The co-chair of the parliamentary committee for Territorial Reform, DP MP Luciano Boçi, emphasized from Lezha, during a conversation, that the new reform must be a consensual product and built on the will of the citizens.

Referring to the 2015 reform, Boçi explained that the Democratic Party had not abandoned the process, but that it had been politically decided by the majority. “In 2015, there was no real consensus. The reform was imposed and we have the results before us today: a model that does not function properly,” he said.

According to him, unlike that period, the current reform must be built from the bottom up, listening to citizens and reflecting the real needs of communities. He warned that any attempt to continue with the same logic will produce the same result.

Boci also raised the issue of the number of municipalities, opposing the approach to reducing them without a broad political and social agreement. “If in the end the SP does what it wants – reducing municipalities without consensus – what do we gain? We accepted it once and what did it bring? Failure. If we follow the same path, we will have the same result,” he declared.

In this context, he emphasized that the Democratic Party advocates a model with more municipalities and more local autonomy, as a way to improve services and maintain the connection with the community. According to Boci, only a reform built on consensus and on the interest of citizens can guarantee the real functioning of local government and avoid repeating the mistakes of the past.