Two SP MPs say no to the new territorial map: Braçe and Sinaj voted against merging 15 municipalities

Two Socialist Party MPs, Erion Braçe and Vullnet Sinaj, have come out against the proposal for the new territorial reform with 46 municipalities.

Sources told Euronews journalist Eksiola Shehu that at the meeting of the socialist parliamentary group at the beginning of this week, the two MPs expressed reservations about the proposal to merge 15 municipalities.

At the end of the meeting of the socialist parliamentary group, the draft for the new territorial map was put to a vote, while Braçe and Sinaj voted against.

“It makes me move towards a vote against”, Erion Braçe is reported to have said, among other things, during the meeting.

The Socialist Party’s proposal envisages reducing the number of municipalities from 61 to 46, through the merger of 15 municipalities.

84 votes are needed to approve the territorial reform in the Assembly. If the position of the two socialist MPs does not change, this could affect the number of votes needed to approve the new territorial division.