The Party for Justice, Integration and Unity (, or PDIU) is a nationalist, right-wing

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whose primary aim is the promotion of national issues. The party focuses on highlighting national issues, including Kosovo recognition, Albanians in

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, Presevo Valley and especially the Cham issue.

Formation and leadership

It was formed as a union of the

Party for Justice and Integration Party for Justice and Integration ( sq, Partia për Drejtësi dhe Integrim, or PDI), was a political party in Albania that represented the Cham Albanians in politics. In February 2011, it dissolved into the Party for Justice, Integration and Unity ...

and the

Party for Justice and Unity The Party for Justice and Unity (, or PDU) was a political party in Albania whose primary aim is promotion of the Cham issue. The party was created after the 2009 parliamentary elections, in September by two deputies of the Albanian parliament: ...

Shpëtim Idrizi Shpëtim Idrizi (born 7 July 1967) is the Albanian leader of the Party for Justice, Integration and Unity (PDIU). He is a deputy in the Albanian Parliament, alongside Dashamir Tahiri, another PJU MP. On December 10, 2012, Idrizi, and Dashamir T ...

is its current chairman, while

Tahir Muhedini Tahir Muhedini is the honorary president of the Party for Justice, Integration and Unity. He won a council seat in the Municipality of Tirana Tirana ( , ; aln, Tirona) is the capital and largest city of Albania. It is located in the centre o ...

is now the honorary president.

PDIU involvement in 2011 general registration

In early October 2011, the Albanian government announced that a census would be conducted throughout the country, which would tally the exact number of ethnic minorities for the first time after 1989. However, after a proposal by the PDIU, the Albanian parliament changed the Census law, establishing a fine of $1,000 to every citizen that declares an ethnicity different from what was written down on his or her birth certificate. This applies even if the certificate was written during the communist era before 1989, where ethnic minorities were pressured to renounce their minority status. Because of these developments, organizations that represent five minority groups in Albania decided unanimously to boycott the upcoming census. On the other hand, the PDIU, claimed that this decision was a national victory, prohibiting that way a part of local citizens (according to PDIU also non-Greek) to register as Greeks.

Local elections

The PDIU placed candidates in the following places: *

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:Komuna

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- Zyber Lita *

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: Njësia Bashkiake nr. 7 Tiranë -

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:Bashkia

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- Ndriçim Dushku :Komuna

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- Engjëll Murrizi *

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:Bashkia Sukth - Sherif Fortuzi :Komuna Bubq,

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- Skënder Gjoni *

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:Bashkia

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- Shefki Çota :Komuna

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, Gramsh - Behar Kokla *

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- Dilaver Kamberaj *

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:Komuna

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the Party for Justice, Integration and Unity won a total of 59,499 votes throughout the country, and won the Librazhd, Sukth, and Rrogozhinë municipalities, plus Markat and Shushicë communes.

2015 local elections

In 2015 local elections PJIU won in three municipalities:

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, Rrogozhine and

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Parliamentary representation

2013 election

PDIU joined the Alliance for Employment, Prosperity and Integration ( sq, Aleanca për Punësim, Mirëqenie dhe Integrim) in the 2013 elections. The coalition was led by former Prime Minister

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. PDIU got 44,957 votes, 2.61% translated in 4 seats in the new parliament.Official results by Albanian CEC
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got elected as well, bringing the number of seats to 5, but he came through the list of

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. #Aqif Rakipi for

Dashamir Tahiri Dashamir Tahiri (born 16 September 1966) is member of the Parliament of Albania representing the Party for Justice, Integration and Unity (PDIU). Tahiri's father was a nephew of the Albanian patriot Veli Gërra. On 10 December 2012, Tahiri and S ...

for

#Omer Mamo for

#Tahir Muhedini for

# Mesila Doda for

(joined after leaving the

)

2017 parliamentary elections

In 2017, PDIU won three mandates of deputies: 2 in

Elbasan Elbasan ( ; sq-definite, Elbasani ) is the fourth most populous city of Albania and seat of Elbasan County and Elbasan Municipality. It lies to the north of the river Shkumbin between the Skanderbeg Mountains and the Myzeqe Plain in central Al ...

( Aqif Rakipi and Bujar Muca) and 1 in Diber ( Reme Lala). Shpetim Idrizi and Mesila Doda published videos in Facebook that their votes were stolen from another party, so the votes in Tirana were recounted, but they couldn't get their mandates either.

2021 parliamentary elections

In 2021, PDIU joined the Coalition PD–AN and won two mandates of deputies. # Nusret Avdulla for

# Shpetim Idrizi for

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Formation and leadership

PDIU involvement in 2011 general registration

Local elections

2015 local elections

Parliamentary representation

2013 election

2017 parliamentary elections

2021 parliamentary elections

See also

Notes

References

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