Ballots inserted in wrong boxes

17/05/2011 15:30

After Top Channel the Central Election Commission meeting on February
14th 2007, the former Chairman of the Central Election Commission,
Çlirim Gjata, admits that CEC rejected the demand of Socialist Movement
for Integration for considering as valid the votes found in the wrong
ballot boxes.

Gjata says that according to the Election Code of 2007, this issue should have been treated by the Tirana Zonal Election Commission.

“This was raised as a problem and some points were discussed, but it was rejected. Since there was no legal solution for this, the decision was left to the Local Commissions. This problem was not discussed any further”, Gjata declared.

During the meeting held on February 14th of 2007, Central Election Commission members decided to reject this demand.

One of the CEC members of the time, Klement Zguri, from the Republican Party, declared that the votes inserted in the wrong ballot boxes should be considered as invalid, because they would cause confusion and conflict.

However, Mr. Gjata reminded that the Election Code has changed since then; although he adds that today there are legal gaps for this issue.

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