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Electoral and Territorial Reform/ Dervishi: Local expertise should be intertwined with political desires

2026-02-05 22:29:00, Aktualitet CNA

Electoral and Territorial Reform/ Dervishi: Local expertise should be

Journalist Lutfi Dervishi said today that in order to achieve a useful result in the work on electoral and territorial reform, it is enough for expertise to be intertwined.

Invited to A2 CNN, Dervishi stated that there are several elements that need to be considered, such as minorities in certain communes and municipalities of the country, but overall it must be seen in terms of what it can generate since it has not yet been achieved in almost a decade.

"The country has experts who know local government. Now, the idea is how to intertwine the expertise that is not lacking, whether local or foreign, with political desires. Two years ago, the DP presented several variants to the commission through a well-known local government expert and two years ago the SP said "we don't need to change anything". The essence is this. If we are going to carry out a reform, the first question is this: how many municipalities do we have out of 61 municipalities, that support themselves, generate income and support themselves? None.

Do we think it will be an autonomous government? In Albania we only vote for mayors. The mayor is the only institution that is directly elected by the people. Since the two are intertwined, will the members of the Municipal Council have to be voted on by the people or will it simply be a party list? The volume of laws that will have to be passed in these two years is terribly large and this history of the workload is obvious, but it is also sufficient if they agree on the principles. First, it is the correct inventory.

The historical characteristics that need to be preserved and the third you need to make them functional. Maybe you have some obligation because of minorities with one or two communes or municipalities, but the rest has to do with a political will that comes where the compromise will be because the issue for experts is quite clear. It is not simply a matter of numbers, but the issue is about the principles that must be agreed upon. And if there is a lack of communication with the public, you will never be able to gain an electoral advantage when you are in opposition. So, people today need to know.

The majority has the votes. We are in a time when the majority is arrogant, it does not ask about the Constitution, it does not ask about the law, it does not ask about the regulation, it does not ask about the procedure, it does not ask about the codes. It has shown at all levels that it does not do so. The question is what you manage to communicate, how will you manage to convince people that the option that I am looking for is the best option. You have a great advantage, because this reform is already in question, that is, it is a failure in the sense that it cannot be done within 10 years, "said Dervishi./CNA

 





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