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Main ruling parties do not register as coalition at the CEC

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Prime Minister Edi Rama of the Socialist Party and Speaker of Parliament Ilir Meta of the Socialist Movement for Integration. (Photo: SP/SMI 2013 campaign)
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TIRANA, April 20 – Albania’s main ruling parties, the Socialist Party and the Socialist Movement for Integration, have filed a request to the Central Election Commission, demanding the extension of the deadline for the registration of electoral entities for the upcoming parliamentary elections, scheduled for June 18. The letter sent to the Central Election Commission was signed by the chairs of the parliamentary groups of the two ruling parties, Gramoz Ruci and Luan Rama. “The Socialist Party, the Socialist Movement for Integration and the other parties of the Alliance for a European Albania have made constant attempts to negotiate with…

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