MP Sinaj changed his stance on the “Territorial” reform, Zhupa: Do you have the will to stand against the people of Vlora?

Democratic MP Ina Zhupa addressed Socialist MP Vullnet Sinaj in harsh tones over his stance on the draft law on the Administrative-Territorial Reform.

Zhupa accused him of not keeping the word he gave to citizens and of having received an order from Prime Minister Edi Rama to vote in favour of the reform, for which at least 84 votes are needed.

The Democratic MP reminded Sinaj of the case of Selenica, one of the municipalities in Vlora County that is expected to be “merged”, while saying that the majority is ignoring consultation with citizens.

“I am asking today, as an MP for Vlora County: do you have the will, Vullnet Sinaj, to stand by what you said on 3 August, that Selenica should not be merged into one municipality? Do you have the will to show yourself a man of Vlora and keep the word you gave to the citizens? Today you are carrying out a reform in which you are not asking 125,000 Albanian citizens. You are ignoring 15 Municipal Councils that voted against you. The citizens outside are protesting because they were not asked, as the Constitution of the Republic of Albania requires, and you sit here having taken the order to stay only to vote for the ‘Rama-form’,” Zhupa said.