Tuesday, April 2, 2013


Albania coalition party to quit before June 23 poll, PM says government will operate normally


BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS APRIL 2, 2013 1:50 PM

 

TIRANA, Albania - Albania's prime minister has promised his conservative-led government will operate normally up until general elections on June 23, despite the expected departure of one of his coalition partners.

The left-wing Socialist Movement for Integration Party, or LSI, runs the foreign, economy and health ministries, but is seeking to distance itself from Prime Minister Sali Berisha's centre-right Democratic Party before the parliamentary poll.

Berisha said Tuesday opposition parties lack the number of votes required in parliament to oust him. The 68-year-old Berisha, who has dominated post-Communist politics in Albania, is seeking a third consecutive term as prime minister

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