President Meta chose Durrës to present his initiative for the protection of elections. Inviting all citizens to denounce electoral crime on the presidency website, the head of state said that anyone who touches the vote is an enemy of the republic and deserves exemplary punishment.
"Whoever tries to touch the free vote, there will be no salvation. There will be wonderful, spectacular punishment, as an enemy of the republic deserves. Whoever touches the free vote is an enemy of the Republic of Albania. Because the degradation of the elections according to the models of Shijak, Dibra, etc., has made us so far behind that we dream of elections like in Kosovo or in North Macedonia", Mr. Meta said.
The protection of the electoral process from manipulation, according to the head of state, is in fact the protection of democracy and the European aspirations of the Albanians.