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After a few minutes of discussions, the session in the Constitutional Court was closed for “June 30”. The court has withdrawn for a decision where by law, must be undertaken within 30 days. The representative of the Association of Municipalities Jordan Daci, an institution which has filed a lawsuit for the invalidity of the election, has requested that the Constitutional Court not take into account the opinion of the Venice Commission, as according to him this opinion is not binding.
After the session, Daci said that he thinks that the Constitutional Court will decide in favor of the Association of Municipalities and will not rely on the Venice Commission, which suggested that this court has no jurisdiction to declare the June 30 elections invalid. On the other hand, the incumbent mayor of Shkodra, Voltana Ademi said that the only requirement they have is that citizens can have regular elections.
“We have to wait for the decision of the constitutional court. Our request is that Albanian citizens have the right to have regular local elections. ” said Ademi.
The preliminary opinion of the Venice experts states that the boycott of political parties as happened with the PD and LSI does not constitute a legal reason to question the periodicity of the elections that according to the constitution are held every 4 years.
We remind you that the lawsuit came from the association of municipalities led by Voltana Ademi seeking the invalidity of local elections, arguing that the President of the Republic annulled the decree to hold them, while the opposition boycotted them and in half of the municipalities there was no race. /abcnews.al
