Party for Justice, Integration and Unity


The Party for Justice, Integration and Unity is a nationalist political party in Albania whose primary aim is the promotion of national issues. The party's goals and objectives are to express the struggle of the ethnic Albanians, who after world and regional wars, are facing challenges that affect their rights. In the light of paradigms such as freedom and human rights, these challenges bring them together, forge common interests, and constitute their national issues." The party focuses on highlighting national issues, including Kosovo, Albanians in North Macedonia, Montenegro, Presevo Valley and especially the Cham issue.

Formation and leadership

It was formed as a union of the Party for Justice and Integration and the Party for Justice and Unity. Shpëtim Idrizi is its current chairman, while Tahir Muhedini is now the honorary president.

PDIU involvement in 2011 general registration

In early October 2011, the Albanian government announced that a census would be conducted throughout the country, which would tally the exact number of ethnic minorities for the first time after 1989. However, after a proposal by the PDIU, the Albanian parliament changed the Census law, establishing a fine of $1,000 to every citizen that declares an ethnicity different from what was written down on his or her birth certificate. This applies even if the certificate was written during the communist era before 1989, where ethnic minorities were pressured to renounce their minority status.
Because of these developments, organizations that represent five minority groups in Albania decided unanimously to boycott the upcoming census. On the other hand, the PDIU, claimed that this decision was a national victory, prohibiting that way a part of local citizens to register as Greeks.

Local elections

The PDIU placed candidates in the following places:
In the Albanian local elections, 2011 the Party for Justice, Integration and Unity won a total of 59,499 votes throughout the country, and won the Librazhd, Sukth, and Rrogozhinë municipalities, plus Markat and Shushicë communes.

2015 local elections

In 2015 local elections PJIU won in three municipalities: Peqin, Rrogozhine and Konispol.

Parliamentary representation

Year%SeatsVotesGovernment
20132.61%44,957
20174.81%76,064

2013 election

PDIU joined the Alliance for Employment, Prosperity and Integration in the 2013 elections. The coalition was led by former Prime Minister Sali Berisha. PDIU got 44,957 votes, 2.61% translated in 4 seats in the new parliament. Shpëtim Idrizi got elected as well, bringing the number of seats to 5, but he came through the list of Democratic Party in Fier County.
  1. Aqif Rakipi for Elbasan County
  2. Dashamir Tahiri for Vlorë County
  3. Omer Mamo for Fier County
  4. Tahir Muhedini for Tiranë County
  5. Mesila Doda for Fier County

    2017 parliamentary elections

In 2017, PJIU won three mandates of deputies: 2 in Elbasan and 1 in Diber. Shpetim Idrizi and Mesila Doda published videos in Facebook that their votes were stole from another party, so the votes in Tirana were recounted, but they couldn't get their mandates either.