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Prime Minister Edi Rama in an interview with VOA, while in the US, also spoke about the by-elections that will be held in six municipalities.
He stressed that the socialist candidates are facing two forces that are at stake with each other and both are without moral limit.
The head of government also called on the citizens of the six municipalities to vote on March 6 for the SP candidates, if they want to move forward.
“The president took these communities hostage because of his lack of reason. These are local elections, not political, we are for union, not division. We are facing two forces that are at stake with each other and both are without moral limit, they are both hostages of the past, but it is up to the citizens to make their choice, it is not a battle for life or death, e said symbolically. An offer for the communities, who will come forward will vote for our candidates, who will do politics in everyday life will vote like this and will leave the municipality without a caretaker who deals with the environment, with the lamps, with the gardens ”said Rama.
President Ilir Meta decreed March 6 as the date of by-elections in the municipalities of Shkodra, Durres, Dibra, Vora, Rrogozhina and Lushnja.
The Municipality of Shkodra has been without a new mayor since 2019, as the winner of the elections, Valdrin Pjetri of the Socialist Party, lost his mandate due to the decriminalization law, as he had hidden a sentence in the past. The duty is exercised by the old mayor, Voltana Ademi.
The municipality of Vora was also left without a mayor after Agim Kajmaku became subject to the decriminalization law. In the municipality of Rrogozhina, the mayor Haxhi Memolla passed away, while the mayor of Dibër, Dionis Imeraj, resigned after running for deputy in the SP list.
The Municipality of Durrës was also left without a mayor after the resignation in December 2019 of Valbona Sakos. The last municipality left without a mayor is Lushnja in July 2021, when Mayor Fatos Tushe was fired by the Prime Minister after being arrested for corruption by the SPAK.
Meta argued his long delay by waiting for a decision of the Constitutional Court on the Constitutionality of the local elections of June 30, 2019.
These elections were held in a political conflict situation, as the opposition decided to boycott them, while the president himself had annulled them by decree.
Before setting the date, he consulted with the head of the socialist parliamentary group, Taulant Balla, who said that the president has been violating the Constitution for a long time on this issue.
The Democratic Party was not called for consultations by the president, while the announcement of the elections comes at a time when the largest opposition party is divided.
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