{"id":9683,"date":"2021-04-03T14:57:49","date_gmt":"2021-04-03T14:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=9683"},"modified":"2021-04-03T14:57:49","modified_gmt":"2021-04-03T14:57:49","slug":"april-25-elections-ambassador-yuri-kim-makes-another-appeal-to-political-parties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/april-25-elections-ambassador-yuri-kim-makes-another-appeal-to-political-parties\/","title":{"rendered":"April 25 elections, Ambassador Yuri Kim makes another appeal to political parties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Euronews\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The Ambassador of the United States to Albania, Yuri Kim, reiterated her appeal calling on authorities to guarantee the rules to have free and democratic elections. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Reminder: It is absolutely critical for authorities to ensure that the rules and terms of the election are &#8211; in fact and in perception &#8211; fair, timely, and transparent. Anything less would be a disservice to voters and a step back for democracy.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ambassador Yuri Kim (@USAmbAlbania) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USAmbAlbania\/status\/1378336917570392080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 3, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"Euronews\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">She said that if the conditions and rules are not respected, the ones to be harmed will be the citizens as well as the democracy itself. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Euronews\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">With only 22 days left to the parliamentary elections, Albanian voters still do not know how the ballot paper will look like because political parties are disagreeing on the model that will be used. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Euronews\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">More specifically, the Socialists want candidates to be identified through digits, while the Democrats with names. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Euronews\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The matter at hand will find a solution by the Electoral Code after the Democratic Party appealed the decision of the Commission of Appeals and Sanctions (CAS) that sided with the Socialist Party on the model of the ballot paper.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/04\/03\/commission-of-appeals-and-sanctions-accepts-sps-request-over-the-ballot-paper\/\">Commission of Appeals and Sanctions accepts SP\u2019s request over the ballot paper<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/04\/01\/cec-decides-on-final-model-of-ballot-paper-for-april-25-turns-down-sps-request\/\">CEC decides on final model of ballot paper for April 25, turns down SP\u2019s request<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/daily-news\/2021\/03\/23\/campaign-funds-cec-allocates-over-e1-million-for-political-parties\/\">Campaign funds, CEC allocates over \u20ac1 million for political parties<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"Euronews\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ambassador of the United States to Albania, Yuri Kim, reiterated her appeal calling on authorities to guarantee the rules to have free and democratic elections. Reminder: It is absolutely critical for authorities to ensure that the rules and terms of the election are &#8211; in fact and in perception &#8211; fair, timely, and transparent. 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