The Democratic Party is unclear about the positions it should take on the Electoral Reform. The Co-Chair of the Commission, Oerd Bylykbashi, in an interview for A2CNN, stated that the opposition will not participate in the commission meetings, as according to him, the majority does not respect the demands of the DP, bringing to attention the election of the Ombudsman.
But even though they say they will not go to the table, the Democrats have their demands ready if the political climate changes and work on Electoral Reform resumes.
"Neither of these two reforms can survive in a parliament like the one we have, where everything is blocked and everything is rejected. These two reforms cannot be islands of normality. These two reforms have as a prerequisite the political will to do things well and not to throw them at each other. They are things that leave a mark in the long run and leave either for better or for worse.
"Of course, there is a need for very strong changes, even of a criminal nature, in terms of the fragmentation of the state in elections and the criminalization of partisanship, perhaps for a freeze for a period of time, so that the administration does not participate in political processes in any form, during and after working hours," said Oerd Bylykbashi.
The DP vice-chairman seems to have lost faith in the internationals who can restrain Edi Rama from making unilateral reforms.
"They can't produce any kind of guarantee, but they can't stop Edi Rama from breaking the consensus. They couldn't stop him in 2020, they couldn't stop him in 2016.."
The Special Committee on Electoral Reform has met only once with the opposition present during this parliamentary session. The political parties also had the approval of the law on party financing on their agenda, but the departure of the Democrats from the table has stalled the work.
