Sfida për Shqipërinë explained

Country:Albania
Challenge for Albania
Native Name:SFIDA për Shqipërinë
Colorcode:
  1. F7941F
Leader:Hektor Ruci
Foundation:2016
Ideology:Populism
Direct democracy
Position:Centre to centre-right
International:None
European:None
Colours: Orange
Headquarters:Tirana
Website:sfidapershqiperine.com sfida.org.al
Seats1 Title:National Assembly
Seats2 Title:Municipality

SFIDA! për Shqipërinë (CHALLENGE! for Albania or simply SFIDA!) is an Albanian political party, founded in 2016. SFIDA is an anti-establishment party that promotes direct democracy, mandate limitation and vetting for politicians. SFIDA is a follow-up of the movement "Ne, Tirana" which supported Gjergj Bojaxhi during local elections in 2015, where he ran as an independent candidate for Tirana's city hall. The party does not have a traditional leader. Instead, this role is split between an administrative chairman (held by Hektor Ruci) and a political representative, Gjergj Bojaxhi.[1]

History

In June 2015, Bojaxhi ran as an independent candidate in the local elections for the city hall of Tirana. This candidacy was supported by an organized civil movement called "Ne, Tirana". Erion Veliaj won the elections; however, Bojaxhi won over 16,000 votes. Based on this significant public support, in 2016 Bojaxhi and several other founders created "SFIDA! për Shqipërinë" in order to extend "Ne, Tirana" to a national scale. SFIDA participated for the first time in the national general elections in June 2017.

Ideology

Sfida për Shqipërinë is a centrist party.

Parliamentary representation

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LeaderVotesSeatsRole
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2017Hektor Ruci3,5230.2new

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Notes and References

  1. News: 11 June 2016 . Themelohet "Sfida për Shqipërinë"/ Ja qëllimet dhe strategjia për zgjedhjet e vitit 2017 . Established "the challenge for Albania": here are the goals and strategy for the 2017 elections . Albanian . Citynews . 14 January 2017.