Vote of the Diaspora/Balla: Give the CEC a part of the funds it needs to set up the registry

2024-09-12 21:52:00, Aktualitet CNA

Vote of the Diaspora/Balla: Give the CEC a part of the funds it needs to set up

The Minister of State for Relations with the Parliament, Taulant Balla, has called on the opposition to vote for the normative act to give the CEC the funds it needs to set up a register for the vote of immigrants.

Balla said that he hopes that the CEC regulator will finish this process as soon as possible, regarding the documentation of the diaspora.

"Now we have finally fixed a debt we owe to our brothers and sisters who live outside the territory. Diaspora Albanians will continue to be major contributors to our economy. They have been like this in these 30 years and there are no words to express gratitude for the continuation of sending remittances to Albania. For investments in Albania. Here I repeat the addition of our government, to all those who are ready to invest in Albania in the most different forms.

Today we are at an important stage of the implementation of what we approved on July 26. Let's bring to the end the process of exercising the right to choose not only by Albanian citizens who have turned 18 and live in Albania, but also by Albanians who live abroad. Albanians in the diaspora, in the spring, in April or May, because I saw that there was news that I referred to the dates of the electoral code, to get to that day, we need today in the normative act, to give the CEC- of a part of the funds he needs to set up the registry.

The government will continue to support it throughout this year and in the 2025 budget with all the necessary acts. I take advantage of this public communication to Albanian citizens who live outside the territory, to become part of the direction that Albania wants to follow, of the deputies of the Assembly of Albania, because the lists continue to be open, what we need to create the register, for creation of the register, the CEC must propose to the regulator, the regulator with a qualified majority to determine the procedure on which the register will be established.

Therefore they must register, the registration process starts 120 days before the election day and closes 60 days before the election. They must self-register. I hope that the CEC regulator will finish this process as soon as possible, including the documentation, so that we can realize this historic step. At the end of this part, just as on July 26 a part of the opposition voted for changes to the electoral code, it does not hide the request that you vote today for the normative act that enables the financing of this important step by the authority charged by law for organizing elections . My invitation to the opposition is to vote for him", said Balla.