It's already ten day now that the Albanian opposition MPs and supporters are on a hunger strike with the only and the most sublime request that of reinstalling democracy and people freedom in Albania.
Dear Friends,
We, 22 members of parliament and 200 citizens of Albania, concerned about the fate of democracy in our country have decided to engage in the ultimate form of peaceful resistance by going on a hunger strike in the name of the pilar of any democracy: free and fair elections.
Our demand is simple: a full and thorough parliamentary inquiry into the elections of June 28th 2009, including the opening of the ballot boxes and the examination of the electoral material contained therein. Our demand is not motivated by a desire for power, but by the aspiration that the next elections do not fall prey to the same machinations and manipulations.
For the last nine months we have asked for our constitutional right to transparency only to be denied in all our efforts by an unjust government which no longer adheres to the Constitution.
On April 30th, 200,000 Albanians protested in Tirana for the transparency of their votes. The same day, we 222 citizens of Albania decided to start a hunger strike.
Our decision was not taken lightly, for we are aware of the gravity of our course of action. Yet we are no more prepared to give up our most basic democratic rights in Albania than you would be in your country. We ask only for what you take for granted in your countries: free and fair elections. No more. No less.
The Hunger Strike Committee
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