Drenas, due to the fact that the violations are linked to the voting results, it should be submitted upon announcement of the results by CE Pbut not at this stage of electoral process. In the current case there was no final decision taken by CEP on announcement of the final results therefore Panel decided to dismiss the complaint submitted by the aforementioned complainants as premature. The dismissal of the complaint submitted by Behxhet Pacolli , Islam Pacolli, Mirlinda Sopi-Krasniqi, Valdrin Lluka, Refiqe Ternava and Sedat Ismajli is not a prejudice on this matter and does not deny the right of the complainant to submit another complaint on these grounds, upon the announcement of final results by CEC. After the announcement of the results by CEP the complainants, in accordance with Article 105 of Law on General Elections can submit their complaints within 24 hours upon the announcement. Based on the abovementioned reasons and according to Article 118.1of LGE “ The ECAP shall accept a complaint that is well-grounded and dismiss a complaint that does not meet this standard’ and Article 6.4 of Rules and Procedures of ECAP which provides that :’ The complaints which are impermissible and belated will be dismissed by ECAP by a decision”., concerning the complaint mentioned above, it was decided as in the enacting clause of this decision. Elections Complaints and Appeals Panel A.no. 367/2019 dated on 10.10.2019 Gyltene Sylejmani, Chairperson (signed & stamped) Legal remedy: No appeal is allowed against this decision.

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