TIRANA, July 29 /ATA/ The Democratic Party in opposition is holding today elections for its new chairman. At 08:00 in the morning, the voting centers were opened in all the Municipalities of the country and they will remain open until 19:00.
According to the DP press release, 30 minutes after the end of the voting process, the counting process will start. There are 25,000 members of the Democratic Party eligible to vote. Two candidates are competing in this process, former chief democrat Lulzim Basha and Gjergj Hani.
There was a clash within the party on these elections, a matter which was taken to the court. Gazment Bardhi, General Secretary of the Democratic Party and a group of lawmakers called a meeting of the National Council on Thursday evening. It decided cancellation of the electoral process. But, this decision was not taken into account by the leading board of the DP and another group of lawmakers, who entrusted the seal of the blue headquarters to Indrit Sefa, the Secretary for legal affairs in the DP. Sefa stated that the Council called by Bardhi is imaginary and void as far as the legal side is concerned. Thus, Bardhi’s group has filed a report to the Court.
Despite this clash, the blue headquarters is holding today the election process for its new chairman. /p.s./
