Diaspora Albanians, do not publish your vote. It will be called invalid and the criminal investigation begins for you!
A negative phenomenon that damages the diaspora voting process has begun. Since the CEC has launched the ballots of those who are registered and the voting is done in the family, they have the opportunity to film or photograph how they voted. Because such is the process by mail. But they are posting on social networks their voting sheet, a very punishable act legally, but that brings their vote to be declared invalid.
Lawyer Marsid Gupi spoke on the Review show, Euronews Albania, about the phenomenon where voters from the diaspora are publishing their vote through videos on social networks.
He said they try to show these videos an act of loyalty to the vote party, but this instead of positive effects, there are negative effects because, according to him, the vote becomes invalid.
« While there is a legal obligation that sets some rules regarding the secrecy of the vote, their violation normally constitutes a criminal offense. The idea is that it damages the process and does these voters know that, by publishing a video vote trying to show an act of loyalty, they actually harm the party for which they give their will, » he said.
Gupi emphasized that this only damages and brings invalidity of the vote, damaging the respective party, and leading to the start of the legal process for the voter, so he called on all voters from the diaspora not to make this mistake.
« It is the right that the sentence can be from 3 months to three years, but the essence is that this publication does not serve the party they vote for, as the vote is declared invalid. While they may start a criminal process, this is a negative phenomenon to be detained and I call on all diaspora voters not to publish their vote, If the prosecution or the SPAK, anyone to be taken, launches investigations into an individual or in co -operation, begins the call letter to take security measures, ”said lawyer Gupi.