Editorial: The coalition fell, the government stands

The coalition between the Socialist Party (SP) and the Socialist Movement for Integration (SMI) was never a coalition. It is even less so today.   At best it was an odd arrangement to be in power, but not share responsibility, share the plunder and not the results and keep each other nervous but not accountable. The arrangement almost fell in the heated discussion over the justice reforms this summer. It looked quite vulnerable this week with the removal of the Justice Minister Ylli Manjani, a SMI appointee, a brash and loud opponent of specific Rama ministers as well as the…