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TIRANA, Feb. 14 – Two women Democratic Party candidates in Berat — Juvina Jani and Monika Qosja — have rejected their legal right to take an MP seat vacated by a resignation so one of Albania’s wealthiest men can take the seat instead to return to parliament. The latest move is part of wider trend on both sides of the political spectrum through which women candidates are fielded to meet quotas and then sidelined so men candidates can take the seats if they become eligible. The MP mandate was offered to the two women based on legal gender quotas after…
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