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The CEC spent 27 million euros, most of which went to electronic equipment

2023-05-17 20:53:28Politikë SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
The CEC spent 27 million euros, most of which went to electronic equipment
Ilirjan Celibashi

Technology is increasingly becoming an important part of electoral elections in Albania, but there are still problems in their organization.

Citizens faced 1-3 hour delays at polling stations on Sunday due to problems with electronic identification.

From 2021, the implementation of electronic identification devices began in our country, while from 2022 came the innovation of electronic voting and counting. Starting from the ballots to the camera system at the polling stations and the monitors at the counting tables, the elections in Albania are becoming more and more expensive. Top Channel has analyzed the numbers to see the bill of these elections which did not go perfectly.

Budgetary funds for salaries and insurance in the direction of the CEC were 137 million ALL, while 67 million ALL for goods and capital expenditures in a total of 238 million ALL or 2.1 million euros. Meanwhile, by a government decision on January 27, 2.6 billion ALL were allocated for the organization of the elections. The total bill amounts to 27 million euros.

In a comparison with the elections in 2019, the allocated fund was 600 million ALL for the electoral elections and 162 million ALL for the CEC.

2 billion more or 4 times more funds in this year's elections went towards technology. Expanded electronic voting and counting in the country's three municipalities cost about 6 million euros.

Meanwhile, 3 million euros went to the process of updating the electronic identification devices, while about 1.2 million euros went to the transmission of data from the counting in real time. The rest went for logistical parts, boxes, ballots, stamping ink and stationery etc. With all this large amount of money spent, there were no shortage of problems with electronic voter identification devices. They also became the object of political debate.

The application of technology and the lack of technical staff to keep these devices working normally was a real challenge for the central election commission and will be so in the future as well, at a time when it is required to apply in other elections electronic voting and counting throughout the country./Tch


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