TIRANA, Albania - Albania’s opposition parties resumed anti-government protests Monday after their boycott of June 30 municipal elections, which were mostly won by the governing Socialists. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOWThe Albanian parliament voted Monday to set up a special commission to investigate and possibly oust President Ilir Meta for his unsuccessful attempt to cancel the municipal elections. Meta, who belonged to a small opposition socialist party before assuming the presidency, has said he thought the elections would be invalid without opposition participation. Earlier Monday, Meta repeated his recent call that the Oct. 13 date he had scheduled as the new date for the municipal elections also be used for parliamentary and presidential elections. He considers the June 30 municipal elections as “not legally existing.”

Source: thestar July 08, 2019 18:54 UTC