The leadership of the Socialist Party has met today to discuss the election of a new President. The name to be approved by the SP Presidency will be sent to the Assembly for a vote. In order not to reveal any information to the media about the new name of the candidate for President, the chairman of the Socialist Party, Edi Rama, has asked the members of the socialist leadership to turn off their mobile phones at the beginning of the meeting. The members of the presidency have handed over their mobile phones to the secretariat of the pink headquarters.
Tomorrow at 18:00 Parliament holds the fourth round for the election of the president.
After the failure of the first three rounds where the President was elected with 84 votes, in the fourth round 71 votes will suffice. The mandate of the current President, Ilir Meta ends on July 24.