Albanian President Ilir Meta has sent an official letter to 61 state institutions in the country reminding them to guarantee the normal functioning of administrations prior to and after the parliamentary elections of April 25.

In his letter addressed to the State Police, Customs House, penitentiary institutions, tax agencies, cadastre, Bank of Albania, and others, President Meta wrote that regardless of the situation at the polls, functionaries must guarantee that their job is carried out with efficiency.

“In the past, in a period spanning ahead and after the elections, and mainly during a transitional period that coincides from the moment that elections are held till preliminary results are out, various negative phenomena have been noticed, most commonly an apathetic attitude towards the functioning of public and state institutions, which in turn does not reflect total efficiency”, Meta wrote.

The President added that during the elections there will be “maximum attention to monitor all activities of the administration”, and urged functionaries to “increase their responsibilities” in order to:

“[…] not only rigorously implement the legislation in force, but also undertake all necessary measures for the observation, identification and report to law enforcement agencies all decisions that are openly in violation to the law, regardless of the employee, functionary, individual, or physical or judicial subject”.

Meta forwarded his letter also to OSCE, EU, US and other foreign Embassies in Tirana.