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{{short description|Albanian political party}}

{{Infobox political party

| name = {{nowrap|Party for Justice, Integration and Unity}}

| native_name = Partia Drejtësi, Integrim dhe Unitet

| native_name_lang = sq

| abbreviation = PDIU

| logo = Partia Drejtësi Integrim Unitet.svg

| logo_size = 250px

| leader = [[Shpëtim Idrizi]]

| leader1_title = Honorary president

| foundation = {{start date|2011|03|01|df=y}}

| leader1_name = [[Tahir Muhedini]]

| merger = {{nowrap|[[Party for Justice and Integration]] (PDI)}},<br>[[Party for Justice and Unity]] (PDU)

| foundation = {{start date|2011|03|01}}

| headquarters = Behind the “Shqipëria Sot” exposition, [[Tirana]]

| merger = [[Party for Justice and Integration]] (PDI),<br>[[Party for Justice and Unity]] (PDU)

| ideology = [[Albanian nationalism]]<br>[[Social conservatism]]<br> = [[Cham issue]]<ref name="Nordsieck">{{cite web|url=http://parties-and-elections.eu/albania.html|title=Albania|last=Nordsieck|first=Wolfram|website=Parties and Elections in Europe|date=2017}}</ref>

| headquarters = [[Tirana]], [[Albania]]

| position =

| ideology = [[Albanian nationalism]]<br>[[Social conservatism]]<br>[[Cham issue]]<ref name="Nordsieck">{{cite web|url=http://parties-and-elections.eu/albania.html|title=Albania|last=Nordsieck|first=Wolfram|website=Parties and Elections in Europe|date=2017}}</ref>

| international =

| position = [[Right-wing politics|Right-wing]]

| internationaleuropean =

| europeaneuroparl =

| newspaper = ''[[Përlindja e Shqipërisë]]''

| europarl =

| national = [[Alliance for a Great Albania]]

| newspaper = ''[[Përlindja e Shqipërisë]]''

| youth_wing = [[Klubi i Patriotëve të Rinj]]

| colours = {{color box|{{party color|Party for Justice, Integration and Unity}}|border=darkgray}} [[Light blue]]<br>{{color box|#D0CC02|border=darkgray}} [[Green]]

| colours =

| colorcode = {{party color|Party for Justice, Integration and Unity}}

| colorcode = #0097F0

| seats1_title = [[Assembly of the Republic of Albania|National Assembly]]

| seats1 = {{Composition bar|31|140|#0097F0}}{{refparty labelcolor|status|aParty for Justice, Integration and Unity}}}}

| seats2_title = [[Municipalities of Albania|Municipality]]

| seats2 = {{Composition bar|20|61|#0097F0{{party color|Party for Justice, Integration and Unity}}}}

| seats3_title = [[Municipalities of Albania|Council Seats]]

| footnotes = {{note label|status|a}}Additionally, Shpëtim Idrizi got elected through the list of [[Democratic Party (Albania)|Democratic Party]] in [[Fier County]].<ref name="election2013" />

| seats3 = {{Composition bar|26|1613|{{party color|Party for Justice, Integration and Unity}}}}

| website = {{url|http[https://wwwpdiu.al/ pdiu.al}}]

| country = Albania

}}

<!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:Unë e dua Shqipërinë (PDIU).jpg|thumb|200px|right|Campaign poster for the [[Albanian local elections, 2011|local elections in 2011]](Meaning ''I love Albania'').]] -->

The '''Party for Justice, Integration and Unity''' ({{Langx|sq|Partia Drejtësi, Integrim dhe Unitet}}, or '''PDIU''') is a nationalist, rightsingle-wingissue [[List of political parties in Albania|political party]] in [[Albania]] whose primary aim is the promotion of Cham national issues. The party focuses on highlighting national issues, including [[International recognition of Kosovo|Kosovo recognition]], Albanians in [[Albanians in North Macedonia|North Macedonia]], [[Albanians in Montenegro|Montenegro]], [[PresevoPreševo valleyValley|Presevo Valley]] and especially the [[Cham issue]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pdiu.al/faqe.php?id=2|access-date=2013-09-25|title=Programme|publisher=PDIU|language=sq|quote=PDIU as a party focuses on National Issues.... We believe that the Albanian state should find a solution to the Cham issue...|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927213807/http://pdiu.al/faqe.php?id=2|archive-date=2013-09-27}}</ref>

