Berisha: The May 11 elections are a farce!

2025-05-20 12:35:10Politikë SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Berisha: The May 11 elections are a farce!
Sali Berisha

Former Prime Minister and leader of the Democratic Party of Albania, Sali Berisha, has reacted to the manner in which the May 11 elections were conducted, stating that the electoral process has seriously violated the fundamental principles of democracy and international standards of free elections.

"These elections violate the most fundamental principles of fair elections, for which Albania has signed the Copenhagen document," Berisha said in a statement to the media.

He added that the principles of this document are embodied in the country's Constitution and Electoral Code, but according to him, they have been completely ignored during this electoral process.

According to Berisha, what happened on May 11 and throughout the election period constitutes a “complete subversion of the most fundamental principles of free elections, which require voters to freely express their opinion about their representatives.”

The former prime minister charged that control over the will of the voters was "multifaceted and widespread throughout the country," including, as he put it, "every form of pressure, from influence to threats and gunfire."

Berisha:  International laws, the Copenhagen document on free elections, the country's Constitution and the electoral code require that an electoral process be conducted in accordance with the provisions of these laws, these principles.

Otherwise, it is not an electoral process, but an electoral farce.

Therefore, I ask the media to remove the word "election" from their vocabulary and replace it with the word "electoral farce."

This is because in these elections, the most fundamental principles of fair elections, for which Albania signed the Copenhagen document, were violated.

Albania has embodied this document and its principles in the country's Constitution and electoral code.

What happened on May 11, and the entire period leading up to the May 11 elections, is a complete reversal of the most fundamental principles of free elections, which require voters to freely express their opinion about the representatives they elect.

It has now become known that the control of the will of the voters was omnipresent, multifaceted, and widespread throughout the country.

He was omnipresent, from flattery, to influence, to threats and a gun to the head.

So, in principle, anyone who seeks to face the truth must read international and national documents on elections, if they are to respect their dignity, the true values ​​they believe in or should believe in.

So, the parties pledge, says the Copenhagen document, that they will hold periodic free elections, which will guarantee in practice the expression of the opinion of the voters in the election of their representatives.


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