
The Democratic Party has declared that it does not recognize the results of the May 11 elections, while accusing Prime Minister Edi Rama of manipulating the process, even raising allegations of applying the 'Bulgarian train' on voting day.
But will the DP deputies enter the Assembly or not? In public statements, DP officials have ruled out the option of burning mandates, a decision that was applied during the time when this party was led by Lulzim Basha and caused numerous problems. Meanwhile, one of the options remains a long-term boycott, but this scenario is also expected to be discussed in early September.
Belind Këlliçi, who was the political leader for the DP in the Tirana Region, where the "ASHM" coalition managed to obtain only 13 out of 37 parliamentary mandates, told News24 that the opposition's return to the Assembly in the new parliamentary season will be decided by the high forums of the DP.
"Every day, Berisha continues to denounce all the facts that have proven that May 11 was a great electoral farce. We need to see the decision of the DP on whether or not to return the opposition to parliament, the high bodies of the DP, the council of the DP forums, must express themselves, they will set the political agenda. It is important to reflect the interest of Albanian citizens," said Këlliçi.
On May 11, the DP and its allies included in the "Alliance for a Greater Albania" coalition received the weakest electoral result since 1997. The Democrats and their allies managed to obtain 50 parliamentary seats, compared to 83 for Prime Minister Edi Rama, resulting in one of the most solid majorities in the 35 years of Albanian pluralism, as a single political force. Meanwhile, the other seats were distributed between Tom Doshi's PSD (3 MPs), Mundësia (2 MPs) and 1 MP each for the 'Nisma Shqipëria Bëhet' coalition, as well as Arlind Qori's Lëvizja Bashkë.
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