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TIRANA, May 30 – Albania’s main opposition Democratic Party is facing internal turmoil a month ahead of general elections as two senior figures have publicly called for the sacking of the party’s leader, Lulzim Basha. Jozefina Topalli, a former deputy party leader and former speaker of parliament, and Arben Imami, among the party’s founders and a former defense minister, called a press conference Monday to express their dismay at the team of MP candidates chosen by Basha ahead of the June 25 elections. Many of the party’s old guard, including Topalli and Imami, were excluded, effectively ending their career as…
