{"id":12763,"date":"2021-05-04T19:12:13","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T17:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=12763"},"modified":"2021-10-05T12:54:38","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T10:54:38","slug":"former-head-of-cec-elections-in-albania-disputed-even-before-theyre-held","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/former-head-of-cec-elections-in-albania-disputed-even-before-theyre-held\/","title":{"rendered":"Former head of CEC: Elections in Albania, disputed even before they\u2019re held"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The former head of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC), Denar Biba stated on Ilva Now that in Albania, elections have always been contested even before they actually take place.<\/p>\n<p>He pointed out that the difference between Albania and other western countries is the fact that in these countries, elections are conceded even before they take place because citizens and running candidates trust their institutions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe dispute our elections even before they\u2019re held. It is our mentality. They [the west] concede the elections even before the fact because that is the process. It is a democratic instrument,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The editor-in-chief of Euronews Albania, Mentor Kikia stated that \u201cthe instinct of contestation of the elections\u201d comes as a result of responsible institutions being unable to this day, to guarantee citizens\u2019 trust.<\/p>\n<p>He added too that the Democratic Party should put together a very strong argument, through which it can justify their third consecutive defeat against the majority force.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe contestation instinct was produced as a consequence of people\u2019s lack of trust in their government institutions. DP needs a very strong argument in order to justify their third loss. We need to draw the red line in order to stop the tempering of the vote so that in the upcoming elections we can trust the referee,\u201d said Kikia.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The former head of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC), Denar Biba stated on Ilva Now that in Albania, elections have always been contested even before they actually take place. 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