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Electoral code should be respected
14.02.2007
Newspapers “Tema” and “Shekulli”, of February
14, 2007, published two kinds of opinion polls.
The first one showed Mr. Olldashi winning 55.1%
of the vote, whereas Mr. Rama 44.9% of the vote.
The second one shows Rama winning 60% of the
vote and Mr. Olldashi 40% of the vote.
Both
above publications run against requirements of
article 134 of the Electoral Code that says,
"Election opinion poll results may not be
published during the five last days before the
election date", that "publication of results of
election opinion polls should also include the
name of the pollster, its sponsor, the sample
size, the margin of error, and the period during
which the poll was taken."
The
Albanian Helsinki Committee suggests to the
print and broadcast media that, with regard to
election opinion polls, requirements of article
134 of the Electoral Code should be observed.
AHC also
suggests to the CEC to intervene when noticing
violations of the Electoral Code, in spite of
who the subject or institution is that is not
observing respective provisions.
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