Clashes for electoral reform

The Democrat expert at the Electoral Reform Commission, Oerd Bylykbashi, listed four chapters approved by the Commission and says that they have treated 20 ODIHR recommendations and that the Democratic Party has never refused any of them, different to what was declared by the Opposition Leader, Edi Rama, according to Bylykbashi.

“I have never noticed any kind of stalemate. It was surprising to see Rama’s recent fanfares, who declared that something bad is happening. This is malice, mistrust, even for the fact that we have agreed with Mr. Rama that the process will be postponed during March”, Bylykbashi declared.

March will be decisive for treating the hottest topics of the reforms, including the electoral administration, for which, according to Bylykbashi, there is no concrete proposition from the Socialist Party.

But this has not stopped the parties from continuing the work, and soon they will expect the Parliament discussion of two very important chapters, the electoral lists and the ballot count, for which Bylykbashi says that not only there is an agreement with the opposition, but they have also included some new elements that make the ballot count more transparent and shorter.

What the parties disagree about is the discussion, even in general, as Mr. Rama has required, for the Electoral System amends. The Democrats are very decisive for this point.

“Much less it is worthy to discuss about the electoral system, when it is not part of the recommendations. This would only delay the Commission’s work and would derail the orientation”, Bylykbashi underlines.

Asked by Top Channel about the stalemate in the electoral reform, and which the cases that are being delayed are, the Socialist Co-Chairman of the Commission for the Electoral Reform, Damian Gjiknuri, did not quote any concrete request.

Gjiknuri’s only request was for the experts to work full time. While for the success of the electoral reform, Oerd Bylykbashi, who offers his expertise for the Electoral Code for more than 10 years, thinks that the ODIHR recommendations are depended by the political will of Edi Rama.

No compromise for Parliamentary Reform

Different to the electoral reform, which has had no practical blocking, one cannot say the same about the Parliamentary Regulation Reform. The parties are not even near reaching a compromise, although three months have passed since the agreement.

According to the Democratic Party, the Socialist are responsible for discussing amends that are not included in the agreement, or as the Majority would say, that are against the Constitution and the Constitutional Court decisions.

Although it considers as provocative and blocking the Socialist stances for the Regulation Reform, the democrats say that they are open for Consensus only if it is based on the November agreement.

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