TIRANA, July 19 /ATA/ In her latest statement on the territorial reform, Democratic Party MP Ina Zhupa argued that Delvina and Konispoli must retain their municipal status. She criticized the ruling majority, stating that they cannot simply erase historic communities from Albania’s map after having already stripped them of their institutions and economic growth.
“This isn’t an administrative reform; it is a policy of depopulation codified into law,” Zhupa wrote in the social media.
Zhupa added that downgrading municipalities is centralization in disguise. It strips away services, silences local communities and starves them of the investment they desperately need.
According to her, Delvina and Konispoli are not simply municipalities on the map, but are part of the identity, history and heritage of Albania.
“Therefore, we are against any plan to merge them as municipalities and unite them with the Municipality of Saranda,” she wrote. /m.q/j.p/p.s./
