Three days after the US declared former Prime Minister Sali Berisha “non grata”, the President of Albania, Ilir Meta, reacted publicly for the first time. The head of state describes the decision for his former ally in 2009-13 as a “leaflet” ordered by the kleptocracy regime in Tirana.
According to President Meta, this decision was ordered by the kleptocracy regime in Tirana and was not by accident the moment it was made known, because it coincides with the electoral process that has not yet been completed.
Furthermore, the President of the Republic called on everyone to strictly implement the law, as well as all the requirements of the Electoral Code regarding the April 25 process, as this is and remains the most important issue currently.
“Dear Albanian citizens and compatriots everywhere in the world,
As President of the Republic of Albania, I feel the high responsibility to share with you my assessment regarding the “order paper” ordered by the kleptocracy regime in Tirana against Mr. Sali Berisha, the first democratic President of the country.
This “leaflet” was not accidentally requested at this moment, when the electoral process has not yet been officially closed and when the institutions, according to the Electoral Code, have to comment on the numerous complaints about manipulations and widely denounced electoral crimes, which have seriously violated western standards of a completely free, honest and democratic electoral process.
Calling on everyone to strictly implement the law, as well as all the requirements of the Electoral Code regarding the April 25 process, as this is and remains the most important issue currently, I feel the responsibility to share with each of you, the message of solidarity, which I sent to Mr. Sali Berisha and his family on Thursday morning, after the information I received from various and reliable sources:
‘My most sincere greetings and solidarity for you, Lili and your family after this ugly, treacherous and dirty act, which has to do only with anti-Albanian lobbying and nothing else. Those who funded to declare the Party Dvorani the hero of the Justice Reform could do any foolish thing and can no longer surprise us with their impudence for respect for the rule of law and the independence of the Judiciary’,”/abcnews.al
