Albania's main opposition Socialists on Thursday entered the parliament ending a six-month boycott over what they said was fraud in June's general elections.

Following the sworn-in ceremony the Socialist lawmakers asked for the creation of an investigative committee, including a partial vote recount, and also amendments to the electoral code on vote recount.

The opposition has said they will resume street protests if the governing Democrats hinder the process, claiming conservative Prime Minister Sali Berisha manipulated the vote count to secure re-election. Berisha denies that, but says he will back a parliamentary probe, though not a vote recount.

Socialist group leader Gramoz Ruci made the offer: Open just one ballot box, that of Ruzhdie in Fier, which Berisha has claimed Democrats lost a seat, and their request on recount was solved.

Following a formal response from Astrit Patozi, Democrats’ group leader, Berisha also held a speech to basically say the same answer: ready for a parliamentary probe, but not a vote recount which was prohibited from the constitution, according to him.