As it was previously announced, the two biggest opposition parties, the Democratic Party and the Socialist Movement for Integration (LSI), signed today the Post-Election Coalition Agreement, under the slogan “Albania, the home that wins.” The agreement, which was signed by the leader of the DP Lulzim Basha and the leader of LSI Monika Kryemadhi, will work as a basis for the joint government that will be formed after the 25 April parliamentary elections, if the opposition will win the elections. The parties have identified through the agreement all the next priorities of the new coalition, where the main issue will be the recovery of the country from the “severe economic crisis caused by the clientelist government, which collaborates with the oligarchy and crime.”
From the list of 13 priorities mentioned in the agreement, the second priority will be that of “fulfilling all the necessary conditions for the opening of accession talks with the European Union.” Other key challenges that the coalition will address will be also the restoration of the rule of law, the curbing of the mass depopulation, the creation of a well-paid labor market, the creation of better working and education opportunities for the youth, the representation of women in decision-making, and the war against organized crime.
The post-earthquake reconstruction program will also be in the focus of the post-election coalition, where they pledge for a fast and non-corruptive process. In the list of the priorities is also the fight against COVID-19 pandemic, which will be addressed by the parties through the implementation of a health-social plan, that will limit the spread of the virus. Part of the health-social plan will be the realization of tests, the reimbursement of expenses for the patients who are treated in their homes, and the massive vaccination of the population. The three final priorities of the agreement include the development of culture and sports, the protection of the cultural heritage of Albania, and the property restitution to religious communities.
While LSI will enter the race through a separate list, in order to maximize the votes of the opposition, the Democratic Party will enter the race alongside the Republican Party, the Party for Justice and Unity, the Agrarian Environmentalist Party, the Unity for Human Rights Party, the Democratic Renewal Party (LZHK), the Demochristian Party, and the New Democratic Spirit.
