'The administration threatened citizens', Dogjani: The elections, with these violations, should not be recognized

Democratic Party MP, Asllan Dogjani, has denounced serious violations during the electoral process, including: the use of state administration to exert pressure on voters, the intimidation of citizens by leaders of public institutions inside polling centers, as well as the manipulation of votes through their identification on the ballot paper.

He states that he himself was threatened by these administration individuals even though he was more than 150 meters away from the polling stations and there was no violation of the law.

Statement:

I saw that on the ballots, when citizens voted, the vote was identified, because it was not placed in the ballot box, but next to the candidate's name or above the party logo. We have requested that this be declared invalid, but the CEAZ has taken it into consideration.

This constitutes vote reading, which means that money was used against these individuals to identify the vote.

The biggest problem was yesterday, during the voting day. To be honest, it felt like we were at war. The municipal and state administrations were everywhere. Voters were threatened by administration employees who were equipped with authorizations and were in the polling stations.

When a citizen goes to vote and sees the director of the water or electricity company, she certainly feels intimidated.

I saw it myself when I went to the polling station. They threatened me, even though I was at the entrance to the school, 150 meters away. They told me: "You have entered," as if I had crossed the border. Imagine when he threatened me, 'this is a criminal offense.' He was a thug.

Here, money was used, citizens were intimidated, the entire administration was used. The vote was counted, as we are seeing today.

Kamza voted, despite the pressures. He voted for the DP and I am convinced that we will win in Kamza. I am confident that, despite the pressures, we will win.

I call from this room for every commissioner and observer to stand strong, because they will have our support and must read until the last vote.

The OSCE-ODIHR report was exactly what actually happened on the ground. I'm glad they had the opportunity to get information.

The situation is even more serious, as they have not gone into detail about how the administration went from house to house, which I denounced during the campaign.

The elections, with these violations, should not be recognized.