One of the decisions approved today at the meeting of the Council of Ministers is the one for additional funds for the CEC, in the context of the May 11 elections.
"In accordance with Article 100 of the Constitution and Articles 5 and 45 of Law No. 9936, dated 26.6.2008, "On the Management of the Budget System in the Republic of Albania", as amended, and point 3 of Article 14 of Law No. 115/2024, "On the 2025 Budget", upon the proposal of the Minister of Finance, the Council of Ministers
Decide:
1. The Central Election Commission, in the approved budget for 2025, is allocated a fund of 2,500,000,000 (two billion five hundred million) lek, for the organization of the Assembly elections on May 11, 2025, which is detailed as follows:
– 2,460,000,000 (two billion four hundred and sixty million) lekë, in the item “Current Expenditures”, in the budget program 01620 “General and Local Elections”;
– 40,000,000 (forty million) lekë, under the item “Capital Expenditures”, in budget program 01620 “General and Local Elections”.
2. The financial effect, determined in point 1 of this decision, is borne by the fund for the general elections, approved for 2025.
3. The Ministry of Finance and the Central Election Commission are responsible for the implementation of this decision.
This decision shall enter into force immediately and shall be published in the "Official Gazette".
In the parliamentary elections, 3,721,116 citizens have the right to vote in 5,050 polling centers in the country. We remind you that for the first time in the history of parliamentary elections in our country, the electoral lists will include two categories of voters.
The first includes Albanians living within the country and those in the diaspora.