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Revolt against Territorial Reform, Braçe appeals for reflection: Let's listen to citizens calmly and wisely

2026-07-31 22:34:50Politikë SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Revolt against Territorial Reform, Braçe appeals for reflection:
Erion Brace

While opposition to the new SP draft for territorial reform is being accompanied by protests in several municipalities in the country, Socialist MP Erion Braçe appeals that the process should not remain just a technical discussion, but be accompanied by hearings and debate with the citizens of the areas affected by the new division.

In a reaction on social media, Braçe focused on Poliçan, Divjaka and Libohova, three municipalities that according to the Socialists' draft are expected to be merged, recalling his connection to these areas and emphasizing that each of them has its own history, identity and development. He said that the protest held in Poliçan where some citizens burned their SP cards, the reactions in Divjaka and the opposition expressed in Libohova show that citizens want to be heard.

Braça's reaction comes after the Socialists' draft law for the new territorial reform, which envisages reducing the number of municipalities from 61 to 46, has sparked protests in several areas of the country, including Poliçan, Klos and Dimal.

Erion Braçe's full reaction

"Yesterday was a difficult day, because of the proposed administrative-territorial division. The reform must be much bigger than that."

Three municipalities with which I have a special connection, Poličani, the place where I was first elected as an MP; Divjaka, the place where I was elected as an MP for 12 years (from Poličani to Divjaka always by direct vote); Libohova, the place of origin, merge and become part of other municipalities.

The day became more difficult after the protest in Poliçan, of the residents there, the socialists with them; after the insults of some Lushnja portals towards Divjaka, unacceptable and unworthy, especially when you learn that some of them are connected to the Lushnja Municipality; today, when the mayor of Libohova, in her nationally well-known style, said his as an opposition, calmly, in an argumentative and civil manner. In Libohova they say: “Raise your voice so much that the words of the house cannot be heard by everyone.”

I think now is the time to listen to the people. Not just the leaders of these municipalities, but the people. They have not been heard and this is a problem. To share with them information about the reasons and what happens to them, to the people after this separation; to listen to their thoughts, their arguments, to debate them with them, to reflect! This is an obligation of the process.

Keep in mind that we are not dealing with three lost and finished administrative units. Libohova has been a sub-prefecture since 1914, it has been there since the fourth century BC; it has always been a city, as Moikom the Great said: “There is no village with a castle and a clock tower.” Divjaka, or Eternal Arnisa, has been there for the last 500 years and earlier; it has developed so much in the last 12 years from an economic and production, infrastructural, social point of view, that it has often made Lushnja seem far behind, left behind. Poliçan is a city built for the strategic needs of the military industry, which is not only talked about, but is also a vital need now, and it – Poliçan – is ready. Tirana cannot be the only economy of this country in every branch.

"So, it takes calm and wisdom to listen to people; we must listen first, then to each other. There are plenty of arguments to exchange and this is never a cold technical process, but above all human."


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