Parliamentarian (2014–19)
Beqa was promoted to fifty-third on the PDK's list in the Kosovan parliamentary election and finished in thirty-third place.[4] The PDK won thirty-seven seats and afterward formed a coalition government with the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK). Beqa was not immediately elected due to a requirement for one-third female representation, but he received a seat as the replacement for a newly appointed cabinet minister in December 2014.[5] In his first term, he served on the committee for the supervision of public finances.[6]
Relations between government and opposition parliamentarians were often very poor in the 2014–17 term. Several opposition members opened tear gas canisters during assembly debates, and on one occasion Beqa threw a bottle at Albin Kurti of Vetëvendosje.[7] In 2017, Beqa was criticized for referring to a female opposition member as a "political prostitute."[8]
The PDK formed an alliance with the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) for the 2017 parliamentary election. Beqa appeared in the seventy-seventh position on their combined list, finished in twenty-ninth place among their candidates, and was re-elected when the list won thirty-nine seats.[9] The PDK–AAK alliance formed a new government after the election, and Beqa continued to serve as a government supporter. For this term, he was deputy chair of the committee for legislation, mandate, immunities, rules of the assembly, and supervision of the Anti-Corruption Agency.[10]
In June 2019, Beqa declared assets of almost a million dollars.[11]
He appeared in the thirty-fourth position on the PDK's list in the 2019 parliamentary election and finished twenty-fourth.[12] The list won twenty-four seats, and he once again missed election due to the one-third female membership requirement.[13][14] This time, he did not receive a replacement mandate.
Return to parliament (2021–present)
Beqa was given the twenty-eighth position on the PDK's list for the 2021 parliamentary election, finished thirteenth, and was elected when the list won nineteen seats.[15][16] Vetëvendosje won a significant victory, and the PDK now serves in opposition. Beqa is a member of the committee for public finances and once again serves on the legislation committee.[17]
In 2022, Beqa was appointed as chair of a special committee to investigate capital investments in the Kosovo Energy Corporation following the privatization of its distribution unit.[18]
Beqa has been accused of assaulting Republic of Kosovo finance minister Hekuran Murati during a confrontation in parliament on 13 July 2023.[19]