{"id":53051,"date":"2023-05-17T14:03:41","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T12:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=53051"},"modified":"2023-05-17T14:03:41","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T12:03:41","slug":"veliaj-argues-why-democrats-failed-in-the-local-elections-calls-opponent-a-good-guy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/veliaj-argues-why-democrats-failed-in-the-local-elections-calls-opponent-a-good-guy\/","title":{"rendered":"Veliaj argues why democrats failed in the local elections, calls opponent \u201ca good guy\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Mayor of Tirana spoke to Euronews Albania, after being reconfirmed for a third mandate after the May 14<sup>th<\/sup> local elections.<\/p>\n<p>Asked why the citizens of Tirana did not vote for his opponent who promised free public transportation, Erion Veliaj said that citizens cannot be lured with populism.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, it\u2019s impressive how many democrats boycotted Sali Berisha in these elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can even propose a free-tax city, without rules, but the citizens do not want this. They can\u2019t be bribed with populism. Buses can only be offered for free to the students. Meta and Berisha are two people who come to Tirana to spread poison. What happened and was impressive was the fact that even democrats did not want to go out and vote for Berisha, who has a problem with the United States,\u201d said Veliaj.<\/p>\n<p>He also had a comment about his opponent, Belind K\u00eblli\u00e7i, who Veliaj called \u201ca good guy who did mistakes in his campaign\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBelind is a good guy and I believe all five candidates were good people. He definitely made some mistakes. I believe he was actively sabotaged by Berisha and made a mistake by getting closer to Meta than Berisha. This backfired on him. I think he should have distanced his campaign from them. Berisha\u2019s war with the USA led to the greatest punishment. What completely ruined the chances was the involvement of Ilir Meta,\u201d the mayor added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mayor of Tirana spoke to Euronews Albania, after being reconfirmed for a third mandate after the May 14th local elections. Asked why the citizens of Tirana did not vote for his opponent who promised free public transportation, Erion Veliaj said that citizens cannot be lured with populism. 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