Through a status on his Facebook profile, Deputy Minister of Education, Ervin Demo, has resigned after allegations of plagiarism in doctoral dissertation.
"Over the last couple of weeks I've been targeted by the muddy politics and I believe that I am in the first place to put the interests of the cabinet on my personal interest. I am deeply grateful to the Prime Minister for his unconditional support, the Minister of Education, Youth and Sports as well as to all those who made me so challenging, dynamic and beautiful why not, this stage of my career.
Today I have resigned as Deputy Minister and I remain committed to the pursuit of our joint effort as citizens and as activists of the Socialist Party, "he wrote among other things.
It was the doctor and researcher Taulant Muka who denounced the case: Can you find the difference? By copying in Albania you can become associate professor, Rector and Deputy. Minister of Education. And this is not the only copying! "
Then he continued with another plagiarism by qualifying the former deputy prime minister as the first author of 100% copy paste.
There are cases where senior officials are accused and resigned for plagiarism. For example, in 2011 German Defense Minister Guttenberg was accused of copying his doctoral thesis at Bayreuth University. Two years later, again a German minister resigned after plagiarization charges, Annette Schavan. In early September, the Spanish Minister of Health was another accused of resigning for copy-paste materials.
