Cracks Widen in Coalition as GA Blocks Rule Reform

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Antoni Legvi

Tamara - Friction within Agausia’s ruling coalition sharpened last week after the United Alliance (GA) broke ranks on a controversial proposal to change parliamentary committee procedures. The measure would have allowed committees to vote without a quorum, a rule designed to prevent obstruction after repeated boycotts by opposition parties.

The Social Democrats (SD), joined by the Farmers’ and Greens (PMK) and the New Socialists (AS), supported the change. But GA’s deputies abstained, leaving the reform short of the simple majority required.

In the Committee for Appointments and Immunities, GA’s lone representative, Lumir Dvoršaki, said the proposal “risked undermining the principle of fair participation in committees” even if boycotts were frustrating. “If we change the rules whenever it is politically convenient, we weaken the legitimacy of our own institutions,” he argued.

Social Democrat MPs voiced their disappointment. Isidora Čegkizdi, also on the committee, accused GA of “handing the opposition a veto by default.” She added, “We cannot govern if the opposition simply refuses to show up and GA refuses to help us respond.”

Tensions echoed across other committees. On the Committee for National Security, Defense and Public Order, where GA member, and former party chair Kalul Ramonti also withheld support, coalition partners expressed unease that GA’s stance could embolden the opposition.

While Prime Minister Jakob Belani echoed the sentiment that the government remains stable, analysts warn that GA’s refusal to back the rule change underscores deeper fractures within the coalition. Fractures that could resurface during the looming budget fight next year.

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