They requested a recount of votes but KAS rejected them, Berisha: They chose a path that has no legal support, the members implemented the law

2025-05-31 12:57:36Politikë SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
They requested a recount of votes but KAS rejected them, Berisha: They chose a
Sali Berisha

The Democratic Party's opposition to its candidates in the KAS for the recount of preferential votes for DP leader Sali Berisha was in accordance with the law.

Today, in a statement to the media, Berisha said that the Electoral Code stipulates that only political entities and not candidates have the right to file such complaints.

'In 2019, an amendment to the Electoral Code supported by the Venice Commission and ODIHR removed the right of candidates to submit requests of this nature. Venice, ODIHR and our code recognize this right for political entities that are also invested in the candidate. Our candidates have followed an advised path, I cannot say because our representatives have made clear the interpretation of my call that they should make through the party.

But within the platform approved by the DP. So if the party has requested the illegality of the elections, then the party takes and presents the requests of the candidates one by one. Some candidates who have requested their complaint have filed them with the CEC. The Tirana candidates were informed again yesterday that the path they have followed is illegal. Our representatives in the KAS have implemented the law and could not vote for something that has been removed by law. The 4 candidates have the right to submit the complaint to our representatives in the KQA who then submit it to the CEC. It was a misunderstanding on their part,' he said.

The DP came out yesterday against its candidates who requested a recount of preferential votes and has joined the votes with the PS in the KAS, rejecting the appeal. 4 to 1, the members of the KAS decided today that the four candidates, Ilir Alimehmeti, Mimoza Hajdarmataj, Lisandër Hoxha and Ilirjana Kuçana, cannot be legitimized as appellants for the requests for a recount of their votes.


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