{"id":10497,"date":"2021-04-15T14:54:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T14:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=10497"},"modified":"2021-04-15T14:54:00","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T14:54:00","slug":"whoever-sells-the-vote-sells-their-dignity-ambassador-kim-shares-the-message-of-the-catholic-church-for-april-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/whoever-sells-the-vote-sells-their-dignity-ambassador-kim-shares-the-message-of-the-catholic-church-for-april-25\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Whoever sells the vote, sells their dignity\u2019, ambassador Kim shares the message of the Catholic Church for April 25"},"content":{"rendered":"

The US ambassador to Albania, Yuri Kim has reposted the message of the Catholic Church for the April 25 elections, on her Twitter account raising her voice against vote-buying and selling.<\/p>\n

\u201cPowerful message of Catholic Bishops: \u2018The vote-buying and selling is a large wound! Whoever sells their vote, sells their dignity and his\/her families\u2019 dignity. Whoever buys votes by profiting from the poverty of voters, isn\u2019t worthy of stepping into the office they aspire.,\u201d wrote the US ambassador.<\/p>\n

In their message, the Catholic Church also invites citizens to massively exercise their right to vote. In the name of all Archbishops, in his statement for the occasion, the Archbishop of Rreshen, Dom Gjergj Meta said that now is not time to vote for candidates with a suspicious past.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhoever sells the vote for money, has sold their families\u2019 and their own identity and has lost the voice and the right to hold others accountable. Whoever buys the vote with money, by profiting from the economic poverty of voters, isn\u2019t worthy of stepping into office and taking the seat as MP. As a bishop, I can say that this is not the occasion to vote for candidates with suspicious pasts. The moral integrity of candidates should be a necessary condition,\u201d said the declaration of Dom Gjergj Meta, general secretary of KISH.<\/p>\n

The message of the Catholic Church also identified the challenges that those coming into power will have to face, after the April 25th<\/sup> elections. Amongst them, were the pandemic, reconstruction, dealing with the country\u2019s abandonment by its youth, as well as corruption and the justice system.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnother fundamental and important challenge is the strengthening of institutions that will come out of the justice reform, which is on paper but needs to be applied as soon as possible and with courage. And last but not least, is the war against corruption that is also identified by national institutions as a severe and acute wound for our society,\u201d said \u2013 Dom Gjergj Meta.<\/p>\n

Lastly, the Catholic Church made an appeal to citizens to not misuse their vote as this would cause great damage for the individual, the family and the entire country.<\/p>\n

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