{"id":43423,"date":"2022-11-07T18:40:14","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T17:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=43423"},"modified":"2022-11-07T18:40:14","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T17:40:14","slug":"cim-peka-any-regular-candidate-could-beat-veliaj-at-this-point-this-is-his-first-real-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/cim-peka-any-regular-candidate-could-beat-veliaj-at-this-point-this-is-his-first-real-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Cim Peka: Any regular candidate could beat Veliaj at this point; this is his first real race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Journalist Cim Peka says that any regular candidate could be able to defeat the current mayor of Tirana, Erion Veliaj in the upcoming local elections on May 14.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview for Euronews Albania, Peka said that Veliaj has never won a race alone and May 14 is set to be his first real race.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He was once in alliance with LSI and defeated Dr. Halim Kosova in 2015. 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