{"id":30554,"date":"2022-01-30T11:36:01","date_gmt":"2022-01-30T10:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=30554"},"modified":"2022-01-30T11:36:01","modified_gmt":"2022-01-30T10:36:01","slug":"first-time-that-members-pick-candidates-says-democrat-mp-bylykbashi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/first-time-that-members-pick-candidates-says-democrat-mp-bylykbashi\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cFirst time that members pick candidates\u201d, says Democrat MP Bylykbashi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Democrat MP Oerd Bylykbashi said for Euronews Albania that this is the first time that Democrats will pick the candidates they want to run in the elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the first time that members have a right to pick candidates. These are the votes of the Democratic Party\u201d, said Bylykbashi from Durres.<\/p>\n<p>Ardian Muka and Silvja Gjepali are competing at the primaries in Durres.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, he said candidates that will win today will have the endorsement of all Democrats in Durres.<\/p>\n<p>All those in possession of a membership card from the moment that the DP was founded have a right to vote in the primaries, explained the Democrat lawmaker.<\/p>\n<p>In total, there are 654,538 eligible voters in six municipalities. The Interior Ministry <a href=\"https:\/\/mb.gov.al\/publikohet-lista-e-zgjedhesve-per-zgjedhjet-e-pjesshme-vendore-per-kryetar-bashkie-per-disa-njesi-vendore\/\">confirmed<\/a> 10,134 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 class=\"title-post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/01\/29\/who-will-run-for-berishas-faction-at-the-by-elections\/\"><strong>Who will run for Berisha\u2019s faction at the by-elections?<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrat MP Oerd Bylykbashi said for Euronews Albania that this is the first time that Democrats will pick the candidates they want to run in the elections. \u201cThis is the first time that members have a right to pick candidates. These are the votes of the Democratic Party\u201d, said Bylykbashi from Durres. Ardian Muka and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":30555,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[270,280,396,392,397,151,395,393],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\u201cFirst time that members pick candidates\u201d, says Democrat MP Bylykbashi - 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\/first-time-that-members-pick-candidates-says-democrat-mp-bylykbashi\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u201cFirst time that members pick candidates\u201d, says Democrat MP Bylykbashi - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Democrat MP Oerd Bylykbashi said for Euronews Albania that this is the first time that Democrats will pick the candidates they want to run in the elections. \u201cThis is the first time that members have a right to pick candidates. 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