{"id":30658,"date":"2022-01-31T19:21:51","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T18:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=30658"},"modified":"2022-01-31T19:22:30","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T18:22:30","slug":"smi-to-run-at-the-by-elections-with-berishas-candidates-says-briseida-shehaj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/smi-to-run-at-the-by-elections-with-berishas-candidates-says-briseida-shehaj\/","title":{"rendered":"SMI to run in the by-elections with Berisha\u2019s candidates, says Briseida Shehaj"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The winning candidates from Sunday\u2019s primaries will also represent the Socialist Movement for Integration (SMI) at the by-elections.<\/p>\n<p>SMI\u2019s deputy leader for the Tirana branch, Briseida Shehaj, told &#8216;Today&#8217; on Euronews Albania that the intention is to head to the polls under the same banner, dubbed \u2018House of Freedom\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The coalition will include Sali Berisha\u2019s faction, SMI, and other political parties.<\/p>\n<p>Shehaj said that the idea is to create a large opposition front that aims to restore citizens\u2019 trust in the opposition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSMI will not introduce any candidates. The candidates of the Refoundation Group will represent the House of Freedom coalition. This is not about names, but restoring faith in the opposition. We\u2019re at a point where names are irrelevant, what matters is that we\u2019re dealing with intellectuals. Basha no longer exists for us. The coalition is an opposition front against thieves and government corruption\u201d, Shehaj said.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, the members of the Democratic Party in six Albanian municipalities <a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/01\/30\/ardian-muka-to-run-for-berishas-faction-in-durres\/\">voted in the primaries to pick the candidate<\/a> that will run at the by-elections.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The winning candidates are:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Durres \u2013 Ardian Muka<\/li>\n<li>Vora \u2013 Lulzim Vrana<\/li>\n<li>Diber \u2013 Premtim Kryemadhi<\/li>\n<li>Lushnje \u2013 Elton Bano<\/li>\n<li>Rogozhine \u2013 Hekuran Xhani<\/li>\n<li>Shkoder \u2013 Bardh Spahia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The winning candidates from Sunday\u2019s primaries will also represent the Socialist Movement for Integration (SMI) at the by-elections. SMI\u2019s deputy leader for the Tirana branch, Briseida Shehaj, told &#8216;Today&#8217; on Euronews Albania that the intention is to head to the polls under the same banner, dubbed \u2018House of Freedom\u2019. The coalition will include Sali Berisha\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":30659,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[265],"tags":[270,434,402,151,401,435,421,400],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>SMI to run in the by-elections with Berisha\u2019s candidates, says Briseida Shehaj - 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\/smi-to-run-at-the-by-elections-with-berishas-candidates-says-briseida-shehaj\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SMI to run in the by-elections with Berisha\u2019s candidates, says Briseida Shehaj - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The winning candidates from Sunday\u2019s primaries will also represent the Socialist Movement for Integration (SMI) at the by-elections. 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