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Report/ The use of state resources for campaigning has a decisive effect on the election result

Politiko 2024-12-05 13:34:44

Report/ The use of state resources for campaigning has a decisive effect on the

A survey conducted by the organization "Citizen Stability" with 720 citizens in six municipalities of the country highlighted the perception of the use of state resources for electoral purposes by Albanian state officials.

"Analysis of the data shows that an overwhelming majority of 78.1% of the surveyed citizens claim that public officials use state resources for electoral purposes," the report states.

The use of public resources for political support during electoral campaigns is prohibited by law by Article 88 of the Electoral Code of Albania, but the implementation of this law remains a challenge in itself.

Misuse of state assets in elections is also evidenced in every OSCE/ODIHR report on the elections in Albania, but the results show that the officials themselves are not taking measures to change this phenomenon.

On the other hand, the surveyed citizens think that this misuse has direct effects on the voting results.

"84.5% of surveyed citizens estimate that the use of state assets in elections has a decisive effect on the election result," the report states.

The majority of the respondents, about 65.9%, consider this use as unfair and misused, while only 26% of the respondents see it as normal and fair.

Some of the most common forms of using state resources are the engagement of civil servants in election campaigns, the use of public funds for electoral activities, as well as the use of public facilities and infrastructure.

"From the analysis of the data, it results that school and university buildings are used for electoral meetings and that the pressure on the administration is great to participate in rallies and votes," the study quotes the Civic Resistance.

The report further evidences that the use of public facilities, such as buildings or the means of institutions for electoral campaigns, was reported by 54.3% of the surveyed citizens, while 44.9% observed the use of public infrastructure as a function of electoral campaigns, as by the party in power central and from the political force that has local power. Also, 82.8% of the interviewees report that they noticed changes in behavior and in the quality of services during the election period./ BIRN

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