Albania 2022: “House of Freedom” vs. Drug-cartel
Albania 2022: “House of Freedom” vs. Drug-cartel
Author(s): Not Specified Author
Subject(s): Politics, Governance, Government/Political systems, Electoral systems, Criminology
Published by: Mednarodni inštitut za bližnjevzhodne in balkanske študije IFIMES
Keywords: Albania; 2022; Drug-cartel; house of freedom; politics; elections;
Summary/Abstract: Although the European and global public is currently focused on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, majority of political parties in the Republic of Albania are focused on the partial local elections scheduled to take place on 6 March 2022. In Albania, local elections were held on 30 June 2019. The opposition boycotted the local elections. As a result, after the local elections candidates of Edi Rama's Socialist Party (SP) occupied all the positions at the local government level. The councilors elected at the illegal local elections, which were not announced by the President of the Republic of Albania Ilir Meta, in the entire state did not include representatives of the opposition. The Democratic Party (PD) boycotted the elections without well-founded reasons, although it would have been logical that it had participated in the elections and then offered justifiable reasons to boycott the work of municipal councils.
Series: IFIMES Research Papers
- Page Count: 5
- Publication Year: 2022
- Language: English
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