Skopje, 23 December 2023 (MIA) – The opposition coalition of ethnic Albanian parties – European Alliance for Change issued an ultimatum to the Government on Friday evening, reiterating their demand to have a representative in the State Election Commission (SEC). If that doesn’t happen by December 31, they said they would leave and boycott Parliament.

“As a coalition we want to announce that we have a concrete demand for Parliament to vote for our proposed member of SEC by December 31. If they fail to do so we will leave Parliament, we will boycott Parliament,” said Alternativa leader Afrim Gashi, following a media briefing he held on Friday evening alongside the leaders of the Democratic Movement, Izet Mexhiti, and the leader of the Besa Movement, Bilall Kasami.

Gashi said the party would take other measures too, in addition to their boycott of Parliament.

“But I am convinced that after this alarm, both the international community and the ruling parties will understand that we won’t give up on our legal right to have a member in the SEC,” said Gashi.

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