“Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama cast a dark shadow over next April‘s general election which were supposed to be free and fair and better than the previous ones,” has said German Member of European Parliament Michael Gahler.
In a comment on his FB account MEP Gahler drew the attention that the voting on the amendments to the Electoral Code violates the 5 June agreement and that this casts doubt on the legitimacy of the upcoming general elections.
Albania is to hold parliamentary elections on April 25 next year and the unilateral change of the Electoral Code on Tuesday has created an upheaval in the country with some politicians and analysts labelling it as a coup d’etat.
By doing so Rama clearly hinders Albania’s EU integratio, German MEP said, adding: “More precisely the breach of the 5 June agreement may very well postpone the first Intergovernmental Conference as the first step for the beginning of the real EU accession negotiations.”
Gahler closes his comment with the following urges: “Albania deserves much better than that. We call on the Albanian President to send back today’s laws to Parliament. We call on PM Rama to reconsider his position for the sake of the European future of the Albanian people.”/argumentum.al
