Following today’s meeting, the Commission of Appeals and Sanctions near CEC overturned the complaint of the Party for Justice, Integration and Unity (PDIU).
The aforementioned opposed the decision of State Election Commissioner Ilirian Celibashi and demanded to have its own vote-counting representatives at the elections.
Celibashi’s argument, which was later on endorsed by CAS, was that the PDIU is in a coalition with the Democratic Party and the Alliance for a Change, and since it is not running as a separate political subject it’s not entitled to its own poll watchers.
In light of the recent decision, the fourth commissioner from the vote-counting groups will be from the Socialist Movement for Integration (SMI).
Candidates will be represented by numbers on the ballot papers, not by their names as the usual practice until now.
The decision was taken up by the Electoral College on April 4, after a complaint filed by the Democratic Party at the Commission of Appeals and Sanctions.
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