The Assembly dismisses the chairman and members of the RTSH Steering Council
2025-02-17 19:30:22
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The opposition and the majority have joined their votes in approving the dismissal of the chairman and all members of the RTSH Steering Council. The Assembly dismissed the 11 members of the Council by a simple majority of votes.
The members who were dismissed from parliament today are Leka Bungo (95 votes in favor, 5 abstentions, 3 against); Gëzim Podgorica (89 votes in favor, 5 abstentions, 4 against); Genc Përmeti (91 votes in favor, 0 abstentions, 4 against); Ilir Keko (89 votes in favor, 3 abstentions, 11 against); Albert Minga (88 votes in favor, 6 abstentions, 6 against); Dionis Papadhimitri (92 votes in favor, 3 abstentions, 2 against); Ängjëll Ndocaj (94 votes in favor, 4 abstentions, 4 against); Edmond Tullumani (96 votes in favor, 3 against, 1 abstention); Mevlan Shanaj (64 votes in favor, 12 abstentions, 15 against); Milena Selimi (93 votes in favor, 3 abstentions, 4 against) and Ardita Reçi (92 votes in favor, 3 abstentions, 3 against).
The dismissal of the RTSH Steering Council came after the debate on the procedures followed in the selection of candidacies for the position of RTSH Director General, where 3 out of 5 candidates were disqualified by a majority vote on the grounds that they did not meet the qualification criteria. Meanwhile, five other candidates had previously been disqualified for deficiencies in their application files, leaving only Jetmir Shpuza and Aurora Polo in the race. During this selection process, which was supposed to be by secret ballot, it was discovered that member Mevlan Shanaj had voted from Vietnam. All members of this council were summoned to a hearing at the media commission on February 3, 2025, where they were asked to re-evaluate the 10 candidacies for the position of RTSH Director General.
