{"id":26822,"date":"2021-12-07T21:34:25","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T20:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=26822"},"modified":"2021-12-07T21:34:25","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T20:34:25","slug":"contested-local-elections-bushati-talks-of-a-constitutional-vacuum-haxhiu-meta-is-helping-berisha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/contested-local-elections-bushati-talks-of-a-constitutional-vacuum-haxhiu-meta-is-helping-berisha\/","title":{"rendered":"Contested local elections, Bushati talks of a \u201cconstitutional vacuum\u201d, Haxhiu: Meta is helping Berisha"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Analysts Andi Bushati and Baton Haxhiu spoke over the stance of President Ilir Meta on the Constitutional Court\u2019s verdict on local elections held on 30 June 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Bushati claims that Albania is in the midst of an \u201cinstitutional conflict\u201d as six municipalities have no mayor.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized that the court failed to \u201caddress a constitutional dispute\u201d while putting the blame on the justice reform.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCitizens of 6 municipalities will not have a mayor just because the \u201cAmerican-European court\u201d has dodged taking a decision&#8221;, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Haxhiu compared it with Kosovo\u2019s Constitutional Court claiming that the former is \u201cnot only the best in the region but in Europe\u201d for having \u201ctoppled three presidents\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>According to Haxhiu, Meta\u2019s stance is entirely \u201cpolitical\u201d adding that the President is actually helping Sali Berisha by not decreeing partial election in 6 municipalities.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Analysts Andi Bushati and Baton Haxhiu spoke over the stance of President Ilir Meta on the Constitutional Court\u2019s verdict on local elections held on 30 June 2019. 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