INTERVIEW / THE LEGAL DIRECTOR OF PRISONS: HOW WILL THEY VOTE ON 23 JUNE VOTING, 400 CONVICTED PEOPLE HAVE NO IDENTITY CARDS Arben Tusha: 18–19 polling stations will be opened in institutions, the rest will vote outside their cells. OSCE’s Volfart: The CEC is functional, I am not afraid of manipulation By KLODIANA LALA Not 40, but 400 convicted and pre-trial detainees risk not voting in the parliamentary elections of 23 June, since they do not have identity cards. Although the time is extremely short, Arben Tusha, Legal Director at the General Directorate of Prisons, guarantees that in cooperation with the company “Aleat” it will be possible to provide these people with identification documents. In an interview for “GSH”, Tusha declares that all convicted persons or detainees where polling stations will not be opened will be escorted to the nearest polling station, in order to express their will. Mr. Tusha, at what stage have the preparations reached for the development of a normal voting process in the facilities of prisons and pre-trial detention centers in the country? The process of participation of convicted persons and pre-trial detainees in the general elections... Continues on page 5

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