Politics of Albania

Albanian parties are heading into the coming elections alone, without the usual big pre-election coalitions, potentially making the process of forming a government after June 25 more difficult to predict.

BELGRADE - William Walker's Greater Albania advocacy can cause instability, Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic has said, adding that Walker's report and role would be addressed extensively in the days to come.

The whole world now has the evidence served on a platter than William Walker is a Greater Albania lobbyist, Aleksandar Vucic has said.

Opposition groups led by the Democratic Party, are preparing for a major rally in the Albanian capital, Tirana, on May 13, raising fears in some quarters that violence could occur.

BUJANOVAC - At Thursday's meeting in Bujanovac, southern Serbia, Jonuz Musliu, head of Serbia's national council of ethnic Albanians, made no statements questioning the territorial integrity of Serbia or the integrity of any individual, says Zoran Stankovic, president of the government coordination body for southern Serbia.

BELGRADE - Jonuz Musliu, head of Serbia's national council of ethnic Albanians, based in Bujanovac, southern Serbia, said Wednesday Albanian PM Edi Rama was his president.

"Of course Edi Rama is the president," he told Prva TV when asked if Aleksandar Vucic - or someone else - was his president.

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Jonuz Musliu says his "president" is Albanian PM Edi Rama, rather than Serbian PM and President-elect Aleksandar Vucic.

In addition to serving as the mayor of Bujanovac, this ethnic Albanian politician from southern Serbia is also president of the Albanian National Council, whose seat in the same town.

The Albanian parliament failed to elect a new president on Wednesday after Prime Minister Edi Rama's governing Socialists decided not to offer a candidate in the first round of voting.

Two weeks ahead of presidential elections in Albania, and with general elections looming in June, both the Socialist Prime Minister, Edi Rama, and the leader of the opposition Democratic Party, Lulzim Basha, are busy live streaming their meetings and messages via Facebook.

Albania's main opposition parties led by the Democratic Party demanded the formation of a technical government that would then ensure a new free and fair election on June 18. In the meantime, the Democrats announced a complete boycott of parliament until their demand is fulfilled.