Parliament Elects New President
From Times Wire Reports
The new parliament elected a successor to the Balkan nation’s ousted president and declared an end to the state of emergency imposed four months ago. The Socialist-dominated body voted 110-3 in favor of Rexhep Mejdani, 53. The Democratic Party of former President Sali Berisha, which holds 27 of the 155 parliament seats, boycotted the vote. Upon being sworn in, Mejdani accepted caretaker Prime Minister Bashkim Fino’s resignation and named Socialist Party leader Fatos Nano as the new premier.
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