{"id":30547,"date":"2022-01-30T10:53:01","date_gmt":"2022-01-30T09:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=30547"},"modified":"2022-01-30T10:53:01","modified_gmt":"2022-01-30T09:53:01","slug":"berishas-faction-holds-primaries-to-elect-candidates-ahead-of-by-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/berishas-faction-holds-primaries-to-elect-candidates-ahead-of-by-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Berisha\u2019s faction holds primaries to elect candidates ahead of by-elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday, the members of the Democratic Party in 6 municipalities will vote in the primaries to pick a candidate that will represent the faction led by Sali Berisha ahead of the local by-elections due on March 6.<\/p>\n<p>Voting began at 8 AM in Durres, Vora, Rrogozhina, Shkoder, Diber, and Lushnje and will close at 5 PM.<\/p>\n<p>12 candidates are running in the primaries, but only 6 will make it to the local by-elections.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, the committee <a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/01\/29\/who-will-run-for-berishas-faction-at-the-by-elections\/\">presented<\/a> the twelve candidates. Later during the day, the Democratic Party released a statement declaring that it does not recognize the candidates.<\/p>\n<p>In total, there are 654,538 eligible voters at the local by-elections. The <a href=\"https:\/\/mb.gov.al\/publikohet-lista-e-zgjedhesve-per-zgjedhjet-e-pjesshme-vendore-per-kryetar-bashkie-per-disa-njesi-vendore\/\">Interior Ministry<\/a> confirmed that 10,134 are first-time voters, while 135 were not included in the list due to the decriminalization law.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/01\/29\/who-will-run-for-berishas-faction-at-the-by-elections\/\">Who will run for Berisha\u2019s faction at the by-elections?<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/01\/29\/voltana-ademi-explains-why-she-withdraw-from-mayoral-race\/\">Voltana Ademi explains why she withdraw from mayoral race<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday, the members of the Democratic Party in 6 municipalities will vote in the primaries to pick a candidate that will represent the faction led by Sali Berisha ahead of the local by-elections due on March 6. 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