The President of PBDNJ, Vangjel Dule, and the Minister of State for Relations with the Parliament, Elisa Spiropali, were involved in a debate about the elections in Himara, during today's plenary session.
Dule considered Vangjel Tavon, SP's candidate for mayor of Himarë, an "imported candidate". "
"You brought an imported candidate to Himara today. You took him along with his relatives, and made them electors in the municipality. You also took associates by handing out roles and promising them land. You took a candidate product of the political market. The candidacy that the prime minister accused of being a tinkerer and he accused the prime minister of being a drug addict. You presented him as a minority. Take him to the river of Vlora as a candidate, who will stop speaking Greek in Himara. Your objective is clear, you want to grab the properties of the Himarjots, and you are trying to take the water of the river from the inhabitants of the Vlora river. In these conditions, you have deliberately violated laws and principles, the entire administration is in Himara. The members of the Council of Ministers do your service in shifts to seize the mandate of the Himarë municipality. I guarantee you that whatever you do, there is no blackmail, threat, or enticement you can use to defeat the Himariot spirit. You cannot take away their property, heritage and dignity," said Dule.
On the other hand, Spiropali opposed Dule and defended Tavo, calling him "a candidate who knows how to do the job and represent Albanians and Greeks".
"The elections for the municipality of Himara are not a political referendum, but they are local elections for the residents there towards solutions. The elections in Himare are not elections to divide the minority and the Albanians, but to unite the citizens there. The elections for the municipalities are not for dividing the properties, pieces or internal or external influences, but they are elections that we put in the function of development. We have elected a candidate who knows how to do the job and represent Albanians and Greeks. With the Himara elections, we do not do internal or external politics, but we will give Himara solutions to their local problems outside of the influences that have turned this electoral battle into a senseless war of influences that do you no honor. From those who nominated people with records there, to those who today hold the rope of divisions for the municipality of Himara. Himara will have a mayor who does not knock on the doors of the hidden or open landlords, but only knocks on the citizens to ask for their trust and vote", said Spiropali.