{"id":80434,"date":"2025-09-25T13:28:58","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T11:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=80434"},"modified":"2025-09-25T14:40:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T12:40:24","slug":"council-of-ministers-dismisses-erion-veliaj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/council-of-ministers-dismisses-erion-veliaj\/","title":{"rendered":"Council of Ministers Dismisses Erion Veliaj"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"57\" data-end=\"292\">The Council of Ministers has dismissed Erion Veliaj from his position as Mayor of Tirana. The decision was made today during the government meeting chaired by Prime Minister Edi Rama.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"294\" data-end=\"441\">On Monday, the Tirana Municipal Council approved with a majority of votes the Socialist Party\u2019s proposal to remove Veliaj from his post as mayor.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"443\" data-end=\"661\">A day earlier, the Prefect of Tirana had officially notified the government of the proposal approved by the Municipal Council. According to the law, it is the government that takes the final decision in this process.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"663\" data-end=\"879\">Yesterday, during a meeting with ministers and MPs from the Tirana district, alongside the Socialist Party\u2019s candidate for Mayor of Tirana, Ogerta Manastirliu, Rama described Veliaj\u2019s dismissal as a necessary step.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"881\" data-end=\"1099\">Rama stated that Tirana cannot wake up and go to sleep as a \u201cheadless body\u201d and that citizens cannot coexist with a \u201cdecapitated municipality,\u201d adding that the opposition will enter and lose the race for the capital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Council of Ministers has dismissed Erion Veliaj from his position as Mayor of Tirana. The decision was made today during the government meeting chaired by Prime Minister Edi Rama. On Monday, the Tirana Municipal Council approved with a majority of votes the Socialist Party\u2019s proposal to remove Veliaj from his post as mayor. 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