The EU ambassador to Tirana, Eugen Wollfarth, confirmed the voices that
he will leave Albania a few weeks before his official mandate will be
over, reiterating that this move is based on an offer for a better
position from the German Foreign Ministry.
As regards the recent developments, Wollfarth declared that the Central Election Commission should be completely divided from politics, and that the latter should not interfere with this institution.
“I hope that the elections will not be compromised. I am sure that Albania has sufficient human resources to work with professionalism at the CEC or the local centres. However, it is very important for Albania to do its best, so that politics will be divided from such technical and apolitical institutions”, Wollfarth declared.
Wollfarth appealed for more dialogue to resolve the problems within the parties, as the only way to avoid other political stalemates in the internal policy.
“By what I have understood, this has been the tradition of CEC for the last 10 years. The local actors have been the one who have decided and CEC has been considered somehow balanced. Although it is considered balanced, there is always the need for a better balance. However, it is important to not overlook the rule of law. It is important to have dialogue, awareness and consensus, in order to have a better commitment of the Albanian people. I hope that June 23rd will bring a clarity and consensus for the agenda of Albania in the European integration, and I believe that Albania will leave behind once and for all the time when stalls were created within its domestic discussions”, Wollfarth declared.
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