In practice, the OSCE/ODIHR Final Report following the 28 June 2009 parliamentary elections underlines that “[t]here were substantiated allegations of misuse of administrative resources by the [Democratic Party] for campaign purposes. Such actions blurred the distinction between state and party activities, in contravention of paragraph 5.4 of the OSCE Copenhagen Document.” The report of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) following the same elections raises the same concerns:

“38. The ad hoc committee considered worrying the information supplied by the opposition parties about cases of administrative resources being used for the purposes of the election campaign and public servants threatened with loss of employment, specifically schoolteachers and medical personnel, chiefly in the rural regions supporting the opposition candidates.
39. The ad hoc committee was informed that a large number of ceremonies to open roads, hospitals and a hydro-electric plant, and other official functions had been organised during the election campaign in Tirana and in the regions by the authorities, with public servants, students and schoolchildren allegedly participating under coercion. Nevertheless, one of the main objectives of the election campaign should be to inform the citizens of the programmes and ideas of the political parties before asking citizens for a mandate.”

Following the 23 June 2013 parliamentary elections, the report of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe underlines that “[l]egislation did not adequately regulate or penalise the misuse of administrative resources. The enforcement of provisions against campaign misconduct, including vote buying, was weak.” The OSCE/ODIHR stresses in its report that “[t]he framework fails to detail a comprehensive system of sanctions for misuse of administrative resources, including public servants, involvement of schoolchildren in campaigning, and misappropriation of public official positions and government events, for campaign purposes” and recommends that “[t]he abuse of state resources, including human resources, for campaign purposes could be more effectively prevented through improved enforcement and by holding those in violation accountable.”