The Assembly of Albania, in the framework of the National Day of Orphans, with the special care of the Speaker of the Assembly, Mr. Gramoz Ruçi and in cooperation with the National Institute for the Integration of Albanian Orphans, received today in the plenary session 200 orphans from Albania and Kosovo.
Present at the event were the Deputy Speaker of the Assembly, Mrs. Vasilika Hysi, members of the Albanian Parliament, who are also members of the group "Friends of Children", as well as many prominent figures of public life from art, science, religious communities, television and music. The world leader of the Bektashis, His Grace, Haxhi Dede Edmond Brahimaj, actors Luftar Paja, Mirush Kabashi, Marjana Kondi, Raimonda Bulku, Rudina Dembacaj, tenor Kastriot Tusha, artists Bujar Kapexhiu and Mimika Luca, composer, composer Agim Kraja, Zhegu, Irma Libohova, Manjola Nallbani, Kozma Dushi, moderator Silvana Braçe, the first Albanian miss Valbona Selimllari, as well as other well-known screen figures such as Eni Çobani and sisters Marina and Luana Vjollca were present at today's event to stay close to children in their activity.
The orphans simulated a plenary session, where delivered through speeches, they skillfully presented their demands for more solidarity, as a special layer that deserves help, attention and special care from society and responsible state structures. Children from different cities of Albania and Kosovo, brought to the rostrum of the Assembly emotions felt by orphans of the Kosovo war, of parents who fell in the line of duty, in accidents near the workplace, etc. The orphans, through the words in the rostrum of the Assembly conveyed strong messages for a more solidary society towards the orphans.
The Bektashi World Leader, His Grace, Haxhi Dede Edmond Brahimaj, delivered a greeting speech where, among other things, he appealed to society, government and other religious communities to stay as close as possible to these orphaned children, not only with material assistance but also with a greater support for them to feel equal. In the end he gave them the blessing of a future of peace and prosperity, and wished them to grow up and be integrated like all other children.
At the end of the activity, the session with the orphans, the Deputy Speaker of the Assembly, Mrs. Vasilika Hysi, described it as one of the most exciting to address.
During Thursdays we held sessions, where we adopted good laws, such as the law "On Social Housing", which was prepared with great spirit by my colleague, Mrs. Eglantina Gjermeni. When she was minister of the Ministry of Urban Development, in the previous government, she lobbied a lot for orphans, mothers with orphans, single persons and many other categories such as Roma, Egyptians, etc., to be primary in social housing. But in addition to good laws, such as the law on the rights of children and their protection, we have had fruitless debates, where we have hurt you, harmed you, and failed to provide what we need. This session, this hall, this rostrum, is often a witness to pathetic debates. "While you had all discusion with a special ethic and we have stood by the essence of the session", - addressed Mrs. Hysi to children.
Mrs. Hysi, after pledging in her speech for more efforts from politics towards helping orphaned children, surrounded by the emotion that was conveyed during the simulation of the children's plenary session, shared with those present a personal feeling and experience:
"I follow the problems, the concerns of orphaned children, not only because I lead a human rights commission, but I was raised by two parents, who have been orphaned since the first days of their lives. My two parents have grown up orphaned and meanwhile my uncles have grown up in the orphanage.
"Two grandparents who grew up in the orphanage and I did not know my grandparents", - said the Deputy Speaker of the Assembly.
Mrs. Hysi invited the orphans to be present in a plenary session with the presence of all deputies of the Albanian Parliament, to be heard in all their problems.
"On behalf of the Speaker of the Assembly of Albania, Mr. Gramoz Ruçi, you are invited to gather what would be the first two or three initiatives that we must undertake and finalize successfully in this period and it would be good that on the occasion of the holiday of June 1 one of these the initiative should be finalized ", - said in her speech the deputy chairman Hysi.
At the end of the activity, Mr. Ilir Cumani expressed his gratitude, on behalf of the children and the institute he leads, for the care of the Albanian Parliament in the progress of this activity.
