Shehaj Thanks Democrats for Support despite Losing Election
Candidate for the position of Chairman of Democratic Party (DP), Agron Shehaj has thanked Monday all the political force’s members who voted him, although he lost to his opponent and Acting Chairman of DP, Lulzim Basha.
In his statement, Shehaj expressed gratitude to all the Democrats and citizens that confided in him to bring a new spirt and approach into politics.
"I thank with all my heart all the Democrats who voted for me. I am grateful to you and all the citizens who trusted and supported me to bring a new spirit and approach to politics. I feel endlessly grateful to the observers and the team that worked with me these three weeks", declared Shehaj.
Earlier on, the elections committee of DP announced Basha the new chair with more than 32.000 votes of 75.000 members in total.
"We have administrated all the ballot boxes of 76 commissions nationwide. From those results that from 75.000 members of DP in total, 41.090 have used the right to vote. From those, 413 were invalid. The results below:
Fatbardh Kadilli: 781
Edit Harxhi: 983
Agron Shehaj: 6038
Lulzim Basha: 32882.
Based on these data, the Elections Committee announces Lulzim Basha as the winner," said Jemin Gjana.