TIRANA, Albania (AP) -- Several thousand Albanian opposition
supporters have demonstrated peacefully in central Tirana to demand the
resignation of the Parliament speaker, following accusations that he
hired an assassin to kill two lawmakers.
The speaker, Ilir Meta, denies the allegations.
Prosecutors
are investigating claims by Tom Doshi, who was expelled from the
governing Socialists last week after making the accusations, that he and
an opposition Democrat lawmaker were targets of the alleged plot. Doshi
claims Meta paid 600,000 euros ($636,000) to someone to carry out the
killings.
Democrat leader Lulzim Basha
addressed Thursday's rally, accusing Prime Minister Edi Rama of
involvement in the alleged assassination plot.
Albania
holds municipal elections in June, in a first test for the government
that has passed tough reforms since it was elected a year and a half
ago.
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