Sfida për Shqipërinë

Challenge for Albania

SFIDA për Shqipërinë
Challenge for Albania SFIDA për Shqipërinë
Leader	Hektor Ruci
Founded	2016
Headquarters	Tirana
Ideology	Populism; Direct democracy
Political position	Centre to centre-right
European affiliation	None
International affiliation	None
Colours	Orange
National Assembly	0 / 140
Municipality	0 / 61
Website
	sfidapershqiperine.com sfida.org.al
	Politics of Albania; Political parties; Elections;

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[edit]

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". The elections were won by Erion Veliaj, 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[edit]

Sfida për Shqipërinë is a centrist party.

Parliamentary representation[edit]

National Assembly
Election	Leader	Votes		Seats		Role
Election	Leader	#	%	#	±	Role
2017	Hektor Ruci	3,523	0.2	0 / 140	new	extra-parliamentary

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References[edit]

^ "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.

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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.

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