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Elections,
police and their monitoring
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With
the aim of improving the role of the police during the electoral
process and the election day , and contributing to holding
stable, free and democratic elections, on September 23-25 2003
the General State Police Directory, in cooperation with Albanian
Helsinki Committee, arranged a training workshop with senior
representatives of the Ministry of Public Order, as well as
chiefs of the police stations throughout the country.
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The
objective of this workshop was acquaintance on the part of the
Police with the legal acts and by-laws adjusting the role of the
police in the electoral process, the management of the rallies,
the role of the police in the election day, etc. Such training
topics were lectured by the experts of the State Police.
Albanian Helsinki Committee offered training about a better
acquaintance and understanding of the Electoral Code and law the
enforcement role on the part of the police in the process and
guaranteeing the right to vote.
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Representatives
from the Ministry of Public Order, Central Electoral
Commission, Albanian Helsinki Committee, State Police Directory,
Parliamentary Commission for Order and State Intelligence
Service,as well as representatives from the foreign police
forces discussed about the role and special significance of the
State Police as a non-politiocal structure, in achieving a free,
fair and democratic electoral process.
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This
activity was arranged in the context of the project "Legal
Education of the Voters and Observation of the Local
Government Elections 2003" funded by the Commission
for Democracy of the American Embassy in Tirana
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