Race for Tirana/Kikia: Manastirliu traditional candidacy, Binaj has an advantage

2025-10-08 18:16:00, Aktualitet CNA

Journalist Mentor Kikia spoke today about the candidates Ogerta Manastirliu and Florian Binaj who will compete for the leadership of the largest municipality in the country, that of Tirana. In a television appearance, Kikia said that Manastirliu is a traditional candidate and a politician with many years of career.

Meanwhile, he said about Binaj that his career outside of politics could be seen as a favor, although he added that he may find it difficult to convert him into a politician.

"Manastirliu is a traditional candidate, a career politician and a high-level administrative official with years of experience. She is a traditional candidacy."

Florjan Binaj is a man who comes from outside politics, without a career and without responsibility in public administration, and this can be seen as a favor, because there is no element from which he can be attacked in this regard.

Meanwhile, he will have to break some barriers of the Albanian mentality, no matter how much people want to love Flori as an actor. I think that Binaj's behavior and the support he received from the DP was an attempt to gather the votes of the opposition in Tirana. Apart from the Together Movement, Flori has gathered most of the opposition. He is a positive guy in general, but it remains to be seen how he will convert into a politician. Politicians easily make artists, but it is not easy for an artist to make politicians," said Kikia./CNA