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Shkruar nga Eduard ZaloshnjaThese two developments yesterday remind us of the work of the joint SP-PD Commission for electoral reform...
Yesterday we had two developments with an impact on the expected outcome of the 2025 elections. First, the CEC published the procedures for registering voters residing abroad (1.75 million result abroad, combining the data of 3.7 million on the voter lists and 1.95 million adult residents here according to Censit-23). Secondly, the official Noka-Meta meeting took place, which paves the way for the inclusion of Metis candidates in the safe list of 47 DP candidates (other meetings are expected with smaller opposition parties).
These two developments yesterday remind us of the work of the joint SP-PD Commission for electoral reform...
The SP-PD joint commission for electoral reform produced two important changes in the Electoral Code: 1. For the first time, the possibility will be created for emigrants to vote by mail from the countries where they live; 2. For the first time, it was decided that there would be two lists of candidates for each party - one closed with a predetermined ranking by each party, and the other open with candidates who will compete with each other for parliamentary mandates within the party.
In relation to the voting of immigrants, the SP proposed that both the sending of the envelopes with the ballots and their return to the CEC, should be carried out by the Albanian Post with funding from the state. But the DP did not accept this proposal and insisted in its proposal that the return of completed ballots to the CEC be done privately by every voter in emigration.
The PD was afraid that the Albanian Post could manipulate the sending of votes to the CEC by immigrants. But this fear seems irrational. For the Albanian Post to carry out an operation with a significant impact on the final result, it would have to engage a large number of high and low employees, to commit an electoral crime in collaboration, punishable by 5-8 years in prison.
On the other hand, sending the ballot privately from each emigration voter puts the DP at a disadvantage, because the SP has more opportunities to organize and finance the voting of simple socialist supporters in emigration. (Such experiences have been recorded in the elections of Kosovo.)
In relation to the open lists, the SP proposed to reduce the number of the previous elections (which was 10 thousand personal votes) to 7 thousand votes. In this way, there would be more candidates who would exceed the quotient and who would replace candidates placed above them in the lists of the respective party. It is understood that the more candidates hope they can overcome the quotient, the more votes they collect for their party.
But the DP did not accept this proposal of the SP and insisted on its proposal being a closed list and an open list within the party. With this formula, the 47 candidates of the DP's closed list (some of which will be from small opposition parties) will almost certainly have the parliamentary mandate (and will not work hard in the field). Meanwhile, very few candidates of the open list will have hope that the PD can get more than 47 mandates...
On the other hand, many candidates of the SP open list will hope to get mandate and will work hard on the ground. Because the SP is expected to get many more mandates than the 47 secured.
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