Artan Fuga calls for the self-dissolution of Parliament: MPs should have at least a shred of responsibility left

As major protests demanding the overthrow of the government and the unconditional resignation of Prime Minister Edi Rama continue for the 38th day, professor and academic Artan Fuga has called on Albania’s Parliament to set a timetable for its own self-dissolution.

In a reaction shared on social media, Fuga stressed that such a step would be necessary if MPs still have even the slightest sense of moral and social responsibility.

“The best thing would be for the Parliament of Albania to announce the timetable for its own self-dissolution! If MPs still have a shred of moral and social responsibility left!” Fuga wrote.

According to him, the way parliamentary institutions function leaves much to be desired, while he said that during his participation in parliamentary committees on culture, science, education and youth, he encountered, as he put it, a lack of responsibility, incompetence and weak professionalism.

“Whenever I have happened to be in committees of the Parliament of Albania on issues of culture, science, education, youth, etc., I have held my head in disbelief at the futility, the lack of responsibility, the party alignment, the lack of professional competence,” he declared.

Fuga added that these experiences had prompted him several years ago to decide not to take part in parliamentary committee meetings anymore.

“It was pointless, it felt as if you were taking part in a meeting of dolls with broken mechanisms inside their straw-filled bellies,” he said.

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The best thing would be for the Parliament of Albania to announce the timetable for its own self-dissolution! If MPs still have a shred of moral and social responsibility left!

As for me, whenever I have happened to be in committees of the Parliament of Albania on issues of culture, science, education, youth, etc., I have held my head in disbelief at the futility, the lack of responsibility, the party alignment, the lack of professional competence, and why not, even the stupidity of some male or female MP. But I will not go back to naming names, because history has thrown them into the trash. This led me several years ago to declare that from that moment on I refused to take part in any parliamentary committee meeting.

It was pointless, it felt as if you were taking part in a meeting of dolls with broken mechanisms inside their straw-filled bellies.