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Helsinki watchdog says Albanian elections fail to meet world standards

Balkans.com Correspondent - 31.08.2009
The Albanian Helsinki Committee (AHC) reported that violations marred general elections in Albania on June 28, which it says failed to meet international standards.

AHC said in a report that in some municipalities family members were allowed to enter voting booths together and vote as a group, rather than separately, a trend that was tolerated by the commissions of regional polling stations.

It also criticised the Central Election Commission for announcing results before all votes were counted.

The group deployed 150 observers during the election, monitoring 700 balloting centers in the country’s main districts, and 25 vote-counting centers.

AHC (www.ahc.org.al) is a non-governmental organization founded in Albania in 1990 that joined the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights in 1992.

Source: Balkans.com Business News

Aulona wrote:Helsinki watchdog says Albanian elections fail to meet world standards

Balkans.com Correspondent - 31.08.2009
The Albanian Helsinki Committee (AHC) reported that violations marred general elections in Albania on June 28, which it says failed to meet international standards.

AHC said in a report that in some municipalities family members were allowed to enter voting booths together and vote as a group, rather than separately, a trend that was tolerated by the commissions of regional polling stations.

It also criticised the Central Election Commission for announcing results before all votes were counted.

The group deployed 150 observers during the election, monitoring 700 balloting centers in the country’s main districts, and 25 vote-counting centers.

AHC (http://www.ahc.org.al) is a non-governmental organization founded in Albania in 1990 that joined the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights in 1992.

Source: Balkans.com Business News

The chief of the Albanian Helsinki Committee (AHC), has been elected PM from the Socialist Party of Albania, so its consideration is not reliable, it's otherwise completely tendentious , issued from a person close to Edi Rama, leader of SPA, interested redoing the elections , therefore blaming them for not meeting the standarts.

Zeus10 wrote:
The chief of the Albanian Helsinki Committee (AHC), has been elected PM from the Socialist Party of Albania, so its consideration is not reliable, it's otherwise completely tendentious , issued from a person close to Edi Rama, leader of SPA, interested redoing the elections , therefore blaming them for not meeting the standarts.

Let's not forget that following information was in the news from other organizations such as OSBE/ODIHR who had almost exactly the same concerns and reservations while the voting was going on. We are not sure as how their final report will be yet, but we are certain that what we are reading here is nothing new, as it is in the news in their own words.