TIRANA, June 26 /ATA/ Director General of the Special Prosecution Office Altin Dumani said today that the rapid investigations on the eve of the general elections of May 11 and throughout the election campaign have led to concrete results in addressing criminal offenses related to the elections.
During the activity “Beyond monitoring: Towards a comprehensive electoral reform for the integrity of elections in Albania”, which was also attended by the Chief Commissioner Ilirjan Celibashi, the British Ambassador Nick Abbott and leaders of the State Police, Dumani stated that the cooperation with the General Prosecution Office, the CEC and the State Police built a proactive system, as a front against criminal offenses in the elections, which has led to 43 criminal proceedings.
“There have been administered 192 materials related to suspicions of electoral crimes, of these 43 indictment materials have been registered as criminal proceedings”, said Dumani.
Head of SPAK underlined that out of the total proceedings, 35 proceedings are for active corruption in the elections.
“The challenges are not few. Referring to the materials provided by the political parties deposited with SPAK, their reports have been incomplete”, affirmed the head of SPAK.
Likewise, the head of SPAK emphasized the significance of real-time cooperation between the General Prosecutor’s Office, the CEC and the State Police, as a very productive commitment to address and resolve in a timely manner any complaint or claim made by citizens, political forces or various civil society organizations. /e.i//a.f/p.s./
