Costett: We ask no MP to vote for president, we just want to avoid new elections.

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To discuss the establishment of new institutions and the avoidance of other elections, the Democratic League offices yesterday have closed US Ambassador Philip Costet, however, after the meeting no details have been given about the contents of the Abdjiku-Kosnet discussions.
Regarding the role the opposition should have and about the issue of electing the President, US diplomat Philip Costett wrote today an editorial on Indexline, where he clarified the position of the American Government about this process.
Costett has said that the government he represents is not asking in public or in private for someone to vote for a certain individual for president.
The one in his writing says that even the time of presidents leaving the envelope has gone by, until it explains that what the United States is looking for is to avoid other choices, which will cost a lot and leave the country in crisis for a long time in the middle of the pandemic.
Allow me to be clear. My government is not seeking, neither publicly nor privately, for any MP to vote for any individual appointed to president. The days of marking names in the envelope have ended. What we're looking for is for the process to move forward to avoid turning into costly new elections and months of dysfunction during pandemic time and economic crisis”, He wrote Costet., in an op-ed, where he talked about the role the opposition should have in a functional democracy and in a parliamentary system./