==Formation and leadership==

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== 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.<ref name=ethnos/><ref name="barjaba">{{cite web|url=http://www.watsoninstitute.org/bjwa/archive/11.1/Essays/Barjarba.pdf|author=Kosta Barjarba|title=Migration and Ethnicity in Albania: Synergies and Interdependencies|format=PDF|access-date=2013-10-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114034650/http://www.watsoninstitute.org/bjwa/archive/11.1/Essays/Barjarba.pdf|archive-date=2012-11-14|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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,<ref name="ethnos">{{cite web|title=Με αποχή απαντά η μειονότητα στην επιχείρηση αφανισμού της|url=http://www.ethnos.gr/article.asp?catid=22769&subid=2&pubid=63399185|publisher=ethnos.gr|access-date=27 September 2011}}</ref><ref name="protothema">{{cite web|title=Αντιδρώντας στις μεθοδεύσεις Μπερίσα και Τσάμηδων Αλβανία: Μποϊκοτάρει την απογραφή η ελληνική μειονότητα|url=http://www.protothema.gr/politics/article/?aid=150021|publisher=protothema.gr|access-date=17 October 2011}}</ref><ref name="kathimerini">{{cite web|last=Τζιμα|first=Σταυρου|title=Η ελληνική ομογένεια απέχει από την απογραφή στην Αλβανία|url=http://news.kathimerini.gr/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_2_01/10/2011_457957|publisher=kathimerini|access-date=17 October 2011|archive-date=22 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022090901/http://news.kathimerini.gr/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_2_01/10/2011_457957|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Ανησυχίες της ελληνικής μειονότητας της Αλβανίας για την απογραφή πληθυσμού|url=http://www.enet.gr/?i=news.el.article&id=300806|publisher=enet.gr|access-date=27 September 2011}}</ref> where ethnic minorities were pressured to renounce their minority status.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bos|first=Roeland|title=Mission report on the situation of the Greek minority in Albania|year=1994|publisher=Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization|page=9|url=https://books.google.com/books?ei=5IdiUqe4JMaEtAbAlIDgCg&hl=en&id=Mz5DAQAAIAAJ&dq=persecution+albania+greeks+hoxha&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%22Under+the+Hoxha+regime+gross+violations+of+human+rights+were+committed+against+all+population+groups+in+Albania.+The+Greek+minority+suffered+especially+from+the+religious+persecution+and+the+denial+of+their+national+and+cultural+identity.%22|access-date=19 October 2013|quote=Under the Hoxha regime gross violations of human rights were committed against all population groups in Albania. The Greek minority suffered especially from the religious persecution and the denial of their national and cultural identity.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Goldman|first=Minton F.|title=The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe|year=1990|publisher=Dushkin Pub. Group|___location=Guilford, Conn.|isbn=9780879678609|page=95|url=https://books.google.com/books?ei=y4liUo7aNsjFtQa2nICwAw&hl=en&id=pDPYIIoYEdwC&dq=persecution+albania+greeks+hoxha&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%22Religious+persecution+and+political+oppression+did+not+abate+under+Ramiz+Alia.+The+Alia+regime+also+continued+Hoxha%27s+policy+of+forceful+assimilation+of+non-Albanian-speaking+minorities%2C+in+particular+Greek-speaking+Albanians.%22|edition=3rd|quote=Religious persecution and political oppression did not abate under Ramiz Alia. The Alia regime also continued Hoxha's policy of forceful assimilation of non-Albanian-speaking minorities, in particular Greek-speaking Albanians.}}</ref>

Because of these developments, organizations that represent five minority groups in Albania decided unanimously to boycott the upcoming census.<ref name="protothema"/><ref name=kathimerini/> On the other hand, the PDIU, claimed that this decision was a national victory, prohibiting that way a part of local citizens (according to PDIU also non-Greek) to register as Greeks.<ref>{{citation|access-date=2013-10-18 | url =http://top-channel.tv/english/artikull.php?id=2987|title=Idrizi: Census is guaranteed|date=2011-02-10|publisher=Top-Channel|archive-date=2013-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020050649/http://top-channel.tv/english/artikull.php?id=2987|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Local elections==

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==Parliamentary representation==

{| class="wikitable" sortablestyle="text-align:center;"

