The National Council of the Democratic Party has approved the establishment of the working group to carry out the audit for the Russian financing of the party during the 2017 elections, triggered by the "Muzin" file.
The working group consists of Ledina Mandia who will be the chairperson, Florion Mima, Edmond Spaho, Enno Bozdo and Aldo Bumçi members.
Meanwhile, the National Council has not approved today the Presidency's draft on how the primaries will be held within the party for the election of candidates for mayor in the upcoming local elections. local elections. The members of the DP National Council took time to familiarize themselves with the material, as they only received it shortly before the meeting began.
According to the Presidency's draft, the candidates will be chosen by primaries where all the democrats will have the right to vote and propose.
Deputies of the Democratic Party and incumbent mayors are not subject to the selection and pre-selection process. They qualify directly to compete in the primary.
The candidate is declared the winner only if he receives at least 50% + 1 of the votes from the total valid votes in a given area. In the event that none of the candidates receives at least 50% + 1 of the votes from the total valid votes, then the two candidates with the highest number of votes go to a runoff. In case of an equal distribution of votes, the candidate or candidates who go to the runoff are drawn by lot.