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Calling for caretaker gov’t to protect free elections, opposition continues protest

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Opposition leader Lulzim Basha at a protest rally. (Photo: DP handout)
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TIRANA, Feb. 23 – Albania’s opposition is continuing its indefinite protest in front of the prime minister’s office and opposition leaders said the Democratic Party will not return to parliament until a caretaker government takes over to guarantee free and fair elections. The announcement of a parliamentary boycott followed the largest anti-government rally in years and the setting up of a large tent in front of the prime minister’s office, where hundreds of people have stood nonstop since the anti-government rally on Saturday. The Democratic Party has dubbed the protest venue, a major intersection in Deshmoret e Kombit Boulevard as…

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