According to the official announcement, Tavos collected 59% of the votes (4,858 votes), while Petros Gkikourias, who was supported by the Greek minority, received 41% (3,400 votes).
Election representatives from Omonia, speaking to SKAI, merely commented meaningfully that “terrorism has won in Himara.”
On his part, Tavos, in his first statement, warmly thanked Edi Rama and the structures of the Socialist Party for their support, while reiterating the proposal he had made pre-election to Gkikourias to take up the position of deputy mayor.
It is reminded that the battle that the Albanian government has been fighting recently by any means was to prevent another unpleasant surprise with the election of Petros Gkikourias, who is supported by Omonia and opposition parties and is the successor to the Beleri coalition that won the elections in May 2023, and for “imported” candidate, as he hails from Dropulli, former Socialist Party MP Evangelos Tavos, to win.
The candidate supported by the Greek Minority, Petros Gkikourias, in a statement after the election process called on his opponent, Evangelos Tavos, to cooperate for the Municipality of Himara. “I will be the winner; if you want to come work for me, you are welcome. I am confident that the Himariotes believed in me,” Gkikourias stated among other things, accusing members of the Albanian government of attempting to intimidate minority members; however, as he said, their threats fell on deaf ears.
“The Himariotes showed that they are not afraid, and their participation was greater, and this shows that they did not lower their heads,” he said characteristically.
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