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The Second Government of the Prime Minister Ilir Meta was the 60th Government of the Republic of
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which was officially mandated by
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on 7 September 2001. After the 2001 election, the alliance led by the
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won the majority for the second time in a row and managed to create a post–electoral coalition of 86 seats in
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to form the new government.


History

After the elections of 24 June 2001, the coalition of the Socialist Party managed to create a consensus to reconfirm Mr.Ilir Meta as the next
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. On 7 September 2001, the government proposed by the coalition was officially decreed by the President. The oath was taken on the same day in the Presidential Palace. After the constitution of the new parliament, as it was foreseen the presentation of the governing program should be done in the first weeks of September following the oath of the new deputies, the election of the
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but also the constitution of its bodies, however in the 11 September session, the Speaker of the newly elected of parliament announced with a trembling voice that a
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had taken place in the
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where several planes had hit various buildings in that state. ''"I want to express the strongest condemnation against these bandit acts. At the same time I want to express the strong solidarity of the Albanian Parliament with the United States of America. This is a solidarity that stems from the friendship of the Albanian people with the American people, "It is a solidarity that stems from the admiration of the Albanian people for the American government. Expressing this solidarity, I think we should interrupt the session, so that the members of the assembly can follow the developments of this serious event,"'' said the then Speaker of the Assembly. , Namik Dokle. A few minutes after the dissolution of the parliament, Prime Minister Ilir Meta, after consultation with the chairman of the Socialist Party,
Fatos Nano Fatos Nano (; born 16 September 1952) is an Albanian socialist politician who served as Prime Minister of Albania The Prime Minister of Albania ( sq, Kryeministri i Shqipërisë), officially styled Prime Minister of the Republic of Albania ...
, announced the reason for the postponement of the parliamentary session, while expressing his condolences for the tragedy that was happening. Meanwhile, lawmakers gathered near Mother Teresa Square to light candles for the victims of the
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.


Internal clashes and resignation

The government itself was characterized by instability and strong criticism within it from the first days of its formation. This conflict came as a result of the duality between the chairman of the socialist party Fatos Nano and the incumbent prime minister Ilir Meta, escalating in the ''General Steering Committee of the Socialist Party'' held between 3 December and 5 December 2001, from where the chairman of the party attacked some ministers as corrupt, incompetent, and that they do not reflect the will of the voters of this party. During this meeting 4 ministers offered their resignation, they were: Anastas Angjeli, Mustafa Muçi, Bashkim Fino, and a few days later also Agron Duka. On 10 December 2001, Prime Minister Meta proposed to the leadership of the Socialist Party the replacement ministers, names that did not find a consensus of the leadership of the party. However, Meta ignored the decision and on 14 December addressed President Meidani for their decree, which the latter did on the same day. However, the internal clashes continued even at the beginning of the new year and this forced Ilir Mete to resign from the leadership of the government on 29 January 2002.


Cabinet

After the 2001 elections, the Socialist Party (PS) decided to run without coalition and managed to secure 73 seats. Although capable of forming a government with such number of deputies, the aim was to create an even more stable government with the objective of electing the next president of the country for which 60% of the votes of the Parliament was needed. Thus in a post-election agreement, PS managed to form a government in addition to the
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which was a traditional ally, also with the
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, the Agrarian Party, and the Democratic Alliance Party. The latter was a center-right party whose members were founders and former allies of the Democratic Party.


See also

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Politics of Albania Albania is a unitary parliamentary constitutional republic, where the President of Albania is the head of state and the Prime Minister of Albania the head of government in a multi-party system. The executive power is exercised by the Government a ...
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Council of Ministers of Albania The Council of Ministers () is the executive branch that constitutes the Government of Albania. The Council is led by the Prime Minister of Albania. The prime minister is nominated by the President of Albania, President from among those candidates ...


References

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