"Kelliçi received the votes of the village, you were preferred in the urban areas", Sejamini-Alimehmetit: Why did you withdraw?

2022-12-08 23:43:58Politikë SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
"Kelliçi received the votes of the village, you were preferred in
Alimehmeti and Kelliçi

The PD's primary candidate for mayor, Ilir Alimehmeti, invited to the show "The Unexposed", said that the withdrawal was made after consultation with other structures and key people in the party.

"The analysis was long, not seen in numbers and it did not happen only by looking at the figures but also by talking to key persons, other structures, the analysis was not only in numbers and areas, but with the people who know the progress and we did the calculation to be drawn. Here we calculate the risk for the structures as well, not only for the candidates", Alimehmeti said.

While Neritan Sejamini asked him why he withdrew from the race, when in fact he had a very positive result, especially in the urban areas of the capital, including where there are left-wing voters.

Excerpts from the conversation:

Neritan Sejamini: You were the voters' favorite. Why did you withdraw? When you made the runoff, I started looking at the results. If you have an area that is in favor of someone, unusually, we remove it from the analysis to understand DP membership. I removed Mr. Kelliçi's areas from the analysis, thinking that he has a direct influence there. The result you have is impressive. Based on the fact that you have not been in contact with the party. With little campaigning, DP voters showed that they have a preference for you. When we say that DP voters have a preference for you, we can judge that the gray electorate would also have more preference for you. So the best choice for DP was you. You made this preference zero when you withdrew.

Ilir Alimehmeti: You forgot that on the day of the runoff, those areas would vote again.

Neritan Sejamini : You have won in all the urban areas of Tirana. You have won area five, which is the area from the left. Same with area seven. Mr. Kelliçi has won in rural areas, he has not left a village without winning. He is a more popular figure in the villages. But, you were the candidate of change in all data. The largest and most urban areas have chosen you. What did you do to these people?

Ilir Alimehmeti: I have also done this analysis. Important is an element. The vote wherever it was has the same weight. As a result, it is included in whole analyses. Regardless of the area, we cannot say that the influence disappears. When we do a calculation...

Ylli Rakipi : Doctor, the objective is the elections, not these fairy tales...

Ilir Alimehmeti : About 48% in total were for Mr. Kelliçi. Just under 26% were for me.

Neritan Sejamini: You and Mr. Bogdani got more votes than Kelliçi. Why didn't you think that these votes would come to you?

Ilir Alimehmeti: There we are dealing with an indisputable mathematical runoff. But, in my analysis and judgment and that of my staff, there is no political runoff. You take for granted that the same population will come to the polls, which is not the case. Take for granted that Mr. Bogdani's votes would all go to me. Even if this happened, others would be needed.

Neritan Sejamini: When the citizens of Tirana voted, there was pessimism towards you, they did not know the strength. So, Kelliç's votes could also come to you. Perhaps, many other voters, who did not know who to choose, could go to the polls. So we don't know the final dynamics.


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