Opposition gives up “Albania wins”, the name of the coalition with which it will run in the April 25 elections is revealed

“We are uniting, as a party and as citizens, to bring change to Albania.

We unite to guarantee victory in the next elections and bring change to our country.

We all know that change is needed. Albanians are strong, Albania is strong. There is only one person responsible for Albania’s failure in the last 8 years and this is Edi Rama.

We are sharing the same values ​​and principles in the general political activity, as well as in the vision for the governance of the country. We want to coordinate commitments and contribution to the common political victory and therefore

WE DECIDED THAT:

1. To form a Coalition to run together in the elections for the assembly of April 25, 2021.
2. The name of the coalition is “Democratic Party – Alliance for Change”
3. The initial letters of the Coalition will be: “PD – AN”

The logo of the Coalition is PD

The leading party of the coalition is the Democratic Party of Albania.

4. 4. To authorize Mr. Lulzim Basha, Chairman of the Democratic Party, to submit to the Central Election Commission (CEC) the multi-name lists of candidates for MP, as well as any other necessary documentation for the registration of the coalition and candidates until the end of the election process.
   5. To authorize Mr. Ivi Kaso to:

a. To submit a request for registration of the Coalition “Democratic Party – Alliance for Change”, together with this agreement, to the CEC.

b. To represent the Coalition during the lottery procedure, at the CEC, for the ranking of electoral subjects on the ballot paper.

To appoint Coalition observers to CEAZs, VCCs and BCCs throughout the country.

6. The concrete terms of cooperation within the coalition will be determined through bilateral agreements of the political parties in its composition. The relevant number of candidates to be nominated by each party within the coalition will be specified at the time of submission of the multi-name list of coalition candidates, according to the model set out in the annex to Instruction no. 1 dt. 23.12.2020 of the CEC.
7. The multi-name list of the electoral coalition will include, for each coalition party, the number of candidates and their ranking, based on the resulting electoral weight for each party. Candidates on multi-name coalition lists, regardless of which party they belong to, will be considered and evaluated as coalition-only candidates, avoiding being treated according to party affiliation.
8. This agreement enters into force immediately on the day of its signing.

The parties of the Coalition “Democratic Party – Alliance for Change”, signatories of this agreement, are:

DEMOCRATIC PARTY – Chairman, Lulzim BASHA

REPUBLIC PARTY – Chairman, Fatmir MEDIU

PARTY FOR JUSTICE INTEGRATION AND UNITY – Chairman, Shpëtim IDRIZI

MOVEMENT PARTY FOR NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT – Chairman, Dashamir SHEHI

UNION PARTY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS – Chairman, Vangjel DULE

AGRICULTURAL ENVIRONMENTAL PARTY – Chairman, Agron DUKA

DEMOCRATIC PARTY – Chairman, Nard Ndoka

THE NEW DEMOCRATIC SPIRIT PARTY – Chairman, Bamir TOPI

LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC UNION PARTY – Chairman, Arian STAROVA

DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL BALL PARTY – Chairman, Artur ROSHI

DEMOCRATIC UNION PARTY – Chairman, Ylber VALTERI

LIBERAL RIGHT THOUGHT PARTY – Chairman, Mustafa LICI

LEGALITY MOVEMENT PARTY – Chairman, Shpëtim Axhami

CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY – Chairman, Dhimitër Muslia ”