Over 15 candidates from different political forces have approached the CEC with a request for video footage of the counting of preferential votes.
Among the candidates who have applied are Blerina Gjylameti, Etilda Gjonaj, Frrok Gjini and Xhemal Qefalia from the ranks of the Socialist Party.
This has caused Socialist leader Edi Rama to react harshly.
VoxNews learns that Rama has asked the open list candidates to stop requesting video footage from the CEC, as according to him there is no chance of vote fraud with as much surveillance as the counting commissions had, while noting that "losing a race should not be a reason to lose face."
Rama emphasizes that these demands will simply "feed the media's greed when in the end, the impregnated mountain may not even produce a mouse!"
Rama's full reaction to the open list candidates:
I have sadly received notice of several individual initiatives, to request filming, recounts, and who knows what else regarding preferential voting!
Of course, I can't stop anyone from acting with their own head, but since we are still a team in this window – and I want us to stay that way – I would advise against going down that path. Because, first of all, losing a race shouldn't be a reason to lose face, when in fact there is no chance, zero, that with all those eyes on the screens, there will be vote deviations of a magnitude that would close the gap between anyone and those who have emerged as winners – not by 10 or 20, but by many more votes than the next in line.
Secondly, this means casting a shadow over our people, who have stood endlessly at the counting tables, and who do not deserve such a shadow of doubt for their great contribution.
And finally, imagine for yourself how bad anyone who goes down this path will feel, feeding the media entity, when in the end, the impregnated mountain may not even produce a mouse!