{"id":9858,"date":"2021-04-06T17:01:37","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T17:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=9858"},"modified":"2021-04-06T17:01:37","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T17:01:37","slug":"us-expects-free-and-democratic-elections-palmer-still-a-lot-left-to-be-done-for-justice-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/us-expects-free-and-democratic-elections-palmer-still-a-lot-left-to-be-done-for-justice-reform\/","title":{"rendered":"US expects free and democratic elections, Palmer: \u2018Still a lot left to be done for justice reform\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Deputy Assistant Secretary at the US Department of State, Matthew Palmer stated tonight that April 25<sup>th<\/sup>\u2019s elections must be free and democratic. This Tuesday, Palmer held a virtual meeting with president Ilir Meta, PM Edi Rama and the leader of DP, Lulzim Basha.<\/p>\n<p>After his communications with Albania\u2019s political leaders, Palmer held another communication with Albanian journalists. Asked by Euronews Albania regarding what the US expects from Albania in terms of the elections, Palmar asserted that the US is expecting April 25<sup>th<\/sup>\u2019s elections to respect the standards of OSCE\/ODHIR.<\/p>\n<p>Palmer also asked that the reform on justice continues, which as he said won\u2019t be perfect, but tomorrow it will be better than today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can tell you that the justice reform will continue and that it won\u2019t be an electoral matter.<\/p>\n<p>It won\u2019t be perfect, but tomorrow it will be better than today. Those, who have abused the people\u2019s trust should be held accountable. We have seen much progress being done in the justice reform, but there is still a lot left to be done and this is a well-known fact by all sides,\u201d stated the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the US Department of State.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Deputy Assistant Secretary at the US Department of State, Matthew Palmer stated tonight that April 25th\u2019s elections must be free and democratic. This Tuesday, Palmer held a virtual meeting with president Ilir Meta, PM Edi Rama and the leader of DP, Lulzim Basha. 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