Mazniku reveals the criteria for merging municipalities: It brings a concentration of economic opportunities!

The Socialist Party co-chair of the Special Parliamentary Committee for the Territorial reform, Arbjan Mazniku, a guest on “Real Story”, explained in detail the criteria which, according to him, were used as arguments for merging several municipalities.

He stressed that every municipality should in theory have an urban base.

“We must connect so that each municipality in theory, where possible, has an urban base, because it gives it the opportunity to create an economy,” he said.

During the explanation in the studio, Mazniku took several examples, which according to him show the element of merging.

“The element of merging brings a series of advantages. The first, it brings a concentration of economic opportunities; secondly, it brings a concentration of administrative capacities.

We cannot maintain a good urban planning office in Elbasan, Përrenjas, Belsh and Cërrik.

We increase the number of services and we increase the possibility of absorbing funds from the European Union,” he said.