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Voter casts ballot during election | Photo by : OSCE
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“The political environment continues to be deeply polarized, with harsh rhetoric and personal attacks by the leaders of the main political parties,” the OSCE says in the report, which was written after a fact-finding mission visited in Tirana in January.
The report notes that local political parties have failed to address the two main OSCE recommendations after the disputed 2009 general elections, that “parties should demonstrate the political will for the conduct of democratic elections” and that “they should discharge their electoral duties in a responsible manner for the general interest of Albania”.