SP candidates who do not resign from the post not be allowed to participate in elections

The DP has addressed the CEC with a request that the SP candidates who do not resign from the post are not allowed to participate in the elections.

The statement of anti -corruption spokeswoman Genta Vangjeli:

In response to the official request of the Democratic Party with the object: « Information provision », the Central Election Commission presented the list of the names of candidates for MPs of the Socialist Party who have declared the suspension or resignation from the relevant function through the candidacy statement approved by the Instruction of the State Election Commissioner no. 2, dated 22.01.2025.

Specifically, according to the CEC, only 35 candidates from the full list of SP candidates have been declared or resigned.

The Democratic Party is attentively following the implementation of legal obligations for all candidates and not only these 35, and in the following conditions:

The CEC was redirected to verify the legality of candidacy for other senior officials who are not part of the list of 35 names administered by the CEC, not considering the legal standard.
Under the fulfillment of Article 69 of the Constitution of the Republic of Albania and regarding the Electoral Code as supreme laws above all other laws, and the fulfillment of Article 63, paragraph 4/g of it, the legislator has taxed « renunciation » as a legal obligation to be fulfilled by each candidate, which means dismissal of  » its function or interruption for some time to return to office in the impossibility of victory of the deputy’s mandate.

Therefore, for each candidate who has chosen the suspension based on other legal provisions that do not prevail over the Electoral Code nor the Constitution of the Republic of Albania, which is briefly and clearly quoted in « renunciation », the Democratic Party requires the CEC not to treat « renunciation » with « suspension » and exclude candidates for the following reasons:

A. The Constitution of the Constitution of the Republic of Albania Article 69;
b.mossement of the Electoral Code of the Republic of Albania, Article 63 point 4/g;
c. Failure to comply with the instruction of the SEC No.2 dated 22 January 2025, “On the determination of the rules for the deposit and verification of the candidacy documentation ……”,
d. failure to comply with the declaration of candidacy;
dh.
e. Preventing the use of the institution’s assets and human resources for electoral purposes under Article 91 of the Electoral Code at the same time as a criminal offense provided for in Article 328/that of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Albania, by the candidates and at the same time the plaintiff but suspended currently suspended after the electoral outcome.
The categories of state officials set forth in Article 69 of the Constitution may neither run nor elected MPs, without resolving.
The mandate obtained in violation of the above is invalid and the DP is following and will continue with each case.