Sfida për Shqipërinë

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]

Challenge for Albania
SFIDA për Shqipërinë
LeaderHektor Ruci
Founded2016
HeadquartersTirana
IdeologyPopulism
Direct democracy
Political positionCentre to centre-right
European affiliationNone
International affiliationNone
Colours  Orange
National Assembly
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Municipality
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Website
sfidapershqiperine.com sfida.org.al

History

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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

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Sfida për Shqipërinë is a centrist party.

Parliamentary representation

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National Assembly
Election Leader Votes Seats Role
# % # ±
2017 Hektor Ruci 3,523 0.2 new extra-parliamentary
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References

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  1. ^ "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]. Citynews (in Albanian). 11 June 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2017.