Meta speaks for the first time since his dismissal

President Ilir Meta ironically responded to the decision of the Assembly to dismiss him from the post of head of state. Meta stated that this parliament was dismissed on 25^th April  and every step of it is an attempt to divert attention from electoral crimes.

 

Meta responded to one of the points for which the majority accuses him of involvement in the election campaign by publishing a statement by Prime Minister Rama during the presentation of the candidates who described Meta as the main opposition MP.

“Welcome to the era of political pluralism. We should be pleased that we are moving from the pre-April 25 era of monist parliament to an era of parliamentary political pluralism. The elections are not over yet. We need to be patient until the grievance assessment is over.

 

I am not bothering you or all Albanians, because everyone knows what happened. We are not showing here what has been declared against the President, but it is a very clear thing that all the concerns of the president were verified. It would have been nice to have had a model election and we know very well that the president has made every effort to prevent the degradation of the election standard.

It is unfortunate that the number of election denunciations before and after the election process is many times higher than in 2017. This has happened due to the lack of investigation of the files of Dibra and Shijak, but also due to the challenge that has been made publicly to repeat the Dibra ‘earthquake’ even in Vlora and in all of Albania.

I have no concerns about the unconstitutional act of the one-party parliament. I look forward with great calm and patience to the completion of the complaints and to cooperate with the new majority, with the new opposition, in the new Parliament, in respect of the Constitution, for the restoration of accountability at all levels. There are all possibilities for this to continue in the new Parliament,” said Meta./abcnews.al