The race for the chairman's chair, the Democratic Party announces the last minute decision

After 10 hours of debate and tension, the Presidency of the Democratic Party came out with the decision to open the race for the new head of the party. With 17 votes in favor, 2 against and 3 abstentions, the Presidium decided that the race for the new leader of the Democrats will be held on July 29, in the conditions when Jorida Tabaku also refused to lead the party.

This decision has brought tension in the meeting, as the deputies, who are also members of the Presidency, have not accepted that the elections are now close. It is reported that the MPs have abandoned the meeting, as they requested that first the elections be held at the base, and then the new chairman be appointed.

The Decision of the Presidency of the DP
ON THE ORGANIZATION OF THE ELECTION PROCESS FOR CHAIRMAN OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY

In support of point 6, article 10, articles 24,25,45, 46 and 53 of the DPSH Statute, assessing the difficult situation we have been through, the current situation of the party structures and the vacancies created at several levels by starting from the President of the DPSH to the base, based on the request of the College of Presidents for the urgent need for the immediate holding of the elections for the President of the DPSH as well as the complete reorganization of the party, the Presidency of the Party at the meeting of June 6, 2023

DECIDE:

The immediate start of the membership identification process, and the organization of the elections for the president of the DPSH.

1. In each PD branch, by July 15, the complete process of recording the members with the right to vote is carried out according to the provisions of Article 25 of the statute.
a. The head of the branch sets up the working group of the branch, which has the task of carrying out the identification of members with the right to vote;
b. The working group in the branch makes the evidence of the membership and structures in office by July 13.
c. The list compiled according to the format in annex 2 is deposited with the PDSH secretariat.

The Electoral Commission compiles the national list of voting members according to the provisions of Article 25.

2. Organization of the process for the election of the president of the DPSH:
a. The electoral process is managed by the Electoral Commission of the Party;
b. To the Electoral Commission, each candidate submits the application for candidacy by June 20, 2023;
c. The election campaign takes place from June 24 to July 27, 2023;
d. The elections for the president of PDSH will take place on July 29, 2023.

3. The presidency of the PDSH, by June 12, 2023, appoints working groups at the district level that, in cooperation with the branches, supervise the process of identifying the membership;

4. The extraordinary statutory assembly takes place within the month of September 2023;

5. The General Secretary, the Secretariat and the Electoral Commission are charged with the notification and follow-up of the implementation of this decision.

This decision takes effect immediately.