
The Democratic Party led by Lulzim Basha contested in the KAS the decision of the State Election Commissioner, Ilirjan Celibashi, according to which, this party had the right to propose only one member to the zonal election commission for the September 24 elections.
Meanwhile, the Freedom Party as the main party of the opposition coalition "Together We Win" won the right to nominate 2 members of KAZAZ Kuka.
The commissioner in arguing the decision was based on the results of the local elections of May 14, where the Democratic Party entered the elections under the name of the vice-president Enkelejd Alibeaj and emerged as the third party in the national rank.
Since the 2021 elections, PD has split into two groups, and in the local elections, former Prime Minister Sali Berisha's group entered the alliance with the party of former Prime Minister Ilir Meta under the banner of "Together We Win".
The rest, which continue to carry the party's logo and seal legally, entered the race only by significantly losing the electorate compared to the last parliamentary elections.
The DP asked the KAS to recognize this party as the main party of the parliamentary opposition, based on the number of votes won at the national level for the local councils in the elections of May 14, disputing the way of calculating the votes for the constituent parties of the coalition. "BF".
Early elections are held to replace the sacked mayor of Kukës, Safet Gjici, just a few weeks after he was re-elected for a second term under the banner of the Socialist Party.
His dismissal from the Council of Ministers came shortly after a video of him having sex with a woman in the office circulated online in early June. He was arrested a few days later for "passive corruption".