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A number of men, photocopies of each other, created a kind of tunnel between themselves through which voters had to pass to exercise their right to vote, BIRN reports. A not-so-fair experience that did not go unnoticed by observers.
The voting process in Durrës began calmly in the early hours of the morning at the Voting Centers (VCs) located in the city, experiencing a significant increase around noon and with a reduced presence of unauthorized persons.
Initially, some polling centers opened late and citizens began voting after 7:00 a.m., while in some of the polling centers, Civil Society observers reported that the cameras had not yet been turned on.
At the Voting Center located in the "Aleksandër Moisiu" Theater in Durrës, generally known as calm, tension was recorded between the commissioners and the media, which subsided after detailed clarification, as they were initially prohibited from placing cameras to film inside the VC.
The commissioners of the political forces were not in equal proportion throughout the territory, as CEAZ number 22 in the city of Durrës has 50 centers and the process there began with some irregularities. Its chairman, Krenar Hasanaj, told BIRN on Sunday morning that in only one VC did the process begin with a 30-minute delay because there were 4 out of 7 commissioners, continuing after their number was completed. Meanwhile, the absence of the operator of the electronic voter identification device led to delays of several minutes in one VC. In 2 other centers, the process continued with 6 out of 7 commissioners.
The small irregularities within the city contrasted with the rows of vehicles parked several meters long outside the VCs on the outskirts. At the 9-year “Neim Babameto” School in Spitalë, a line of people on the left and one on the right almost took the breath away from the citizens who squeezed to pass between the narrow sidewalks.
The boys, like photocopies of each other, accompanied the voters who were waiting for other "generous boys" inside the VCs, and directed them where to go to vote. The presence of unauthorized persons created a density of men who were standing in the corridors and near the VCs.
A few minutes away, at the Dom Nikoll Kaçorri School in Ish-Kënetë, the situation was repeated in miniature, where luxury vehicles with tinted windows confined a handful of boys sitting in a coffee bar, too eager to follow the progress of the process.
But for the residents of the area, this did not seem like new behavior. Dod Prendi decided at the last moment to go out to vote. Together with his wife and daughter, they left their nearby apartment to vote together.
"We are happy that we are voting for the people we want to elect for the next 4 years," the 80-year-old said, recalling his hopes for a pension increase.
“Urojmë që ajo parti që do të zgjidhet të na japi diçka më shumë, për pensionin e kemi hallin”, tregoi burri.
Megjithëse diaspora kishte mundësinë që të votonte në këto zgjedhje, fëmijët e tij në SHBA nuk e kishin ushtruar të drejtën e votës.
Ish-Këneta njihet edhe për atë që fillimisht ishte “Paraburgimi i Durrësit” dhe ku tashmë presin gjykimin apo vuajnë dënimin emra të njohur të politikës vendase. Erion Veliaj, Ilir Beqja, Alqi Bllako dhe Jurgis Çyrbja nuk kishin shkuar për të votuar deri në mesditën e 11 majit, në QV-në që deri në orën 11, nga 200 votues kishte parë të hidhnin fletën në kuti vetëm 75 prej tyre.
Edhe më në periferi të Durrësit, ata që nuk i ka kapur ende rrjeta e drejtësisë, kishin rrethuar QV-të në Shkollën “Isuf Ferra” në Nishtulla, ku persona të paautorizuar qëndronin në të gjitha hyrje-daljet e objektit dhe të oborrit.
Të pajisur me çanta të vogla krahu dhe në koordinim me njëri-tjetrin, “djemtë taksistë” të QV-ve sillnin aty dhe dërgonin votues, duke e orientuar menjëherë edhe një pjesë të atyre që mbërrinin.
Një proces i stukturuar që reflektonte përkatësinë e tyre, që njihen si pjesë e krimit të organizuar lokal. Krerët e tyre, të pajisur me automjete të blinduara gjithashtu vizituan qendrën e votimit dhe duke parë nga afër ecurinë e procesit.
Prezenca e vëzhguesve ndëkombëtarë të OSBE/ODIHR aty, nuk i shqetësoi aspak personat e paautorizuar që po menaxhonin “De facto” procesin zgjedhor.
Në QV-në me numër 1424/1, votues të ndryshëm pas votimit në dhomën e fshehtë, e palosnin fletën e votimit para komisionerëve, duke e demostruar si provë për subjektin që kishin votuar.
Ndërsa në QV-në me numër 1424/2, u konstatua votimi familjar dhe një grua votoi paralelisht më shumë se një herë, duke votuar për veten dhe për një të moshuar me të cilën shoqërohej.
Ambasadori i BE-së, Silvio Gonzato, pasi vizitoi Prokurorinë e Fierit pasditen e së dielës, pranoi për gazetarët se ishte paradite në Durrës pas informacioneve për përfshirjen e krimit të organizuar.
“Isha në Durrës sepse kishte informacione për bandat, kishim informacione edhe për bandat në Fier dhe erdha këtu”, u shpreh Gonzato për mediat.
Ndërsa lideri i opozitës, Sali Berisha, në një deklaratë për mediat mbrëmjen e 11 majit, identifikoi edhe emra konkretë si të përfshirë në intimidimin e votuesve në Durrës.
” Në Durrës bandat e Pojës, Troplinit, kanë vërshuar drejt KZAZ-ve me urdhërin nga Edi Rama, se mund të ndikojnë në rezultat. Kjo nuk është vetëm në Durrës, por ata janë më aktivë, janë denoncuar, qoftë nga mediat, qoftë nga PD dhe në zona të tjera Rama ka zgjedhur një lloj presioni drejt KZAZ-ve”, u shpreh Berisha për gazetarët.
Ai premtoi se nëse Aleanca për Shqipërinë Madhështore krijon qeverinë, do t’i shpalli ato banda terroriste dhe se do të marrin ndëshkimet më maksimale si të tilla.
The outskirts of Durrës had a number of other problems with the voting process, where at the Voting Centers at the Unified High School in the village of Kullë in Sukth, the secret ballot box stood in front of a window that allowed a full view from the first floor of the school. The secret ballot box did not guarantee the secrecy of the vote at Voting Centers numbered 1365/00 and 1365/01, reducing confidence in the preservation of voter privacy./BIR
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