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The Association of Albanian Municipalities lodged a complaint to the court, raising allegations on the constitutionality of the mayoral elections.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the association wants the court to also verify the registration process of the Democratic Conviction Party.<\/p>\n<p>This session comes after the Venice Commission\u2019s opinion ruled that the Constitutional Court has no competencies in adjudicating an electoral process as \u201cunconstitutional\u201d, but it might however control electoral legislation.<\/p>\n<p>A representative of the association, Jordan Daci, maintained that the Commission was in fact wrong in its ruling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Venice Commission ignored all the practices of the International Human Rights Court. According to the law, the Constitutional Court must adjudicate the matter\u201d, declared Daci.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, local elections held in 2019 will go under the lens of the Constitutional Court. 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