{"id":32563,"date":"2022-03-07T12:05:35","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T11:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=32563"},"modified":"2022-03-07T12:15:14","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T11:15:14","slug":"dp-comes-in-third-in-all-6-municipalities-basha-march-6-was-an-anomaly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/dp-comes-in-third-in-all-6-municipalities-basha-march-6-was-an-anomaly\/","title":{"rendered":"DP comes in last in 5 municipalities, Basha: March 6 was an anomaly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic Party chairman, Lulzim Basha, called the local by-elections of March 6, \u2018just another anomaly in the long line of anomalies\u2019 in Albania \u2013 referring to the 2019 elections which were boycotted by DP.<\/p>\n<p>When asked by journalists about DP\u2019s poor results in these by-elections \u2013 after which Democrats ranked last in all of the 6 municipalities participating in the race \u2013 Basha said that this is just more evidence of the grave need for a thorough reform, especially an electoral one.<\/p>\n<p>Basha also argued that the low voter turnout simply goes to show that citizens are refusing to participate and this puts DP before an important responsibility. &#8216;We now need to undergo a thorough introspection so that we can finally break our links with its past,&#8217; &#8211; said Basha.<\/p>\n<p>Check out live results <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/03\/07\/election-results-first-ballot-boxes-counted-in-lushnje-and-rrogozhina\/\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/03\/07\/socialist-party-takes-the-municipality-of-lushnje\/\">Socialist Party takes the Municipality of Lushnje<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/03\/06\/socialist-party-wins-vora-dps-candidate-gets-less-than-700-ballots\/\">Socialist Party wins Vora, DPs candidate gets less than 700 ballots<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic Party chairman, Lulzim Basha, called the local by-elections of March 6, \u2018just another anomaly in the long line of anomalies\u2019 in Albania \u2013 referring to the 2019 elections which were boycotted by DP. 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