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Ruling coalition buckles as disagreements continue

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SMI says it won’t participate in Kavaja elections without the opposition’s participation TIRANA, March 27 – Albania’s president has set May 7 as the by-election date to replace the mayor of Kavaja, setting in motion a rise in disagreements between the two main governing coalition partners, the Socialist Party of Prime Minister Edi Rama and the Socialist Movement for Integration of Parliament Speaker Ilir Meta. The main opposition Democratic Party says it won’t participate in the Kavaja elections – as part of its wider boycott of institutional political life as long as Prime Minister Rama doesn’t resign to allow for…

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