Çërrava, who initially carried over functions in the economic sector, became in 1978 a representative in the People's Assembly (Alb: Kuvendi Popullor).

He remained on this function during the ninth to the eleventh legislative terms which ended in 1991 with the fall of communism in Albania.

[1] In October 1982, he became a member of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Party.

In this position, he took part in 1985 at the state funeral of Enver Hoxha.

[3][4] In 1993, a special court was established in Tirana against Çërrava and nine other former high-ranking officials (Muho Asllani, Besnik Bekteshi, Foto Çami, Hajredin Çeliku, Lenka Çuko, Llambi Gegprifti, Qirjako Mihali, Pali Miska, and Prokop Murra).