“Arvizu has incomplete information” INTERVIEW/ HEAD OF THE CEC: REGRETS FOR THE AMBASSADOR, DEADLINES WILL NOT BE BROKEN “The referendum on waste: the signatures that requested it turned out to be false in the forensic laboratory. Before making a statement, Arvizu should have obtained information from the CEC” By VALENTINA MADANI The head of the CEC, Arben Ristani, explains the procedures and legal deadlines required by the response of the institution he leads regarding the issue of the referendum on importing waste. Mr. Ristani says in this interview for “Gazeta Shqiptare” that the CEC is within the legal deadlines and notes that during the submission of signatures by the initiative group there were forged signatures. The head of the highest electoral institution in the country states that it is not the CEC that decides on the referendum, but the Constitutional Court that gives the final decision. As for Ambassador Aleksandër Arvizu’s statement that the CEC is obstructing the response on the referendum, Mr. Ristani values cooperation with the U.S. Embassy, but expresses regret because, according to him, no information was requested about this issue. Mr. Ristani, only a few days ago, was accused by the “Alliance Against the Import of Waste” of exceeding the legal deadline on the part of the CEC regarding the procedures... Continues on pages 2-3