Prime Minister Edi Rama labels the Albania�s Academy of Sciences a rotten institution. During a meeting on Wednesday with the Academy�s reforming group he stressed that the drastic decision to interrupt the financial endorsement through state�s budget was based directly on this ascertainment.

�We lost more than one year through a useless inertia, the result of this institution gradual degradation. In spite of the government�s efforts there was no reaction that would pave the way to the involvement in the academy�s reforming process. Thus, on view of this situation, we were obligated to refuse any further financial endorsement of this institution through the tax-payers money. The Academy of Sciences no longer reflects the vision of the founding fathers,� said PM Rama.

In conclusion he said that despite everything the government had accepted the academics request to be heard and was ready to make another effort in extremis for a positive change.