(ANSA-AP) - TIRANA, JUNE 25 - Albania's president has
condemned a decision by electoral authorities in favor of
holding municipal elections this weekend, calling on the ruling
Socialists to hold talks and not carry out an "imaginary" voting
process.
President Ilir Meta said Tuesday that full membership
negotiations with the European Union wouldn't open if Albania
held Sunday's elections without the opposition, which is
boycotting them.
The Electoral College ruled unanimously Monday that a small
political party must take part in Sunday's vote, a move against
Meta's decision earlier this month to cancel the elections. Meta
said he feared the balloting would be "undemocratic" without the
participation of center-right opposition parties.
Left-wing Socialist Prime Minister Edi Rama insists the
elections will go ahead as scheduled. (ANSA-AP).
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