{"id":22160,"date":"2021-10-08T21:07:32","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T19:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=22160"},"modified":"2021-10-08T21:16:28","modified_gmt":"2021-10-08T19:16:28","slug":"berisha-willing-to-return-and-take-on-dps-leadership-basha-asked-me-to-hand-over-my-mandate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/berisha-willing-to-return-and-take-on-dps-leadership-basha-asked-me-to-hand-over-my-mandate\/","title":{"rendered":"Berisha willing to return and take on DP\u2019s leadership: Basha asked me to hand over my mandate \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During his next meeting in Elbasan part of the \u2018Pulpit\u2019 tour, former PM Sali Berisha declared that he is willing to return and be reinstated as the leader of the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n<p>DP\u2019s historic leader also noted that after his last withdrawal from political life in 2013, he is now ready once again, to take on official duties if citizens are willing to vote him into office again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s my aim? My aim is to give you the chance to vote for your leader. Whoever you\u2019ll choose, I\u2019ll accept. Am I open? Yes, I\u2019m completely open. History has shown that my comebacks have been very productive. From now on, I\u2019ll be open to taking on any function decreed by the country\u2019s constitution,\u201d \u2013 stated Berisha.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the former DP leader told his supporters in Elbasan that Basha had previously asked him to renounce his parliamentary mandate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne day, he came up and asked me to give up my mandate. I told him that my mandate is a matter of the people\u2019s sovereignty. I can\u2019t even image how someone can decide about who enters Parliament and who doesn\u2019t. That\u2019s how the threats began, but I never gave up,\u201d \u2013 said Berisha.<\/p>\n<p>Berisha deemed the decision to oust him from DP\u2019s parliamentary group an \u201cact of treason\u201d and underlined that he would have accepted this verdict, only if it came as a result of an open vote from the party\u2019s National Council.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf he had called the National Council and organized a vote, I would have accepted any final decision, without a single doubt. But Basha stepped on the sovereignty of our political force,\u201d \u2013 added Berisha.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/programs\/barometer\/2021\/10\/07\/50-of-democrats-prefer-berisha-over-basha-as-their-party-leader\/\">50% of Democrats prefer Berisha over Basha, as their party leader<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/programs\/barometer\/2021\/10\/07\/approval-rating-amongst-dp-voters-for-basha-and-berisha-has-flipped\/\">Approval rating amongst DP voters for Basha and Berisha has flipped<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/programs\/barometer\/2021\/10\/07\/58-of-dp-voters-oppose-berishas-ousting-from-the-parliamentary-group\/\">58% of DP voters oppose Berisha\u2019s ousting from the parliamentary group<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<div class=\"spot-im-replies-count\" data-post-id=\"eneu22073\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During his next meeting in Elbasan part of the \u2018Pulpit\u2019 tour, former PM Sali Berisha declared that he is willing to return and be reinstated as the leader of the Democratic Party. 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