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Albanian main opposition party invites citizens to propose future MP candidates

Xinhua, January 24, 2017 Adjust font size:

The main opposition party in Albania, the Democratic Party (DP), has started a process in which citizens are invited to participate and propose their political candidates for the elections of 2017.

The initiative called "Propose Your MP" was launched by the DP on Monday.

All members, supporters and common citizens are invited to propose who they would like to run for them in the elections, the DP chairman Lulzim Basha said in a press statement.

Calling this initiative as the first step towards a big political turn, the opposition leader said the proposed names will be vetted and then the DP will pick up the ones that will represent their voters throughout the country.

According to Basha, the country is going through a socioeconomic crisis, therefore, transparency in elections of lawmakers is crucial.

Albania will hold parliamentary elections on June 18 and the political parties here are already preparing for the election campaign. Enditem