TIRANA, July 11 /ATA/ – Albania opposition has put forward Petro Gjikuria as a unified opposition candidate in the repeat mayoral elections in the southern Albanian municipality of Himara on August 4.
Announcing officially his candidacy on Thursday, the main opposition Democratic Party lawmaker Ina Zhupa said that “Gjikuria is a model citizen who offers hard work, solutions and democracy.”
“On August 4, Himara residents will vote for a candidate who will decently represent Himara. The vote is about a model against corruption, a mayor who doesn’t steal the citizens’ properties for powerful individuals in office, and the vote is about a mayor who knows how to govern and receive citizens regardless of their political affiliations or their ethnicity,” she said.
The OMONOIA organization and the Unity for Human Rights Party have confirmed their support for Petro Gjikuria’s candidacy.
Gjikuria will run against Vangjel Tavos from the Socialist Party. The mayoral elections in Himara were decided after the Central Electoral Commission revoked earlier this month the mandate of Fredi Beleri, who was convicted of vote-buying and subsequently sentenced to two years in prison.
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