Arben Taravari, chairman of the Alliance for Albanians, publicly called on VLEN to support National Alliance for Integration (AKI) candidate Arkin Jahiji in the second round of elections in Bërvenicë.

During this evening’s “Debat në Shenja” program, Taravari said that the Alliance for Albanians was ready to become actively involved in supporting Jahiji. He proposed that party banners be removed in the second round and that separate campaigns not be conducted.

According to Taravari, Jahiji will certainly advance to the second round. He called on VLEN, together with the Alliance for Albanians, to remove AKI’s banners and engage in support of the candidate, just as the Alliance had done last year for Haqim Ramadani. Taravari said the aim was to focus all attention on Jahiji so that the municipality would be led by someone with institutional experience.

Taravari also spoke about his meeting with DUI chairman Ali Ahmeti. He revealed that approximately one week or 10 days ago, the senior leadership of the Alliance for Albanians and DUI held a meeting to coordinate activities related to the local elections in Bërvenicë. He described the discussion, which addressed organizational issues, as constructive.

Referring to the January 11 vote in Gostivar and Vrapçisht, Taravari assessed that the results so far in the 2026 elections represented a successful beginning for the National Alliance for Integration.

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The State Election Commission announced that the deadline for submitting lists for the extraordinary elections for mayor of the Municipality of Bërvenica expired at midnight last night.

In accordance with the official deadline, six candidate lists were registered. Four of them were submitted by political coalitions, while the other two were submitted by groups of voters.

The candidate of the coalition led by SDSM is Jovica Radeski. The coalition for the 2026 extraordinary local elections also includes NSDP, the Democratic Action Party of Macedonia, the Party for Democratic Prosperity of Roma and Desnica.

The VLEN coalition will be represented by Jakup Useini, while Stojanço Radieski is the candidate of the “Your Macedonia” coalition. Arkin Jahiji is running on behalf of the National Alliance for Integration (NAI).

The other two names on the ballot come from groups of voters. Arife Idrizi was nominated by the group bearing her name, while Dushan Bogdanovski represents the “Dushan Bogdanovski” voters’ group.

The elections will be held on October 18. They were called after the then mayor of the municipality, Ivica Ilievski, died on June 23, 2026, at the age of 58.

With the closure of the candidacy submission process, Bërvenica has officially entered the electoral race with six candidates for leadership of the municipality.

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