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GAVROSH LEVONJA Since the congress in October last year, the requirement that all socialist politicians give up one of their posts, in implementation of an article of the statute proposed by chairman Nano, has continuously been the subject of discussion in the highest forums of the largest party in the governing coalition. Nano’s repeated efforts to force people holding two posts to comply with the statute have so far proved fruitless. Perhaps also because they have looked like moves intended only to test the waters. Specifically, it is not known whether any of the well-known figures in PS has voluntarily given up one of their posts in the party or government. If Nano claimed yesterday that the relinquishing of the two mandates had begun with him, the truth is that none of his associates has followed suit. This prolonged impasse over the matter is, more than anything else, the result of doubts about the sincerity of the party leader and all those who support holding only one post. Indeed, the article on the incompatibility of two posts itself appears to have been deliberately adapted as a means of targeting certain individuals and groups. Thus, a minister thinks that, after giving up his party position, a simple no-confidence motion against him—or against the government as a whole—would be enough to see him very soon reduced to the role of an ordinary foot soldier. On the other hand, if the minister in question preferred his party post, by handing over his ministerial portfolio he would entrust the future of his political career to the tastes, whims or “generosity” of the party chairman. However, reluctance to implement the Party Statute compromises reform and the claims that “PS is a modern party.” This is because a party aspiring to be one cannot be conceived without rigorous implementation of all the rules governing its life. In this context, everyone should have relinquished one of their posts without waiting for someone to remind them of the statute. But it is also possible that this point in the statute does not fit the reality. For example, a minister who is successful in his work and also effective in his activity as a party leader would, by giving up one of his posts, normally cause problems, at least in terms of efficiency. Logically, if this happens too, Nano will be unable to impose implementation of the statute; he will have to resign again.

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