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Controversy accompanies DP leadership campaign

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The two candidates running to become the leader of Albania's main opposition Democratic Party, Lulzim Basha and Eduard Selami, walk with the party's historic leader Sali Berisha (center). (Photo: Archives)
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TIRANA, July 13 – The two candidates running to become the leader of Albania’s main opposition Democratic Party, Lulzim Basha and Eduard Selami, are continuing their campaign tours around the country offering their alternatives to party members. However, a group of critics led by Astrit Patozi, a former top DP lawmaker, have launched a parallel campaign with party members urging them to postpone the internal elections, which are seen as fake by the critics and simply aiming to continue the leadership of Basha. “The Basha-Rama race is dangerous for the DP and Albanian democracy,” Patozi told Albanian media. The Democrats…

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