MP's Murder Claims Make Waves in Albania

Tom Doshi, a businessman turned parliamentarian, lashed out on Monday against the speaker of parliament, Ilir Meta, accusing him of plotting to assassinate him and an opposition MP, Mhill Fufi, while accusing Prime Minister Edi Rama of turning a blind eye to the plot.

Doshi's inflammatory comments followed minutes after the ruling Socialist Party expelled him from their parliamentary group, after he threatened to declare "war" on the government.

Meta, is the head of the Socialist Movement for Integration, LSI, the junior partner in Rama's government.

"Edi Rama has a pimp today, and this is Ilir Meta, who has ordered my assassination as well of Mhill Fufi," Doshi said, after a meeting of the Socialist parliamentary group, adding that he had a video recording to back the alleged murder plot.

Monday's statement was the culmination of a series of accusations and threats launched by Doshi against the government and Prime Minister Rama over the course of the past week.

The accusations prompted Rama to expel the rebel MP, despite threats by Doshi to publish damaging evidence that would "shake the foundations of the government".

In a statement on Monday, Rama said Doshi's statements violated all the basic norms of behavior inside the Socialist Party parliamentary group.

"With his accusation, Doshi has damaged the dignity of this parliamentary group and government," Rama said.

"Because of this, I believe we should release him from the weight of being a member of the Socialist Party parliamentary group, so that he can take the legal path to prove his accusations against this government," he added.

Reacting to the accusations through Spartak Braho, an LSI MP and the head of national security commission in parliament, Meta...