Electoral College and Albanian politics

TIRANA, July 21 – Eight judges of the Electoral College started Tuesday to consider complaints from many political parties on their claims for the results of the June 28 parliamentary election.
That is the final stage for any complaint to be brought before the Central Elections Commission when calculating the seats of the 140-seat parliament elected in a regional proportional system.
The eight judges were selected from the Appeals Courts from around the country, based on a consensus from all political parties, but especially the two major ones – the governing Democratic Party of Prime Minister Sali Berisha and the main opposition Socialist Party of Tirana Mayor Edi Rama.
That would be normal and it seems Albanian political parties are now referring to the law, not to the street protests or other manipulations to resolve the electoral issues.
But that also means that the eight judges should be and feel impartial, independent, not pressurized by politics.
Is that the case? Hard to say no but also yes.
The political parties allegedly keep themselves out of that process except for offering and supporting their claims.
But at the same time common Albanians listen to the political parties ‘calling’ on the Electoral College to be impartial, to play its role and behave themselves.
Either spokesmen or senior politicians come out to say and ‘tell’ the judges they should be impartial.
Don’t they know that?
That means pressure. That means you should try to behave yourselves. That means “don’t forget to listen to us, the people in power, with the fate of the people and the country in our hands.”
Albanian politics should really learn and let others do their job. There is no need to remind the eight judges they should play their game well and the like.