Tirana candidacy, Braçe: The name should emerge from a contest within the SP! If it does not happen, I will set up offices to talk to the Socialists

Tirana is in its most decisive month in connection with the territorial reform, says Erion Braçe. It is precisely the moment when the Socialist Party can act for the good of the city and its residents, with the proper seriousness.

“In my judgement this is a decisive month. If there was ever an occasion for which the party Presidency, the SP Assembly should have been convened, it should have been this reform. Those who should inform the MPs gather, but they have not informed them. If these people have taken the elections seriously, this is the last month. Tirana is very large, it starts in Shëngjergj, it will go to Rinas and Krrabë. There are 1 million residents. If we want something to be done for Tirana, it is now,” Braçe told Report Tv.

He is not giving up the race for mayor, just as he remains unshaken in his position that the name should come through a contest and not through an announcement from the party. If that does not happen, he will set up offices in Tirana where he will talk with Socialists to choose the candidate.

“For months I have been saying that the Socialists, but also the citizens of Tirana, do not need an announcement from the SP about the candidate’s name. They need a process started by the SP that includes the broad mass who think the SP has the power to use the SP as an instrument to make this city well governed. I am asking for a process with an internal contest that does the best for the citizens, above all to energise the SP, to make every citizen part of the decision-making. If this does not happen, I will do it. How? With offices. We are at a moment when I need to talk to the Socialists. To set up offices across Tirana with Socialists who support a democratic process to choose the best candidate within the SP. I may not be voted for, but it must be a process that is accepted by the Socialists, the left and the citizens. We have the experience of what happens when you take decisions for them, but without asking them,” Braçe said.