After the negotiations of yesterday evening and night, Prime Minister Edi Rama and opposition leader Lulzim Basha have reached an agreement, with the following main points:
- Elections will be postponed a week and held on June 25, 2017;
- No pre-electoral coalitions will be allowed, all parties will run on their own;
- Creation of a semi-caretaker government, which will include the following figures proposed by the opposition:
- Deputy Prime Minister
- Minister of Interior Affairs
- Minister of Education
- Minister of Health
- Minister of Social Welfare and Youth
- Minister of Finance
- Minister of Justice
- Director of the OShEE
- General Director of Aluizni
- General Director of the Cadaster
- General Director of Prisons
- General Director of the Agency of Rural and Agricultural Development
- Chair of the Central Election Commission proposed by the opposition;
- National Ombudsman proposed by the opposition;
- Immediate approval of the parliamentary ad-hoc committees for the judicial reform;
- Limitation of campaign financing and improvement of the Electoral Code, including heavier penalties for vote buying;
- Thorough implementation of the decriminalization law, to clean up criminals from candidate lists;
- After the elections, the parties promise to collaborate on drafting:
- Constitutional reform
- Electoral reform, including electronic voting
- Reform of the public procurement and public spending system
