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"We don't know how to make elections", Alimehmeti: The mandate is to govern, not to steal

Politiko 2025-05-12 23:58:04

"We don't know how to make elections", Alimehmeti: The mandate is

The Democratic candidate for Tirana, doctor Ilir Alimehmeti, was on News 24 to talk about the elections we just had, as the vote counting process is nearing its end.

The SP is projected to have an overwhelming majority in the next parliament with 82 seats at present. In Tirana, Alimehmeti, who ran on the open list, is on track to secure his seat in the Assembly.

He told Erion Xhafon that our country cannot guarantee free and fair elections in 2025.

 "We have a problem that no matter how much we spin it here, it remains. We don't know how to hold elections. Institutions don't guarantee elections. Where there is no administration, there is involvement, gangs are involved, money is involved. The OSCE has the same recommendations. Why do we need free ones? If we have a European and Western path without free elections, we are talking in vain. Everything starts from representation in parliament. If we use a wrong electoral methodology and the results are not accurate."

According to him, we have low voter turnout year after year.

"Low turnout. Year after year turnout is lower. The Prime Minister comes out and says don't vote. He says it himself. At the end of the day, we have a result of about 52%, but the turnout is less than 50%. We have a minority majority. The Socialist Party itself has fewer and fewer absolute votes. Albania has been emptied. De facto we rule with a minority majority. If we don't start talking about this issue. If we don't understand how to do it better, we haven't done our duty."

The task of the next parliament is to guarantee free and fair elections for the upcoming elections.

"Let's guarantee free and fair elections. The second element is how we use this type of information. This is a mandate to govern, not to steal. When Veliaj won by a margin of 58 thousand votes, here he is today. Not necessarily the vote received in that way translates into correct governance. This is a major problem. This must be changed. Whoever receives the mandate to govern is there to govern."

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