{"id":368,"date":"2019-08-26T15:12:28","date_gmt":"2019-08-26T13:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kriik.al\/home\/?p=368"},"modified":"2020-12-28T19:39:54","modified_gmt":"2020-12-28T18:39:54","slug":"june-30-as-a-failure-of-the-albanian-political-class-and-a-threat-to-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kriik.al\/home\/en\/2019\/08\/26\/june-30-as-a-failure-of-the-albanian-political-class-and-a-threat-to-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"June 30 as a failure of the Albanian political class and a threat to democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Press Release<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Coalition for Reforms, Integration, and\nConsolidated Institutions (KRIIK Albania) has followed in continuity since the\nadoption of the Electoral Code in 2008, electoral processes and other\ninstitutional processes related to them. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On 23 August 2019, KRIIK published the PUBLIC STANCE<\/a> \u201c30 June as a failure of the Albanian political class and a threat to democracy\u201d<\/em> through which it highlights that the process of 30 June 2019, considered \u201cElections\u201d or \u201cVoting\u201d, has led to the new local government receiving the mandate, even though it is impossible to consider it as an electoral process that has highlighted the expression of the free democratic will. This because, among others, it was marked by a unilateral political administration, several legal violations, as well as it was a process almost totally lacking competition, thus making the local government, de facto, politically nominated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

KRIIK deems that this so-called electoral process marked the conclusion of a series of failures of the Albanian political class<\/strong>, this latest failure costing, in addition, the failure of three other major institutional efforts: – lack of legal and institutional capacities<\/em><\/strong> to hold elections with integrity; – the undoing of the local governance as a decentralized power<\/em><\/strong>; as well as – the impossibility of a serious political-institutional dialogue<\/em><\/strong>, the lack of which has brought forth the radicalization of political confrontation, in an attempt to install a permanent constitutional crisis.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is highlighted, among others, that the first\ndamage of the 30 June elections, but also of other negative precedents\nestablished in previous elections, is\nthe definitive undoing of the legal framework, responsible institutions, and\nthe electoral tradition as per the Electoral Code of 2008.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moreover, through this \u201celectoral process\u201d\nhas been destroyed also the mechanism of\npolitical counterbalance, which is bi-partisan in practice, in elections<\/strong>,\nwhereas new precedents have been set. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The constitutional mechanism of the Republic of Albania seems to be missing life at its core now, because after 30 June the mechanical electoral rotation is being oriented toward a clearly autocratic mechanism, with \u201cdouble ticket\u201d of central and local governance<\/strong>. The state formation project of a constitutional liberal democracy is thus banalized to electoral dueling in which \u201cthe winner takes all\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the other hand, KRIIK raises the\nconcern that the verticalization of the\npower, without the presence of the opposition<\/strong>, in the domestic context of\nlaw enforcement and institutional conduct, presents\na major risk to local governance<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

KRIIK deems that, in the current\nsituation, due to the absurd and anti-legal precedents established, it should be considered disbanding the body\nof the Central Election Commission and the Electoral College, as well as start\nworking on writing a new electoral code. \n<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

KRIIK also brings into attention and calls\nupon all actors that the June 30, 2019 Local Elections, to the extent they can\nbe called as such, in any case, cannot\nbecome a loop that keeps society hostage and institutions in a spiral of\nconstitutional crisis and radical rhetoric. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In KRIIK\u2019s judgment, now, the question marks and contradictions on 30\nJune should follow the institutional path, while expecting the Constitutional\nCourt to consider the case, with all the effects that this court\u2019s decision can\nlead to. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The political class has the highest\nnational responsibility to show maturity, start without further delays the\ndialogue and find a compromise for the right solution for the country and the\nfuture of democracy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the same time, a challenge and duty remains\nthe maximum engagement for the Justice Reform as well as for starting the\nelectoral reform, as it should express itself and engage strongly and clearly\nin fighting corruption at all levels and organized crime.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In conclusion, it is highlighted that the\npresent and future of Albanian citizens, after three decades, cannot depend on\nthe political agreement or, even worse, political \u201chaggle\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the current political class is unable to have a serious political and institutional dialogue based on principles, without mentioning the necessity for strong institutions or improvement of the quality of life of citizens, the fate of this political class must be withdrawal or removal.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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