After about 4 hours, the meeting of the National Security Council ended.
This meeting was held online where the Prime Minister Edi Rama and the Chairman of the Democratic Party Lulzim Basha were present.
At this meeting, under the direction of President Meta, has been discussed the situation in which the country is going through due to the pandemic of Covid-19.
Has been discussed the management of the ongoing situation for facing the health and social-economic crisis.
In fact, it should be noted that this is good news, as Albanian opposition leaders have rarely met each-other to discuss the country's problems.
Notice of the Presidency:
"Under the direction of the President of the Republic Ilir Meta has been held today (through a video conference) the meeting of the National Security Council regarding the situation that the country is going through because of the spread of global pandemic COVID-19.
The meeting was attended by the Speaker of the Assembly, Gramoz Ruçi, Prime Minister Edi Rama, the responsible ministers, as well as the leader of the Democratic Party, Mr. Lulzim Basha.
The main issues discussed were the assessment of the current situation of pandemics, the measures being taken to address the economic and social consequences, the development of the educational process and the strategy planned for the end of the academic year 2019-2020, as well as the proposed changes to the Criminal Code.
Prime Minister Rama and the responsible ministers informed about the measures taken to cope with the public health and the socio-economic crisis, as well as the further management of the situation.
The President of the Assembly, Mr. Ruçi, expressed his commitment to fulfill the obligations of the Assembly in this situation.
The leader of the Democratic Party, Mr. Basha, expressed the views and suggestions of the opposition to overcome this pandemic with the easiest possible consequences for the citizens and the economy of the country.
President Meta praised the importance of increasing the efficiency of measures, through awareness, transparency, inclusiveness and increasing the spirit of cooperation, as the common major objective is to protect the health of citizens, the national economy and the end of the school year.