After all MPs of the opposition in Parliament except two resigned from their mandates on February 23, Speaker of Parliament Gramoz Ruçi informed the Central Election Commission (KQZ) on February 25 of the vacated seats.
The KQZ announced in a press statement today, that it will immediately start with the procedure outlined in art. 164 of the Electoral Code, which is the transfer of the seats to opposition candidate MPs further down the candidate lists used during the 2017 national elections.
In total 57 new opposition members will be contacted and required to hand in their decriminalization form within 10 days. Once these new MPs are nominated in Parliament, the opposition parties are expected to request them to refuse their mandates.
As we explained before, it will take eight rounds before the entire 2017 candidate list of the PD has been depleted.
LSI MP Lefter Koka and PD MP Myslim Murrizi are the only two opposition MPs who didn’t resign, whereas PD MP Rudina Hajdari is still undecided. Following his refusal, Murrizi has been expelled from the PD and continues as independent MP.
