Albanian President Ilir Meta has announced that the by-elections to fill six empty mayoral seats will take place on either 27 February or 6 March.
Last week, Meta announced he was starting procedures to call for mayoral by-elections, sending a request for information to the Central Election Commission (KQZ). Today, he met with Taulant Balla, head of the Socialist Party’s parliamentary group, to discuss potential dates.
There are currently six municipalities across Albania that do not have elected mayors: Vorë, Dibër, Shkodër, Lushnjë, Rrogozhinë and Durrës.
Mayors elected through by-elections will serve for only one year, as local elections are scheduled to take place in June 2023.
The President is required to set a date for mayoral by-elections 45 days after a vacancy is announced. However, Meta had postponed the procedure as the Constitutional Court ruled on the validity of the June 2019 local elections that were boycotted by the opposition.
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