The Democratic Party will organize a national protest against the government on December 22. This was stated by its leader, Sali Berisha, during the meeting of the party's Presidency this Saturday.
Leader of the Democratic Party Sali Berisha began the meeting by commenting on recent developments, with the Constitutional Court's decision to reinstate Deputy Prime Minister Belinda Balluku, suspending the decision of the Court Against Corruption and Organized Crime.
Full Statement
The developments of the last 10 days are unprecedented developments in many, many years.
But completely expected.
For the first time in 32 years, the head of government goes on an open attack against the punishment of corruption.
In the case in which he himself has allocated the money.
Such an act is among the most unprecedented, I do not say that it is the most unprecedented in the world, that the world has autocrats and Edi Rama is not the only one, but in a country that aspires, that Albania is not free, but that aspires to European integration, this has not happened and can never happen.
If you read the reasoning of the majority yesterday, it is identical, word for word, it embodies in one the statements of Chief Advocate Edi Rama, because they decide to suspend the suspension.
Because they undertake to cancel the legal process of animation in the other stages of the judicial process.
Because they took for granted Edi Rama's claim that the government is paralyzed by the suspension of Lubia.
There is no more absolute absurdity than this.
The government is not suspended with one deputy prime minister, nor with three, nor with five ministers.
The Council of Ministers decides by majority.
And these claims of Edi Rama are the claims of a man who was caught stealing and will protect his money.
So, any hope that corruption can be really fought through the judicial power is extinguished.
As for what the situation is today with the situation in 2011, I remind you and every Albanian, in 2011, a deputy prime minister, who was removing ministers from the government, brought down the government, not that he did not think in any case after being accused with a manipulated video 28 times that he had taken a bribe of 760 thousand euros, which was absolutely a lie, because the letter said that the entrepreneur, due to the non-implementation of the decision of the Court of Appeal, I have lost 760 thousand euros.
And Edi Rama and Filip Çakulli presented these as 760 thousand euros received from Ilir Meta.
But Ilir Meta, by the standards of that government, without the prosecution at all requesting the removal of his mandate, came and submitted his resignation.
I do not go to the prosecution as deputy prime minister, the one who will investigate me will have me as a citizen like everyone else.
Fatmir Mediu did the same act. He resigned as a minister, he surrendered his immunity.
In the entire 32-year period, the only person who has blocked investigations into drugs and corruption is Edi Rama.
The Italian anti-mafia demanded the removal of Saimir Tahiri's immunity and arrest, but did not allow either.
Now he is one with Belinda Balluku.
He is one with Belinda Balluku and triumphed in everything he dictated during these three weeks.
There could be nothing more absurd.
To claim that Balluk's suspension violates the Constitution or paralyzes the government, the problem is that Balluk's suspension opened the gates of hell for Edi Rama, that he stole more than Balluk in that affair.
That he, in all cases, is much more serious than Balluk.