Former Albanian Premier and historic leader of the Democratic Party Sali Berisha appealed to the party members in Shkodra, north Albania, to sign for the convocation of the National Convention of the party, saying it would bring big changes. Berisha visited Shkodra in the framework of national tour for the revival of the party.

“I’d like to use the occasion to call to all the Shkodra Democrats to sign for the convocation of the Democratic Party National Convention”, Berisha said.

“We demand the convocation to set the rules in order to prevent the party from falling to the level it is today. We’ll define the Statute articles based on which a party chairperson that decides outside the party forums is automatically discharged and replaced by their deputy”, said Berisha, who was expelled from the Democrat parliamentary group with a decision of Democratic Party Chairman Lulzim Basha. The party base refused to accept Berisha’s expulsion and the asked for Basha’s an extraordinary convention to decide. Meanwhile, Basha rejected the call for the convocation of the convention.

Berisha also called for articles of the Statute that decide the dismissal of the chairperson that loses the parliamentary elections and a vote of confidence in the occasion of defeat in the local elections.