TIRANA, April 17 – The Chairman of the Freedom Party (FP), Ilir Meta, received on Monday the head of the ODIHR observer mission for the May 14 local elections, the ambassador. Audrey Glover.
Meta announced that during the meeting they discussed concerns related to the holding of free and fair elections for the local government bodies on May 14.
“I shared with Glover the concern regarding the lists of voters and the positions of the Ministry of the Interior and the CEC, which have created problems related to their deliberate change to create uncertainty among voters, violating the law and the 20-year consolidated practice,” said Meta.
Also, he conveyed his concern about the flagrant misuse, according to him, of public financial funds, the use of public administration and state logistics infrastructure for the ruling party’s campaign, violating the Electoral Code and any other law.
Meta, a former president, said that he had pointed out to her the concern about the impunity of the illegal activities of the government and the failure to take into account many of the concerns raised by the civil society.
In addition the FP head said that he discussed with Glover the problem of media capture by the government. /Argumentum.al
