
Actor and activist Florjan Binaj will be an independent candidate for Tirana Municipality in the local elections on May 9.
The news was confirmed by Binaj himself in an interview with News24.
With the aim of creating a common front, Binaj said that he has extended a hand of cooperation to all opposition parties.
"I confirm my candidacy without question. I stand by what I said last November, when the elections were canceled."
"I am an independent candidate who has extended a hand of cooperation to all opposition parties, to create a cooperation that has the same goal, but different methods," Binaj declared.
Binaj announced his candidacy against Ogerta Manmastiruliu after Prime Minister Edi Rama announced the dismissal of Mayor Erion Veliaj,
Binaj's candidacy was also supported by the Democratic Party, but the elections were annulled after the Constitutional Court's decision that recognized Veliaj's right to continue his duties as mayor of Tirana.
But this time it is not known whether Binaj will be supported by the DP.
Gazment Bardhi, in an interview for A2, supported the figure of Ilir Alimehmet.
“Mr. Alimehmeti would be an excellent opposition candidate for Tirana.
However, I do not want to announce candidacies through the media, because, first, we need to give this dialogue and this broad consensus that I am talking about a chance, and second, we will need to give the bodies within the DP their own space to appoint the official DP candidates.
"But yes, Mr. Alimehmeti is a candidate who, in my opinion, would be a very serious, very good offer, compared to Rama's candidacy for the Municipality of Tirana," said Bardhi.