FOL Movement researcher, Burbuqe Kastrati, said that of the political entities certified for the general elections of February 9, 2025, LVV, the AAK - NISMA Coalition and LDK have candidates on their lists who have problems with the law.
Kastrati said this on Thursday during a media conference where the coalition of NGOs, IKL, FOL and INPO presented the report "Integrity of candidates, rule of law and good governance". This report presents an analysis of the lists of candidates and programs of licensed entities for the 2025 general elections.
According to her, these three political entities, together, have on their lists a total of 23 people who have problems with the law.
Kastrati emphasized that problems with the law refer to persons who have active indictments or who have been convicted of criminal offenses.
She said that out of a total of 330 candidates who have presented these three subjects, 7% of them have problems with the law.
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Kastrati said that the political entity whose list contains the most candidates for MPs who have problems with the law is the Vetëvendosje Movement, with 14 candidates.
While, according to her, the AAK and Nisma coalition have included eight candidates in their lists who have problems with the law.
Meanwhile, he said that LDK has included a candidate in its list who has problems with the law.
Kastrati: Eight candidates for MP have been convicted of criminal offenses
FOL Movement researcher Burbuqe Kastrati said that on the lists of certified political entities for the general elections of February 9, 2025, there are 8 candidates who have been convicted of various criminal offenses.
Kastrati said that out of the eight candidates for MPs who have convictions, one of them has been convicted on two occasions, for different criminal offenses.
She said that three of these MPs have been convicted of criminal offenses of a corrupt nature, specifically for failure to report or falsely reporting assets.
He said that four candidates have been convicted of using a weapon or dangerous vehicle.
Meanwhile, he said that one candidate is convicted of the criminal offense of "Assault on an official person" and "Threat".
Kastrati said that the majority of these candidates are from the Vetëvendosje Movement list, seven of them.
Meanwhile, he said that one candidate is on the list of the AAK - Nisma coalition.
Further, Kastrati emphasized that the candidates listed above are assessed in this report as persons who have problems with the law, in the sense that they have active indictments, or who have been convicted of criminal offenses, emphasizing that it is not in the sense that they are legally prohibited from being part of the candidate lists.
She said that these prohibitions are precisely defined by the Law on General Elections. According to him, in this law, among several other prohibitions, it is emphasized that a person who has been convicted in the last three years by a final court decision for a criminal offense, with one or more years of effective imprisonment, cannot run for office.
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However, he emphasized that despite this, the criminalization of politics in the sense of holding important state positions by officials who have problems with the law is not in line with the principles of good governance.
Kastrati: 16 candidates have active indictments
FOL Movement researcher Burbuqe Kastrati said that on the lists of certified political entities for the general elections of February 9, 2025, there are 16 candidates who have active indictments.
Kastrati said this on Thursday during a media conference where the coalition of NGOs, IKL, FOL and INPO presented the report "Integrity of candidates, rule of law and good governance". This report presents an analysis of the lists of candidates and programs of licensed entities for the 2025 general elections.
Kastrati said that among these 16 candidates, three of them have more than one active indictment.
Thus, according to him, the total number of active indictments against these candidates reaches 20.
Meanwhile, he said that the total number of criminal offenses is 21.
Kastrati that the criminal offenses charged against these candidates are of different natures.
In addition to those of a corrupt nature, such as abuse of official position or authority, among the criminal offenses, Kastrati said that there are four other types of criminal offenses.
"Use of a weapon or dangerous vehicle", "Unauthorized ownership, control or possession of weapons", "Obstruction of an official person in the performance of official duty" and "Assault on an official person", Kastrati emphasized.
Kastrati said that the offense that appears most frequently in the indictments filed against these candidates is "Use of a weapon or dangerous vehicle", specifically in nine cases.
According to her, next comes the criminal offense of "Abuse of official position or authority" in six cases, then "Unauthorized ownership, control or possession of weapons" in five cases.
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While he said that the criminal offenses "Obstruction of an official person in the performance of official duty" and "Assault on an official person" are presented in one case each.
Kastrati said that eight of these candidates belong to the LVV party, seven to the AAK-NISMA coalition and one to the LDK./Oath for Justice
