Zhulali remains Minister of Defense once again The PD leadership and Berisha do not respect the vote of PD deputies Yesterday's meeting of the PD leadership; Berisha attends The names of the new ministers, whom the majority will elevate to the Government, have now been made official. At its meeting yesterday, the PD leadership finally decided who would replace, in 11 days, the seven ministers dismissed by the PD parliamentary group. After yesterday's meeting, Meksi will keep Dylber Vrioni and Dashamir Shehi seated beside him. Already appointed Deputy Prime Minister, Shehi will also take over the Ministry of Labor, Emigration and Social Support. Vrioni, meanwhile, will leave his seats at the National Bank and the PD to take the seat of Minister of Finance. Contrary to expectations, Zhulali will not leave his position at the head of the Albanian army. Having failed to win the approval of his fellow MPs, Safet Zhulali will perhaps be the most enigmatic figure in the Meksi 3 Government. Hailed as the choice of Berisha and of those across the Ocean, the Minister of Defense may this time also face the disapproval of the majority's MPs, who are unlikely to accept that he is stronger than all of them together. Meksi, too, may have no choice but to accept Zhulali and the scandals he represents. Internal sources in the PD say that Kopliku, who has been removed, will have to be content with the position of chair of the Parliamentary Committee on the Economy, while Genc Ruli is being consolidated in his position and, it is said, is becoming deputy chair of the PD Parliamentary Group. The same sources stress that appointments to the other ministries remain unclear. According to our sources (still unofficial), these changes are expected to be made official on TV last night. Thus, the changes in the Government remain not yet definitively and officially confirmed. A. Ç

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