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(9 years ago)Political race in Macedonia has begun. DUI leader Ali Ahmeti has stressed that his party candidates have numerous projects for the development of municipalities and that the main emphasis during the campaign will be infrastructure projects, which according to him will improve the lives of citizens in municipalities, DW reports. Ahmeti: Split [...]
Ahmeti: Sharing a Common Space
Ahmeti has also spoken of partnership and agreement reached with the LSDM. The goal is to create climates and give orders to citizens that these citizens share the fortunes and live under the sky and in common space, so it was thought that they should also politically approach one another, about an Albanian candidate, about a Macedonian candidate. In this direction we have invested and invested”, DUI chairman Ali Ahmeti has declared.
Alliance: Youth the most powerful asset
Alliance of Albanians leader for Ziadin Sela simultaneously and the candidate for chairmanship in the Struga municipality has stressed that Albanian youth is his most powerful asset in the 15 October elections.
“One thing is true, everything we've done in the name of youth, in the name of the prospect that new generations should have here in their homeland”, is highlighted in the opening of the campaign.
Basa: Attention on the ground
From the Belgrade Movement, the largest Albanian opposition party, say their programme primarily concerns the needs of Albanians at the local level, who, according to them, are in serious condition from the bad governance of their leaders by Ali Ahmeti's DUI.
“Movement Besa's programme for local elections has designed it on five pillars; the first pillar is to free municipalities from debt, corruption, urban mafia, the next point concerns economic development, the stimulus of small and large enterprises through the withdrawal of even foreign investors, as well as the other point that has to do with sport and recreature”, says Faton Fazliu, from the Besa Movement.
DPA: Interest for Albanians to Win in Their Areas · Global Voices
The DPA, led by Menduh Thaci, says the Macedonian side through Albanian partners in the government aims to narrow the residential spaces with Albanians.
We are extremely interested in the Albanians in this election together with their allies to prevail in all their territories. The Macedonian clan works hard to make sure that in these elections in some municipalities, where there are no majority to win their candidates. They want to squeeze the territory, reduce the territory where Albanians live, so that Macedonians' territory can grow to 93 or 94 percent”, Thaci has declared at the party convention.
LSDM, VMRO- aim for Albanian votes
The two main Macedonian parties LSDM and VMRO in this campaign for local elections as never before target votes even in Albanian settlements. Their rhetoric has softened overlap, they talk about Albanians and their basic rights. The Social Democrat League leading Government, even in local government, will continue with the rhetoric of the recent parliamentary elections by engaging in a society for all.
LSDM - Society for All
The LSDM claims to develop this concept in partnership with Ali Ahmeti's DUI, which is in the government coalition.
“These elections are personality choices and citizens rightly require high-quality vaults for which we will vote. We want our concept of life in Macedonia, or a society for all, to continue at the local level. We offer better solutions, both with candidates and with programmes. We as a government partner will support each other in several municipalities of”, declared Zoran Zaev, prime minister and LSDM chairman. The party has also issued Albanian candidates in several municipalities, in which it scored good results in the June 11th elections.
VMRO- DMPNE: Our bid against LSDM chaos
The leader of VMRO- The DPMNE, Nikola Gruevski, says their offer, commitment, responsibility and knowledge will be the best answer for the chaos and uncertainty that the LSDM has caused.
Macedonia will return to the path of success and development, and that road we will lead along with citizens. These elections are a new morning for all of us”, Nikola Gruevski, V chairman, has declared. MRO opposition DPMNE.
The election campaign for the October 15th elections lasts 20 days. In the race for running 80 municipalities and Skopje as a special local government unit participate in 19 political parties and coalitions, as well as several lists of independent candidates for municipal councilors.
