Former candidate for MP, Aulon Kalaja, has criticized the Democratic Party for the delay in preparing the electoral race for the municipality of Tirana.
On the 3D show on RTSH, Kalaja said that "while the opposition should have prepared with a name, now it's wasted time and the candidate who was supposed to appear yesterday, won't appear tomorrow either, because he didn't appear today."
He stressed that the majority announced its candidate on September 11, while the opposition did not reflect the seriousness required for such a competition. According to him, the opposition has missed a critical moment since February, when Erion Veliaj was arrested, by not presenting a clear figure for mayor.
"Edi Rama, with all his state machinery, with MPs and ministers, has an announced name. We have no candidate from the opposition. Politics must be serious. The opposition should have come up with a shadow name from that moment. Now it seems as if a competition has opened up about who should not run, not who should run. This is madness," he said.
Kalaja described Ogerta Manastirliu as a weak candidate, but with strong party support, while calling on the DP to clarify its position in relation to allied parties.
