PD of Berisha chooses candidates for the May 14 race today, 4 municipalities "forgive" Meta

2022-12-04 08:17:40Politikë SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
PD of Berisha chooses candidates for the May 14 race today, 4 municipalities
Sali Berisha

The Democrats of Sali Berisha will choose the names of the official candidates for mayor today.

In a process, which according to the statute is called 'Primary', the membership and sympathizers will choose between several names, while the candidate with the largest number of votes will be placed in front of the SP candidates for the 61 municipalities.

The most interesting confrontation is in Tirana, where among 7 candidates, the race between Belind Këlliç, Ilir Alimehmet and Gert Bogdan is the strongest. No surprises are expected in the other 3 large municipalities, Elbasan, Shkodra and Durrës. In the first two, the PD of Berisha is running with only 1 name, Luciano Boçin and Bardh Spahinë, who are therefore official candidates, while in Durrës, between the two candidates, the politically unknown Armand Dervishi, Igli Cara has wide support.

Only 1 candidate, they have 7 municipalities across the country, where the primaries will be purely formal. In the municipality of Kruja, the only one with 11 candidates, the race is expected to be strong. The main contenders are Ndriçim Babasi and Agron Loka, who currently heads the PD branch. In this municipality, the Freedom Party candidate Denis Hidri also competes in the primaries. 

In the Kurbin Municipality, the race is expected to receive special attention, due to the armed conflict 5 days before the primaries. Of the 7 candidates who were already there, only 5 remain because the Re-establishment excluded 2 who were protagonists in the conflict. 

Two candidates of the primaries for the Municipality of Kurbin, Alfred Dajçi and Edmond Shkoza, have been excluded from the race on December 4. Librazhdi also has a high number of candidates with 6 candidates, Selenica 6, Dibra 6, Mirdita 6, Lezha 6, Fushë-Arrëzi with 5 candidates, as well as Saranda, Tropoja, Fieri, Mati with 5.

In 4 other municipalities, Sali Berisha has given a free hand to small minority allies by not subjecting them to the vote and leaving them the right to choose who they will run for themselves.

The municipalities of Himare, Finiq and Dropull where there is a concentration of Greek minorities are made available to Vangjel Dules, while Pusteci is reserved for a party of the Macedonian minority.

Members and sympathizers of the Free Party can also vote this Sunday, but only in 4 municipalities where Berisha has let Meta enter his names in the race. They are: Kuçova, Skrapari, Përrenjasi and Memaliaj.


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