{| class="wikitable sortable"

|-

! Election

! Year

! Votes

! %

! Seats

! Votes+/–

! Government

|-

|! [[Albanian parliamentary election, 2013|2013]]
| 44,957
| 2.61% |
| {{Composition bar|5|140|hex={{party color|Party for Justice, Integration and Unity/meta/color}}}} |
| 44,957 |
| {{yes2|Coalition}}

|-

! [[Albanian parliamentary election, 2017|2017]]

| 76,064

| 4.81

| {{Composition bar|3|140|hex={{party color|Party for Justice, Integration and Unity}}}}

| {{decrease}} 2

| {{partial2|External support}}

|-

! [[2021 Albanian parliamentary election|2021]]

| ''Supported [[Democratic Party of Albania|PD–AN]]''

| ''Supported [[Democratic Party of Albania|PD–AN]]''

| {{Composition bar|2|140|hex={{party color|Party for Justice, Integration and Unity}}}}

| {{decrease}} 1

| {{no2|Opposition}}

|-

! [[2025 Albanian parliamentary election|2025]]

| ''Part of [[Alliance for a Great Albania|ASHM]]''

| ''Part of [[Alliance for a Great Albania|ASHM]]''

| {{Composition bar|1|140|hex={{party color|Party for Justice, Integration and Unity}}}}

| {{decrease}} 1

| {{no2|Opposition}}

|-

| [[Albanian parliamentary election, 2017|2017]] || 4.81% || {{Composition bar|3|140|hex={{Party for Justice, Integration and Unity/meta/color}}}} || 76,064 || {{no2|Government Supporter}}

|}

===2013 election===

PDIU joined the [[Albanian parliamentary election, 2013#Alliances|Alliance for Employment, Prosperity and Integration]] ({{lang-langx|sq|Aleanca për Punësim, Mirëqenie dhe Integrim}}) 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.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170713073459/http://www.cec.org.al/images/stories/zgjedhje-per-kuvend/2013/zgjedhje_2013_web/lidhja_2.pdf Official results by Albanian CEC]</ref><ref name="Nordsieck"/> [[Shpëtim Idrizi]] got elected as well, bringing the number of seats to 5, but he came through the list of [[Democratic Party of Albania|Democratic Party]] in [[Fier County]].<ref name="election2013">{{citation|access-date = 2013-10-18|url = http://www.parlament.al/previewdoc.php?file_id=13791|language = sq|publisher = Assembly of the Republic of Albania|title = Lista emërore e deputetëve të zgjedhur|trans-title = List of elected representatives names|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150924064408/http://www.parlament.al/previewdoc.php?file_id=13791|archive-date = 2015-09-24}}</ref>

#Aqif Rakipi for [[Elbasan County]]

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===2017 parliamentary elections===

In 2017, PJIUPDIU won three mandates of deputies: 2 in [[Elbasan]] ([[Aqif Rakipi]] and [[Bujar Muca]]) and 1 in [[Dibër, Albania|Diber]] ([[Reme Lala]]). [[Shpetim Idrizi]] and [[Mesila Doda]] published videos in Facebook that their votes were stolestolen from another party, so the votes in Tirana were recounted, but they couldn't get their mandates either.

===2021 parliamentary elections===

In 2021, PDIU joined the Coalition [[Democratic Party of Albania|PD–AN]]{{efn|Alliance led by [[Democratic Party of Albania|PD]]. The other members are PDIU, [[Republican Party of Albania|PR]], [[Environmentalist Agrarian Party|PAA]], [[Movement for National Development (Albania)|LZHK]], [[Demochristian Party of Albania|PDK]], [[New Democratic Spirit|FRD]], [[Democratic National Front Party|PBKD]], [[Unity for Human Rights Party|PBDNJ]], [[Liberal Democratic Union (Albania)|BLD]], [[Albanian Democratic Union Party|PBD]], [[Legality Movement Party|PLL]], [[Christian Democratic Party of Albania|PKD]]}}

and won three mandates of deputies.

#[[Nusret Avdulla]] for [[Fier County]]

#[[Shpetim Idrizi]] for [[Tiranë County]]

#[[Mesila Doda]] for [[Tiranë County]]

==See also==

*[[Shoqata Çameria]]

==Notes==

{{notelist}}

==References==

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[[Category:Nationalist parties in Europe]]

[[Category:Right-wing parties in Europe]]

[[Category:SocialSocially conservative parties]]

[[Category:Cham Albanian organizations]]