Libra Party (Albania)

Libra Party
Leader	Ben Blushi
Founded	1 November 2016
Split from	Socialist Party
Headquarters	Tirana
Ideology	Social liberalism Civic nationalism Pro-Europeanism[1]
Political position	Centre-left
European affiliation	None
International affiliation	None
Colours	Yellow
National Assembly	0 / 140
Municipality	0 / 61
Website
www.libra.al
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The Libra Party or Equal List (Albanian: Lista e Barabartë) is a political party in Albania, founded in 2016.^[2][3]

History

Ben Blushi

The party was founded by Ben Blushi, a prominent politician and writer and Mimoza Hafizi, both former MP of the Socialist Party of Albania. They left the Socialist Party after months of discussions with the leader Edi Rama. They opposed the decisions made by the government and wanted elections to be held within the party, to elect a new leader. On October 2016, they both left the party and created LIBRA, which in Albanian is an acronym for 'Lista e Barabartë' (The equal list).

Currently both Ben Blushi and Mimoza Hafizi, serve as Members of the National Assembly from the LIBRA Party.

Ideology

Libra means Knowledge, Freedom and Balance. It is a centre-left political party, which promotes equality and human rights. Social liberalism, civic nationalism and pro-Europeanism are her 3 main ideologies.^[4] It promotes democracy, education and believes that all people should be treated as equal. The main goal is to help reduce poverty and to create a society that lives in harmony and justice.

Leader

Parliamentary representation

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