Tag: sela
Macedonia 28.04.19 | 13:42

Alliance of Albanians official says the party will ask its supporters to vote on their own accord in the second round

The Alliance of Albanians, one of the two parties which backed presidential candidate Blerim Reka, announced that it will not have a voting preference for the second round and will invite its supporters to vote on their own volition. Reka won 80.000 votes in the first round, and given the razor thin...

Macedonia 21.04.19 | 20:11

Reka believes the elections will help the country join EU, his team adds that the low turnout is due to huge emigration levels

Presidential candidate Blerim Reka, nominated by the ethnic Albanian parties AA and BESA, said that the presidential elections will show that Macedonia is prepared to open EU accession talks. The weather is nice today, I think the mood of the citizens is the same, and I hope that we will show that we...

Macedonia 18.04.19 | 23:50

Albanian opposition bloc sees votes for Blerim Reka as votes against the “Zaev regime”

Bilal Kasami, leader of the ethnic Albanian BESA party, warned Prime Minister Zoran Zaev that his Government will be brought down by the Albanian voters. Kasami and Ziadin Sela from the Alliance of Albanians are supporting the only ethnic Albanian candidate in the race, Blerim Reka, for President, and...

Macedonia 22.03.19 | 18:07

Albanian opposition leaders demand release of Parliament security officer

Albanian opposition leaders Zijadin Sela and Arben Taravari protested in front of the Skopje courthouse today demanding the liberation of Abdulfeta Alimi, a Parliament security officer who was sentenced to seven years in prison in the large April 2017 process. Although most of those sentenced to up to...

Macedonia 20.03.19 | 12:08

Sela wants a truly independent Special Prosecutor who would dare investigate the DUI party

Ziadin Sela, leader of the opposition Alliance of Albanians, denounced the talks between the ruling SDSM and the opposition VMRO-DPMNE parties about the fate of the Special Prosecutor’s Office, and reminded the public that this office has steadfastly refused to charge any politicians from the perennially...

News 25.02.19 | 14:26

Ziadin Sela demands early elections after a chaotic Parliament session

Ziadin Sela, leader of the Alliance of Albanians, called for early general elections after the outcome of Sunday’s Parliament session which Speaker Talat Xhaferi closed after midnight without allowing a vote on whether the immunity of his ousted predecessor Trajko Veljanoski should be revoked....

Macedonia 20.02.19 | 14:43

DUI move against the Alliance complicates Zaev’s plan to get approval from all Albanian parties for his presidential candidate

Ziadin Sela from the Alliance of Albanians refused to meet with Zoran Zaev and discuss the proposal to find a “consensual” presidential candidate. The decision comes after Arben Taravari, the Alliance of Albanians elected Mayor of Gostivar, was stripped of the right to appoint directors to...

Macedonia 12.02.19 | 12:44

Sela: Partisan driven hiring in the healthcare system is pushing young doctors to leave the country

Alliance of Albanians leader Ziadin Sela claims that young doctors are leaving Macedonia in droves, and he blamed the nepotistic hiring practices in the Macedonian healthcare system as one of the reasons why young specialists look to go abroad. With every new round of hirings, all hope is being destroyed...

Macedonia 06.02.19 | 11:27

Butterflies and eagles: Leftist activist forced to apologize to Albanian politician, sort of

Political science professor and leftist activist Mirjana Najcevska mockingly apologized to Alliance of Albanians leader Ziadin Sela, after a Facebook post in which she ridiculed his “Albanian eagle” hand symbol during the visit to a village near Veles. The symbol became popular among Albanian...

Macedonia 29.01.19 | 10:56

Sela calls on ethnic Albanians to vote for an ethnic Albanian presidential candidate

Ziadin Sela, leader of the opposition Alliance of Albanians, said that ethnic Albanian voters should support an ethnic Albanian presidential candidate in the coming elections. This flies in the face of the calls from the ruling ethnic Albanian party DUI which wants a joint candidate with its coalition...

Macedonia 21.01.19 | 16:21

Alliance of Albanians accuses top DUI official of running a fake university in Struga

The Alliance of Albanians, which is the leading challenger of the ruling DUI party, accused Struga mayor Ramiz Merko of running a fake university. According to Sela, the International private university in Struga, which he claims is run by Merko, is responsible for a series of violations. A year ago...