic Party (PD) of Interior Minister Ervin Demo. The opposition aims to focus the debate on the protests and on how the State Police have responded, accused by critics of excessive use of force.
An interpellation postponed before
According to reports, the opposition had requested this interpellation earlier, but it was postponed on the grounds that Demo had just taken office and needed time to familiarize himself with the ministry's affairs. Now, with the protests in their ninth day, the minister is expected to face lawmakers' questions about police actions, arrests and damage in the capital.
Also on the agenda are interpellations requested by Freedom Party lawmaker Tedi Blushi of Infrastructure and Energy Minister Enea Karakaçi and Finance Minister Petrit Malaj. Media sources differ on whether the interpellation of Malaj has been definitively confirmed for this session.
Laws and agreements on the agenda
Lawmakers will consider three draft laws: on preventing money laundering and terrorist financing, on amendments to the law on payment services and on amendments to the copyright law. The session is expected to ratify the Council of Europe Convention for the Protection of the Profession of Lawyer, as well as the agreement with North Macedonia on setting up joint border crossing points.
Parliament will also consider a draft law on geographical indications for craft and industrial products, as well as a draft decision to set up a special parliamentary committee for the second phase of the administrative-territorial reform.
