TIRANA (Albania), April 9 (SeeNews) – Albania will hold on December 22 a referendum on whether to continue to import urban waste, the president's office said on Tuesday.
“[..] the President of the Republic decided to determine December 22nd, 2013 as the date to hold the general referendum which has as its object the abrogation of Article 22, point 3 and Article 49 of the Law number 10463, dated September 22nd, 2011 for “The integrated management of refuse,”' the president's office said in a statement published on its website.
A request to revoke the articles of the integrated waste management law which allow the country to import waste was filed with the Central Election Commission in November 2011 after it collected more than the 50,000 signatures required to hold a referendum.
Since 1991 Albania has held two referenda on amendments to its constitution. However, this will be the first plebiscite in the country called by voters.