Eugen Cakolli from the Kosovo Democratic Institute (KDI) stressed today that the partial recount of candidates' votes has reconfirmed serious abuses in municipal counting centers.
Cakolli, in a Facebook post, emphasizes that according to data from the recount until yesterday, at a cumulative level, the changes in the candidates' votes amount to almost 15 thousand votes, while according to the parties, the list of PDK, LVV, LDK and then AAK has the most changes.
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The partial recount of candidate votes has reconfirmed serious abuses in municipal counting centers. According to data from the recount to date, at a cumulative level, the changes in candidate votes amount to almost 15 thousand votes.
According to parties, the PDK list has the most changes with ~7,719 votes difference; followed by LVV with ~2,947 votes difference; LDK – with ~1,676 votes difference; and AAK with ~639 votes difference.
In total, after the recount and corrections in the CNR, about ~9,500 votes were removed and about ~3,500 were added for candidates. In the four main parties alone, over 200 candidates experienced an increase and about 200 others experienced a decrease in votes. LVV has 61 candidates with a decrease and 46 with an increase. PDK has 79 with an increase and 27 with an decrease. LDK has 59 with an increase and 46 with an decrease. While, AAK has 60 with a decrease and 37 with an increase.
The ten candidates who, after the recount at the CNR, have the largest drops in votes, are:
1. Fetah Paçarizi (PDK) −1,336 votes
2. Nait Hasani (PDK) −669 votes
3. Arianit Çollaku (PDK) −506 votes
4. Xhavit Haliti (PDK) −477 votes
5. Luljeta Veselaj Gutaj (PDK) −451 votes
6. Kujtim Gashi (PDK) −440 votes
7. Enver Hoxhaj (PDK) −430 votes
8. Fadil Demaku (PDK) −306 votes
9. Ejup Makedonci (LVV) −250 votes
10. Vendenis Lahu (LVV) -238 votes
These are substantial differences, especially since they appear in a context where the recount is taking place for only 1/3 of the polling stations nationwide. Worse, it is observed that the votes of these candidates have been changed mainly by the municipal centers from which these candidates come.
If this trend continues proportionally, the volume of differences at the country level becomes even more significant, potentially affecting the rankings of many candidates. Therefore, a full recount is the right solution – as soon as possible, before other constitutional deadlines are affected. /Telegraph/
