The portal "Kosova-sot.info" has published an article claiming that historian Elena Kocaqi is a candidate for president of Albania.
Hibrid.info has verified the facts in this article, where it has been confirmed that the content does not provide what is claimed in the title.
The content includes a status from Elena Kocaqi, who said on her official Facebook profile: "I have seen the popular polls for the new president in several media outlets these days. I am very honored that in most of them I have topped the list of popular will, up to the figures of 70 and 90%."
But, Kocaqi in this status has denied that she is a candidate for president of Albania, adding: "It's not that I don't want to do anything for my country, but here everything is in the hands of politics that has taken away from the people any right to elect the president, and has also limited them to the right to elect deputies by popular vote." (see here)
So, it is not true that Kocaqi is a candidate for president of Albania, as claimed in the article published by "Kosova-sot.info".
Link to the article published on "Kosova-sot.info":
The way of running for office in Albania is through the Assembly, where a candidate for President is proposed to the Assembly by a group of no less than 20 deputies. (see here) So, the candidate for President in Albania is not elected by the people.
However, Kocaqi could be a candidate for President if she is proposed by a group of no less than 20 MPs, but this has not yet been made official. This has also been denied by the historian herself.
Analyze:
The portal "Kosova-sot.info" has published an article claiming that Elena Kocaqi is a candidate for President of Albania. However, the content of this article does not provide what is claimed in the title.
Kocaqi has also denied that she is a candidate for President since, as she has stated, the election is not made directly by popular vote.
Also, the proposal of the candidate for President in Albania is made through the Parliament, where a group of no less than 20 deputies propose a name for this position.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info has assessed this article as "Disinformation".
Reasoning:
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