TIRANA, July 20/ATA/- Democratic Party MP Oerd Bylykbashi stated today that the territorial reform should be consensual and based not on bargaining, but on principled consultations.
In a press conference, DP vice chairman Bylykbashi, Secretary for Legal and Electoral Affairs Ivi Kaso and Secretary for Local Government Ylli Asllani said that the DP will participate in the territorial reform.
Bylykbashi said that the Democratic Party has set up a working group and is conducting a study in every branch of the Democratic Party regarding the concerns of the citizens in the local areas.
“I say, the territorial reform has failed since 2018. The power has already been centralized. The Democratic Party has denounced this affair. The Democratic Party has a clear intention to participate and do its best. Territorial reform is an instrument that should not be lost, because something done badly for small political interests brings serious consequences afterwards”, he said.
Also, Bylykbashi added that we have distributed a questionnaire to gather opinions from every side regarding this process.
“We have the capacity to carry out an Electoral Reform while in about 9 months time there will be local elections as well. I emphasize that this will be a political decision, which will have political support. It will not be a false reform like the one in 2014, but a long-term territorial reform of the local governance,” he said./p.s./
