Observation of the Elections for the Assembly of Albania of April 25, 2021 The ballot counting process ended nationwide in the early hours of the morning of April 30, 2021[1] and the submission of election materials and ballot boxes to the Central Election Commission has already started[2]. In contrast to the voting process, the counting was…
Month: April 2021
Press Conference, Counting Process Progress
April 28, 2021, 22:15 pm – KRIIK notes with concern that political actors and election administrators at the second level are not paying attention to the counting of preferred votes for candidates. This runs counter to the main motive for unilaterally amending the Constitution last year, the right of citizens to choose their preferred candidates…
Press Conference, Counting Process Progress
Date 27 April 2021, Time 22:30 pm – KRIIK continues the observation in 68 CEAZs, in which the process of counting the votes for the candidates and electoral subjects continues. In 23 electoral administration zones, the counting has been completed, both for the subjects and for the candidates. The counting process for the subjects, in…
Press Conference, Counting Process Progress
Date 26 April 2021, Time 22:45 pm – It is already announced that the counting process has been completed in the municipalities of Pustec and Libohova, as well as in the Municipal Unit no. 10 in Tirana due to technology usage, thus voting and electronic counting. Regarding the counting process for electoral subjects, this process…
Presentation of the Statement of Preliminary Findings and Conclusions – Elections for the Assembly of Albania, 25 April 2021
“The election process, which was finalized on Election Day, 25 April, was held in an extremely polarized and conflictual situation, both politically and institutionally. Vote buying, voter intimidation and other election crimes were the topic of the day during the campaign and grew in intensity as Election Day approached. The extremely polarized situation escalated to…
Press Conference, Closing of Polling Stations and Delivery of Election Materials and Ballot Boxes to Polling Stations
April 25, 23:30 pm – KRIIK, after the completion of the voting process, expresses appreciation for the completion of this process and the massive participation of citizens in this peaceful process and demonstrating a high culture of citizenship. Citizens respected the calls for a smooth process, made by all important local and international actors, and…
Press Conference, Progress of the Voting Process
Date 25 April 2021, Time 18:00 pm – Regarding the data on reported incidents, it is reported that in the center no. 270/1, in CEAZ no. 4, security cameras have violated the privacy of voters and this required the intervention of the CEAZ, to move the secret room after the cameras were installed on it,…
Press Conference, Progress of the Voting Process
April 25, 2021, 15:30 pm – KRIIK calls on political parties and their supporters to assist the process and remove support groups from the vicinity of polling stations. The commissioners and all the staff in their support must respect the provisions of the Code by not allowing gatherings within 150 meters near the polling stations,…
Press Conference, Progress of the Voting Process
April 25, 2021, 12:30 pm – KRIIK in cooperation with 33 partner organizations, is observing the parliamentary elections of April 25. Trained observers are deployed throughout the country, we have stationary observers in 360 polling stations; 184 mobile observers for each constituency are also monitoring the voting process; 92 observers are monitoring the behavior of…
Press Conference – Publication of the Second Interim Report
Elections for the Assembly of Albania, 25 April 2021 The Coalition for Reforms, Integration, and Consolidated Institutions (KRIIK Albania) organized on Saturday, April 24, 2021, at 12.30, a Press Conference in the framework of the Election Observation Action for the Albanian Parliament of April 25, 2021. The purpose of the Press Conference was to present…