TIRANA, May 31 – The Albanian Center for Good Governance published on Tuesday the socio-political barometer of Albania 2021, based on surveys of the last five years throughout the country.
The authors affirmed that all polls unite in the high expectation of citizens for employment, punishment of corruption and strengthening of democratic institutions.
“Social – Political Barometer of Albania 2021” lists as the main and ongoing problems of the country in the last 5 years youth unemployment, increased economic difficulties of families due to reduced financial resources, low pensions, subsistence minimum, including also the reduction of remittances and financial support from emigration.
The head of the Center and one of the authors of the study, Arben Çejku, said that citizens demand vetting of politicians as well as judges, while the expectation of respondents to justice to punish corruption at high levels of administration remains high.
The authors asserted that youth emigration is also a problem, stemming from injustice, poverty, corruption, unemployment and lack of perspective, as chain-linked phenomena.
Citizens stated that they believe more in the international factor in improving the situation than in domestic actors.
According to the Center for Good Governance surveys, more than half of the respondents stated that family incomes declined during 2021 and over 70 percent of them were skeptical that the situation would improve compared to last year.
Nearly three-quarters of respondents said they did not receive any financial assistance during the pandemic, and that they want political parties to regulate their employment, economy and health.
/Argumentum.al