"We are giving up the mandate"/ Shabani: Kleana Xhuveli will be an MP of the "Albania Becomes" Initiative

2025-07-21 15:02:00, Politikë CNA

"We are giving up the mandate"/ Shabani: Kleana Xhuveli will be an MP

The leader of the "Thurrje" Initiative, Endri Shabani, in a television appearance, focused on the situation in which the "Albania Becomes" Initiative coalition finds itself.

Shabani said that the climate of tension created came from the theft of the result by a single person. Further, Shabani said that the debate is not about the mandate, but about the standard, after Lapaj withdrew from the pledge he made before the elections.

The head of the "Thurje" Initiative said that Kleana Xhuveli has revoked her resignation and if the revocations are recognized, she will be a coalition MP in the next Parliament and the initiative he leads has been removed from the mandate and from the coalition.

" The theft of the result as the product of a single man undoubtedly created a climate of tension."

This debate was never about a mandate, the debate was about the standard. Mr. Lapaj made a commitment to us, to his activists, to his voters.

He committed himself by telling people that he was not fighting for his own seat. After the elections, there was a withdrawal from this commitment. It left a disappointment among the electorate, the activists, and the 'Nisma Thurje'.

It's been a year since the threats. After the threats from our activists, against me... The threats have been for life. Serious threats from dangerous actors. A file is being prepared.

I personally would like us not to go that far... This debate should not go to the courts. Today there is no longer a coalition, while we can show the public with total transparency what is being done and where we are going.

Ms. Kleana Xhuveli has revoked her resignation, has requested the mandate of the deputy. My fiancée has resigned. If the revocations are recognized, today Kleana Xhuveli will be a deputy of the Albania Becomes Initiative.

"Due to the failure of this coalition, she will be the representative of Albania Becomes and we give up the mandate and this coalition ," Shabani said./ CNA