Will the DP enter the local elections and when will the names of the candidates be released? Here is Berisha's answer!

2026-11-03 13:12:08Politikë SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Will the DP enter the local elections and when will the names of the candidates

At a time when the country's president, Bajram Begaj, has decreed the date of local elections, which are expected to be held on May 9, the Democratic Party considers him a notary of Edi Rama's government, because he has also passed the new Territorial Reform without reservations.

This reform significantly reduces the number of municipalities in the country, while the Democratic Party has warned that it will send the case to the Constitutional Court.

But despite these reservations they have regarding the process, the leader of the DP said today that the opposition will come up with the names of candidates for the local elections very soon.

Meanwhile, Berisha did not give an answer as to whether the names of the candidates will be selected by the leadership structures, or through the primaries process, a concept introduced by him after returning to the leadership of the Democratic Party.

The President has decreed the territorial reform or the law approved by the socialist majority and the PSD for the new administrative division with the reduction of 15 municipalities. You have promised that you will submit a lawsuit to the Constitutional Court to oppose this reform. Will you go all the way? Is the lawsuit being prepared for the Constitutional Court?

Sali Berisha : First, please be correct with the citizens. In what sense? Words should be used as they are. Today the President does not exist, there is the Godfather's notary. And the citizens are understanding more and more every day that Haram Begaj is simply the Godfather's notary.

It is of extraordinary importance that the word speaks the truth, the meaning it has. And if today he is called a notary, it is not the fault of the citizens who call him a notary, it is his ugly act that degraded to that extent the highest institution of the country, the Presidency of the Republic.

Yes, we will pursue it with all legal modalities. Of course, as you can see, Padrino has power today and more than the last dictator had in 1990. And this is in 2020, because if we come to 2026 it is not 90, but it is at least 96 percent.

What does it mean? It means that other institutions are simply his levers, his instruments.

You have often stated from that podium that you are preparing for local elections, that you will have candidates very soon, but also new district leaders. When will the names of the leaders be announced, when will the names of the candidates be announced, and will there be a primary process to select candidates for municipalities?

Sali Berisha: The names of the leaders and candidates will be available as soon as possible. Regarding the procedure, there are different opinions, and it will be decided by the party forums. I cannot say now. The statute has its own definitions, but there are different opinions, the truth is.


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