Prime Minister Sali Berisha received yesterday the Ambassador of the United States of America Alexander Arvizu, the Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania Ambassador Eugen Wollfarth and the Head of the European Union Delegation Ambassador Ettore Sequi.

During the meeting the interlocutors talked on the electoral process and the ballot counting process actually underway.

The ambassadors positively assessed the calm election process and welcomed the statements by the prime minister following the counting process in Tirana, which in the framework of a razor-thin margin result, the sides should show patience until official results are tabulated accurately by the Central Election Commission and announced expeditiously. They emphasized that such a stand assumes leadership and makes an important contribution in this stage of the process.

On his part, PM Berisha thanked the ambassadors for their valuable contribution made even through their personal commitment and of their staff as well on the Election Day and during the ballot counting process. The prime minister emphasized that the ruling majority constantly sticks to the accurate counting of every vote the electors have cast and that the final result will reflect the will of the Albanian electors. PM Berisha emphasized that the announced results should carry every vote the electors have cast and it’s the job of the election administration to add true value and in a uniform way to every vote through which the electors have expressed their will in a crystal clear way.

PM Berisha expressed his trust that the relevant authorized institutions – with a clear mandate from the law- have done their job and will continuo to do so with the greatest accuracy and guaranteeing in this way the legitimacy of the final results. He said that at the end of the process the ruling majority will accept the certified results.

Likewise, the prime minister highlighted the fact that the ballot counting system reconfirmed, like in 2009, that the Albanian ballot counting system is based on full transparency, confidence of the sides and as a consequence it avoids any contest of the result.