• Promotion of politically motivated military leadership has occurred at all levels. Demotivation of military personnel results in regular resignation, mainly among young officers, and difficulties in recruiting new candidates. • The military education system has been negatively impacted, with long-term consequences. V. Recommendations 1 Budget management • While the defence budget should be planned and controlled at a central level, its execution should take place in a decentralized manner. The Armed Forces should be the planner and executor of the approved defence budget while the Ministry of Defence and Parliament should be the approver and controller of its implementation. • The Parliamentary Security and Defence Committee should take a greater role in approving the defence budget and controlling its implementation based on best practices from Western countries. 2 The management of human resources • The military personnel management authority must be delegated from the Ministry of Defence to the General Staff and Force Commands. This authority must also be included in Law 64/2014(amended by Law 98/2015)"On the powers and authorities of direction and command of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Albania". • Reviewing the policy followed until now and taking into consideration the best experiences and practices from the West regarding the implementation of democratic control over the Armed Forces will give them the necessary authority and freedoms to be developed and modernized by national priorities as well as towards the collective defence of NATO. DEMOCRATIC CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN THE ARMED FORCES | 13