{"id":14575,"date":"2021-11-26T10:51:46","date_gmt":"2021-11-26T10:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ndiqparate.al\/?p=14575"},"modified":"2021-11-26T10:51:48","modified_gmt":"2021-11-26T10:51:48","slug":"misuse-of-public-money-in-elections-legislation-and-institutions-do-not-guarantee-the-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ndiqparate.al\/?p=14575&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Misuse of Public Money in Elections, Legislation and Institutions Do Not Guarantee the Process"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The risk of misuse of public money in elections is high. <a href=\"http:\/\/ais.al\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kallezim-KQZ-Finale-ne-dy-gjuhe-1-this1.pdf\">AIS denunciation<\/a> of the misuse of the Post-Earthquake Reconstruction Program in the April 25th Elections was rejected by the Administrative Investigation Institutions.\u00a0 They did not provide solutions for the violations found in the zone where Prime Minister Rama won. AIS reported that in violation of the Electoral Law, the Council of Ministers Decision dated 25 March and Durr\u00ebs Municipal Council Decisions 12-24 April, transferred and executed in Durr\u00ebs 6.1 Million Euro of non-emergency grants<sup><a href=\"#_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> <\/sup>with Individual beneficiaries benefitting 1-5 thousand USD. The Commissioner declared himself incompetent and <a href=\"http:\/\/ais.al\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vendim-457_211001_Vendim-ndaj-Keshillit-te-Ministrave-Keshilli-Bashkiak.pdf\">rejected the<\/a> lawsuit. The CSC, after AIS Appeal, accepted the investigation but ended it<a href=\"#_ftn2\"><sup>[2]<\/sup><\/a> with only one hearing where no Experts or challenged parties were heard. Based on the positions of the CSC and those of the Commissioner, the organization raises the alarm that the Reconstruction Fund, a medium-term budget program for 3-5 years, can be used in the next elections to compromise voters by giving individual grants a few hours before voting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><sup><a href=\"#_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a> <\/sup><a href=\"https:\/\/spending.data.al\/sq\/treasury\/list\/year\/2019\/inst_code\/2107001\/pay_cat\/6060099\/from_date_reg\/2021-03-25\/to_date_reg\/2021-04-30\">https:\/\/spending.data.al\/sq\/treasury\/list\/year\/2019\/inst_code\/2107001\/pay_cat\/6060099\/from_date_reg\/2021-03-25\/to_date_reg\/2021-04-30<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>[2] <\/sup><a href=\"https:\/\/ndiqparate.al\/?p=14577&amp;lang=en\">https:\/\/ndiqparate.al\/?p=14577&amp;lang=en<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The risk of misuse of public money in elections is high. AIS denunciation of the misuse of the Post-Earthquake Reconstruction Program in the April 25th Elections was rejected by the Administrative Investigation Institutions.\u00a0 They did not provide solutions for the violations found in the zone where Prime Minister Rama won. AIS reported that in violation of the Electoral Law, the Council of Ministers Decision dated&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14553,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/ndiqparate.al\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/image-7.png?fit=451%2C685&ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":21936,"url":"https:\/\/ndiqparate.al\/?p=21936&lang=en","url_meta":{"origin":14575,"position":0},"title":"Mis-Use of Public Funds during Election Period: Civil Society Call for Amendments to Electoral Legislation ahead of 2025 Elections","date":"July 25, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Three civil society organizations engaged in issues of transparency, accountability and democratic culture have recently addressed a letter to the Parliamentary Committee for Legal Affairs and the Group of Dialogue. 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