Thursday, April 08, 2021

The fourth Report on Monitoring the Use of State Resources in the Election Campaign, drafted by the Academy of Political Studies under the project "Strengthening Election Transparency in Albania" (SETA), was published. This report reflects the monitoring findings for the period 1-25 March 2021 in terms of the process of reporting and control of activities prohibited by the CEC and legal acts adopted in violation of the provisions of Electoral Code in the period of 4 months before the elections.
 
Some findings of the report for this phase:

• Regarding the legal acts - In violation of the Electoral Code, 1 law and 2 Municipal Council Decisions have been adopted, which bring benefits for the period of four months before the elections (In total 14 Laws, 1 Normative act, 9 Decisions of the Council of Ministers, 3 Decisions of the Municipal Council).

• Regarding the prohibited public activities of senior officials - It is noted a further increase in the promotional and political activities of the ministers who lead the electoral campaign in respective regions.
  

More details can be found in the full report.

This action of ASP is supported by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Tirana and the joint program of the Council of Europe and the European Union "Action against Economic Crime in Albania".