Vote against budget report of Pristina mayor shows rift in Vetevendosje

Pristina Mayor, Shpend Ahmeti, who won a second term running as Vetevendosje candidate during last year’s local elections, has been challenged on Wednesday by most of his party Municipal Assembly councillors, who voted against approval of a budget report for 2017. The symbolic vote against Ahmeti by his party members has revealed a deep rift within this movement.

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