got her chance six years later on Thursday.

Eligible voters in Albania and abroad voted to elect 140 lawmakers for a four-year mandate in the Balkan nation. Because of mass emigration, the country of 2.8 million people has a total of nearly 3.7 million eligible voters. For the first time, those in the diaspora could vote and cast their ballots by mail. About 191,000 mailed in their votes.Ilirjan Celibashi, the head of the Central Election Commission, said that

was largely peaceful, with some irregularities involving candidates and some of their supporters that would not negatively impact the results.“For the most part, excluding some sporadic cases, the process has been in line with the rules and standards,” he said Sunday evening after the voting ended.from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, the OSCE’s Parliamentary Assembly, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), and the European Parliament urged “the need … for comprehensive electoral reform” in Albania, adding that democratic reform and European integration go hand in hand.

They noted that despite being competitive and professionally managed, the election process so far was marked by the ruling party’s misuse of public resources, a confrontational and polarizing tone, the two main political parties using divisive language, untransparent financing, and unbalanced media coverage of smaller parties.Out of some 570 international observers, 365 belong to these institutions, highlighting the international community’s stake in ensuring Albania has a credible and transparent election.

“The high interest displayed by Members of Parliament from so many countries in these elections is a manifestation of how much we care for Albania, for its people and for its future,” said Farah Karimi, special coordinator of the observers.

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