7 hours agoEvidence that Albanian vote buying dates back
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)Albanian lawyer Xhafer Sadiku has published a letter dating back to 1922 proving that buying votes in Albania is history dating back to the time, Periscope reports. The letter he published is of the vice-principle of Berat, Koco Kotta, through which the way in the municipal elections was bought. [...]
The letter he published is of the vice-principle of Berat, Koco Kotta, through which the way in the municipal elections was bought.
It stated that anyone selling a vote would be strictly punished.
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Vote buying in Albania is history dating early. From a letter by the Zv/Prequent of Berat Koco Kotta, dated May 25th, 1922, we find that votes were being bought in the municipal elections.
He wrote: “To win this war that really aims to dominate one house in the people here except the promises we made are certainly informed that there were beginning to be money and thus demoralizing that the people were bought by agents on both sides...
To cut off this shameful tool, I declare to the people that that the sky will be severely punished, and that those who first cause the demoralization of the people”.
Koco Kotta proposed stopping elections and “to name a commissioner from the government after this people came up with the value of their vote...”
