|
Vote
Counting Process Should Be Brought to an End As
Soon As Possible
19.02.2007
The Albanian Helsinki Committee
(AHC), based on reports from its monitors and on
frequent information from the broadcast media,
notes with particular concern that in some vote
counting centers, the counting has been blocked
or is being delayed.
Considering the importance of
this moment and the fact that the vote counting
process is an important link of the chain of
Albania's electoral process, the Albanian
Helsinki Committee, in this situation, calls
upon the Central Election Commission (CEC) to
intervene immediately, in keeping with the law,
with professional competence, to unblock the
situation and to demand rigorous compliance with
the law.
In this aspect, AHC takes into
consideration the fact that the Central Election
Commission is the sole constitutional body whose
duty it is to oversee, direct, and verify all
aspects related to the electoral process in
Albania. No other body may assume the attributes
of the Central Election Commission.
Considering the vote counting
aspect a very important and delicate aspect that
may have consequences on the progress of the
process and the issuance of results, AHC
expresses its concern that the blocking or
procrastination of issuing results may be
accompanied by harmful consequences.
Once again, we reiterate that it
is the competence of the CEC to take measures to
prevent any problem and to overcome any obstacle
that has emerged with competence and in the
spirit of the law.
Tiranë, February 19, 2007
|
