Parliament
PS seeks 10-day expulsion for Berisha and two months for six PD lawmakers
The Socialist group has turned to Speaker Peleshi and the Secretariat for Procedures, Votes and Ethics after the tense plenary session, citing language that incites violence and the use of smoke canisters.
By ANN Newsroom · Newsroom
October 29, 2026, 13:40 · Updated 18:43 · 2 min read
In brief
- A 10-day expulsion is sought for Sali Berisha over language that, according to the PS, incites violence.
- Bledion Nallbati, Ivi Kaso, Blendi Himçi, Xhelal Mziu, Albana Vokshi and Klodiana Çapja face 60 days barred from sessions and committees.
- The request rests on Articles 63 and 65/1 of the Rules of Procedure and Article 6 of the Code of Conduct for Lawmakers; no decision has been taken yet.
After Thursday's tense session, the parliamentary group of the Socialist Party (PS) filed a request for disciplinary measures against Democratic Party (PD) leader Sali Berisha and six other opposition lawmakers. According to Top Channel, the request is addressed to Speaker Niko Peleshi and the Secretariat for Procedures, Votes and Ethics.
The proposed measures
For Berisha, the Socialists seek a 10-day ban from plenary sessions and committees. The reason, according to the request, is unparliamentary language that incites violence: from the rostrum, Berisha had said that the rubber bullets and tear gas used at the protests belong to the Socialist lawmakers. Over that statement, Peleshi had stripped him of the floor for the whole day.
A 60-day expulsion is sought for six other lawmakers. Bledion Nallbati, Ivi Kaso, Blendi Himçi and Xhelal Mziu are accused of using pyrotechnics during the vote on agenda items. Himçi, Albana Vokshi and Klodiana Çapja, according to the PS, threw hard objects at the presiding officer and members of the Council of Ministers.
The request also cites other opposition lawmakers, without naming them, for blocking the rostrum, making constant noise and using air horns, which the Socialists say disrupted normal parliamentary procedure. Articles 63 and 65/1 of Parliament's Rules of Procedure and Article 6 of the Code of Conduct for Lawmakers are cited as the legal basis.
A decision is pending
So far there has been no decision from the Secretariat or the speaker. The accusations come from the Socialist lawmakers who filed the request and are not official findings. Speaking from the blocked rostrum, Berisha had earlier called majority lawmakers “protectors of corruption” and demanded that Parliament be dissolved.
