The General Secretary of the Democratic Party, Gazment Bardhi, explained in A2 why the decision approved by the Presidency for the election of the new president by July 29 is anti-statutory and cannot be implemented.
According to Gazment Bardhi, the first impasse lies in the fact that the membership with the right to vote for the chairman of the party is determined by a working group set up by the head of the branch. He argues that currently in the 71 branches that PD has nationwide, only 29 of them have an elected president, while the others are just points of contact.
The second point in violation of the statute for Bardhi is the Electoral Commission that will organize the process, since most of it contains names that have gone to Berisha's side. In order to change the commission, according to the general secretary, the National Council must be convened, which is actually called by the party chairman.
"The organization of an election process for the chairman of the party, in the procedure that was approved by the Presidency of the Party, contradicts the statute of the Democratic Party. If it were possible from a statutory point of view, I have no objection. But for me to organize a process that is not transparent and that leads to another division of the party, it should not be the position of the general secretary of the Democratic Party.
First, the membership certification according to the decision made by the presidency must be done by the head of the branch and the working group he sets up. So the head of a branch appoints two or three associates who determine whether a member has the right to vote or not.
First, it is an anti-statutory process because who enjoys the right to vote is determined by the party's statute and if a member has changed parties, that is the claim that at these moments there are membership movements within the DP, it is the heads of the branches that gather for take disciplinary action. This cannot be the subject will of an individual.
In 71 DP branches, only 29 of them have an elected chairman, 5 have a commanding chairman and the rest have contact points of the party organization for the campaign and cannot exercise the office of branch chairman.
The second reason has to do with the electoral commission. If we proceed with the commission that is in force, we can see that most of them have left the official Democratic Party and aligned themselves with Berisha. If the statute is implemented today, the elections will be managed by a commission controlled by Berisha. Before these circumstances, the process will contradict the statute ", said Gazment Bardhi.