{"id":29814,"date":"2022-01-20T09:27:41","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T08:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=29814"},"modified":"2022-01-20T12:10:37","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T11:10:37","slug":"president-meta-to-set-march-6-for-local-by-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/president-meta-to-set-march-6-for-local-by-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"President Meta sets March 6 for local by-elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Ilir Meta decreed March 6 as the official date for the local by-elections.<\/p>\n<p>The Albanian President initially made the announcement on a political talk show on Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will decree March 6 as the date for the local by-elections\u201d, Meta said.<\/p>\n<p>President Meta said to have received guarantees from the Socialist Party that there will be no boycott on the elections, adding that \u201cit is difficult for me to say what will the Democrats or citizens do\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>His decision came after <a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/01\/19\/meta-begins-consultations-with-party-representatives-ahead-of-special-election\/\">consulting<\/a> with the head of the Socialist Party\u2019s parliamentary group Taulant Balla on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>By-elections are held when the mayor\u2019s seat is vacant for various reasons. 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The Albanian President initially made the announcement on a political talk show on Wednesday evening. \u201cI will decree March 6 as the date for the local by-elections\u201d, Meta said. President Meta said to have received guarantees from the Socialist Party that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":29816,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[150,151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>President Meta sets March 6 for local by-elections - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/president-meta-to-set-march-6-for-local-by-elections\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"President Meta sets March 6 for local by-elections - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President Ilir Meta decreed March 6 as the official date for the local by-elections. 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