In the meantime, the principle opposition celebration, the Democrats — who look to have secured round 52 seats within the parliament — blamed the end result on what they referred to as the Socialist Occasion’s entrenched grip on establishments and alleged efforts to sway voters.
“If tens of 1000’s of individuals are employed in return for his or her vote … if the polling stations are surrounded by celebration loyalists on all sides … then we all know what to name these elections,” Democratic Occasion chief Sali Berisha mentioned in an announcement.
Hoping to stage a political comeback akin to Trump’s 2024 return, Albania’s center-right Democratic Occasion introduced on Trump campaign strategist LaCivita to assist craft their message and steer their marketing campaign.
LaCivita amplified Berisha’s claims of election manipulation in a publish on X, sharing a report from native information channel Syri TV about an alleged Socialist Occasion vote-buying workplace situated close to a polling station in Tirana.
“Here’s what stealing votes seems like in Albania..courtesy of the narco govt of edie [sic] rama,” LaCivita’s post said.
The Group for Safety and Co-operation in Europe election monitoring mission mentioned Monday that the election was carried out in a complete and clear method, however famous the Socialist Occasion’s lengthy tenure in authorities “created an unfair benefit in energy.”
