{"id":15612,"date":"2021-06-13T13:35:55","date_gmt":"2021-06-13T11:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=15612"},"modified":"2021-06-13T13:36:12","modified_gmt":"2021-06-13T11:36:12","slug":"these-elections-will-also-determine-the-winner-of-the-upcoming-parliamentary-polls-says-candidate-shehaj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/these-elections-will-also-determine-the-winner-of-the-upcoming-parliamentary-polls-says-candidate-shehaj\/","title":{"rendered":"These elections will also determine the winner of the next parliamentary polls, says candidate Shehaj"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Agron Shehaj, one of the contenders for the top post of the Democratic Party, invited all the party\u2019s members to vote not only for the new leader but to choose the winner of the upcoming parliamentary elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese elections increase the value of the Democratic Party, but if we have low standards the entire process might come back like a boomerang. It is important who will win out of the candidates, but even more important is the credibility of the Democratic Party\u201d, Shehaj said.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier during the day, Shehaj <a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/06\/13\/elections-for-dps-leadership-are-a-value-to-democracy-and-debate-says-incumbent-basha-as-he-casts-his-vote\/\">took it to social media<\/a> to complain over alleged irregularities with the list of voters, while several observers appointed by him had been removed from the voting stations.<\/p>\n<p>Polls opened today at 8 AM, while voting will continue until 7 PM. There are over 75,000 DP members entitled to vote for the party\u2019s new leader with a 4-year mandate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/06\/13\/list-of-voters-has-been-halved-in-several-branches-says-candidate-harxhi\/\">List of voters has been halved in several branches, says candidate Harxhi<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/06\/13\/glad-to-be-the-first-to-ignite-the-flame-for-the-leadership-election-says-candidate-kadilli\/\">Glad to be the first to ignite the flame for the leadership election, says candidate Kadilli<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/06\/13\/elections-for-dps-leadership-are-a-value-to-democracy-and-debate-says-incumbent-basha-as-he-casts-his-vote\/\">Elections for DP\u2019s leadership are a value to democracy and debate, says incumbent Basha as he casts his vote<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Agron Shehaj, one of the contenders for the top post of the Democratic Party, invited all the party\u2019s members to vote not only for the new leader but to choose the winner of the upcoming parliamentary elections. \u201cThese elections increase the value of the Democratic Party, but if we have low standards the entire process [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":15613,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - 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