{"id":36973,"date":"2022-05-24T11:02:34","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T09:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=36973"},"modified":"2022-05-24T11:02:34","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T09:02:34","slug":"kim-april-25-elections-good-but-not-perfect-efforts-must-be-made-to-allow-the-diaspora-to-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kim-april-25-elections-good-but-not-perfect-efforts-must-be-made-to-allow-the-diaspora-to-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim: April 25 elections good but not perfect; efforts must be made to allow the diaspora to vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The US ambassador to Tirana, Yuri Kim, declared that it is now time to take the necessary measures in order to allow Albanians living abroad to participate in the electoral process.<\/p>\n<p>Kim\u2019s declaration came this Tuesday, during a conference organized by CEC and OSCE, centered around the voting process for the diaspora.<\/p>\n<p>The US ambassador also noted that the April 25, 2021 elections were decent but they were not perfect.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe April 25 elections were good, but they weren\u2019t perfect and we all know this. The United States welcomes a possibility like this today, to work with our Albanian partners and institutions in order to address the continuous electoral issues, including the right of the diaspora to vote. This is a right that is guaranteed by the Constitution. We strongly urge serious bi-partisan cooperation so that the upcoming elections can fulfill the highest standards,\u201d \u2013 said the diplomat.<\/p>\n<p>Amongst other things, Kim said that the US will continue to strongly support the reforms which are necessary in order to strengthen Albania\u2019s institutions, like the electoral reform and the justice reform.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/programs\/shock\/2022\/05\/17\/bushati-yuri-kims-and-ramas-interference-has-made-dps-campaign-absurd\/\">Bushati: Yuri Kim\u2019s and Rama\u2019s interferences have made DP\u2019s campaign absurd<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/04\/05\/yuri-kim-meets-alibeaj-we-value-dps-indispensable-role-for-albania\/\">Yuri Kim meets Alibeaj: We value DP\u2019s indispensable role for Albania<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/04\/01\/dp-new-statute-seeks-to-make-the-party-more-democratic-says-bylykbashi\/\">DP new statute aims to make the party more democratic, says Bylykbashi<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<div class=\"spot-im-replies-count\" data-post-id=\"eneu36511\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"spot-im-replies-count\" data-post-id=\"eneu33918\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US ambassador to Tirana, Yuri Kim, declared that it is now time to take the necessary measures in order to allow Albanians living abroad to participate in the electoral process. Kim\u2019s declaration came this Tuesday, during a conference organized by CEC and OSCE, centered around the voting process for the diaspora. The US ambassador [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":36974,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[150,151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kim: April 25 elections good but not perfect; efforts must be made to allow the diaspora to vote - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kim-april-25-elections-good-but-not-perfect-efforts-must-be-made-to-allow-the-diaspora-to-vote\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kim: April 25 elections good but not perfect; efforts must be made to allow the diaspora to vote - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The US ambassador to Tirana, Yuri Kim, declared that it is now time to take the necessary measures in order to allow Albanians living abroad to participate in the electoral process. 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