"Council of Europe, special observers in Himara"

Central Election Commission yesterday approved a list of 23 observers of the Council of Europe, of which two will be in Himara.

May 6, 2011. The Council of Europe shows great interest in the Albanian municipal elections on May 8, especially for the Municipality of Himara. The episodes that were observed in the past, municipal elections, but the loading and nationalist tension led by the Council of Europe to give greater attention to monitoring the electoral process in the region.

For this purpose, the Central Election Commission yesterday approved a list of 23 observers of the Council of Europe, of which two will be in Himara. Earlier, the Council of Europe adopted and 7 additional observers from the U.S. embassy in Tirana and 53 other observers from the OSCE in Tirana are already headed by Ambassador Eugen Wollfarth. The Council of Europe Local elections will be held Sunday will be monitored by more than six thousand domestic and foreign observers.

These observers will monitor the electoral process particularly in large urban centers: 5 in the city of Tirana, Shkoder 4 in, 2 in Durres, Elbasan and 2 in 2 in Vlore. Also in the City of Himara will be sent two special observers of the Council of Europe, the Georgian Mamuka Abuladze and Minkel Juhkami from Estonia, according to the list agreed to monitor the electoral process.