THE AUC WELCOMES THE USA DECISION FOR WAIVER OF IP RIGHTS FOR COVID-19 VACCINE

MOUSSA FAKI MAHAMT CHAIRPERSON SAID

Responsible Author: Rahma Sophia Rachdi & Jedi Foster | Paris, Washington DC, 05/08/2021, 14:51 Time

USPA NEWS - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, welcomes the announcement of the United States of America to support South Africa and India’s call for the temporary waiver of intellectual property protections for Covid-19 vaccines at the World Trade Organization. The Chairperson commends this important show of global leadership by the United States of America, alongside more than 100 countries, to help end the most devastating global public health crisis in living memory, by supporting the South Africa and India-led proposal to temporarily suspend rules on intellectual property rights on Covid19 vaccines.

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Albanian Opposition Accuses Government of Vote Buying

83,000 Invalid Votes

Responsible Author: exit.al | TIRANA, 05/04/2021, 01:26 Time

exit.al - Albanian opposition parties have accused the government of Edi Rama of vote buying in the April 25 general elections.

The Democratic Party published what it claimed to be screenshots of conversations in a Whatsapp group purportedly showing how senior officials of the Ministry of Infrastructure allegedly legalized illegal buildings in exchange for votes for the Socialist Party.

The alleged evidence was reported to the Special Prosecution on April 12 by the PD, including accusations against Minister Belinda Balluku, her advisor Laureta Omeri, chief of cadaster agency Elira Gogo and several other officials of vote buying.

Despite the early report, “the prosecution did nothing to stop, prevent or condemn this clear criminal scheme of vote buying in exchange for legalization of houses,” Gazmend Bardhi of the PD stated on Friday.

Minister Balluku denied accusations and said the opposition had no evidence of vote buying. The published Whatssapp conversations didn’t even mention the buying of votes, she said.

“I saw no vote buying, no sentence on exchange for votes, but just people who took care of families in the process of legalization [of buildings],” she told Euronews Albania.

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