The advisors of the Socialist Party, sitting at a table in front of the media cameras, proposed for the position of the new mayor of Himara the former deputy mayor Blerina Gorou Bala and at the same time informed that the other deputy mayor, Pervin Gjikuria, is resigning from the process.
The city council approved the proposal with 15 votes in favor and appointed Bala as the new mayor. The appointed mayor is from Himara, surname Goru, and her husband Artan Bala, originally from the village of Vouno, is an active municipal councilor of the Socialist party. He has been working since 2009 at the town hall of Himara as an economist, reports himara.gr.
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Edi Rama’s message
The Prime Minister of Albania, Edi Rama, posted on X about the election of the new mayor of Himara.
“Today’s election by the Himara Municipal Council, with 15 votes in favor and only 4 against, of the deputy mayor of the municipality, Blerina Bala, as acting mayor is a positive development for the continuation of the work of the local government,” he wrote.
“The failed attempt by a handful of motivated individuals to prevent this development based on the relevant legal obligation of the City Council clearly demonstrated the simple fact that the vast majority of Chimariotes do not belong in the trenches of conflict, division and senseless intensification of primitive strife, that feeds on interests and accounts that have nothing to do with the legitimate interests and needs of the people of Himara,” he said.
Today’s election by the Municipal Council of Himara, with 15 votes in favor and only 4 against, of the deputy mayor of the municipality, Blerina Bala, as acting mayor is a positive development for the continuation of the work of the local government.
The failed attempt by a handful of driven individuals…
— Edi Rama (@ediramaal) March 29, 2024
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