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Most Albanians are dissatisfied with Albanian democracy and its current functioning.
Most Albanians are dissatisfied with Albanian democracy and its current functioning.
This is one of the main findings in the national poll “Albania in Parliament”, published on Friday by the Institute for Democracy and Mediation.
According to the survey, over 60 percent of citizens stated that they are little and not at all satisfied with the way democracy works in Albania.
“Citizens consider political parties as the least credible institutions in Albania, so it is of great importance to strengthen the internal democracy of parties and democracy as a whole, which is considered a hybrid regime in transition by Freedom House” – says the main author of the study, Gjergj Vurmo.
The survey revealed the widespread frustration of citizens with politics. Nearly 70 percent of citizens surveyed do not believe that parliament is doing the right thing.
They expressed high interest that all draft laws should be consulted with citizens and stakeholders, regardless of the costs and duration of the process.
According to the survey, for the most part, about 70 percent of citizens are average and have little interest in politics, and some have no interest in it at all. Only 13% of them indicate that they are very interested in politics.
But when it comes to running in the last election, the graph is quite inverted; over 75 percent, or three out of four respondents claim to have voted in the April 25, 2021 parliamentary elections.
Over 60 percent of respondents answer that the oversight of the financing of political parties should be done by the parliament, the CEC and the State Audit.
“Citizens express a low level of trust in the current electoral system and most of them think that it does not fully reflect the will of the citizens. This low level of trust in the system brings the great skepticism of the public towards MPs and politicians “- says Besiana Kuçi, co-author of the study.
More than half of the respondents think that the deputies know little and not at all about the concerns and needs of the citizens.
Yet even here there is an inverted ratio: more than half of the citizens claim that they are ready to meet with MPs and politicians.
A small part are aware that a law on climate change has been adopted and expresses understanding on this topic, while most are more sensitive to environmental pollution.
The survey found that the majority of citizens are open to reading and listening to dissenting opinions and different views on political issues, but less than half of them are open to changing aspects of personal political beliefs.
Diaspora voting is a sensitive issue, the topic of the poll, as it has been the source of many election irregularities over the last three decades. A broad political consensus is needed for the realization of this process, the authors claim.
Most respondents do not know if the diaspora has the legal right to vote in elections, but most citizens want this right of the diaspora to become a reality and they have their say in the elections.
Albania is the country with one of the largest diasporas in the world. More than a third of its citizens live permanently abroad. But even though they have their name on the Voters’ Register, the only way for them to vote is to come to Albania physically.
High rates of emigration have continued and it is expected that the emigration of Albanians will continue at high rates in the coming years, however they show great support for providing higher wages for Albanians than for importing foreign immigrants./VOA
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