TIRANA, Albania - Albania’s governing Socialist Party called a no-confidence vote against President Ilir Meta, saying Monday it was unconstitutional for him to cancel upcoming municipal elections. Meta announced Saturday that he planned to cancel the June 30 municipal elections. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOWThe centre-right opposition, led by the Democratic Party, had said it would boycott the municipal elections and threatened to prevent them from taking place. Prime Minister Edi Rama denies the allegations, and insists the municipal elections will go ahead as scheduled to prevent political “blackmail” from being used to force the calling of early parliamentary elections. After a meeting of Socialist Party leaders, party spokeswoman Spiropali said “Ilir Meta has lost his right to stand in that post,” she said.

Source: thestar June 10, 2019 10:17 UTC