Berisha did not take the chair, the DP reacts: He sat where the Church protocol assigned him

2025-01-31 15:44:53Politikë SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Berisha did not take the chair, the DP reacts: He sat where the Church protocol
Sali Berisha / Qirjakos Miçotaqis / Edi Rama

The Democratic Party has denied rumors circulating yesterday that former Prime Minister Sali Berisha had occupied a seat in the front row next to Greek Prime Minister Kiryakos Mitsotakis at the funeral of Archbishop Anastasios.

Through a reaction to the media, the DP says that Berisha sat in the chair assigned to him by Church protocol, and that the news spread is slander from "Rama's office."

The full reaction of the DP:

During the magnificent ceremony held at the Orthodox Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ in Tirana, on the occasion of the funeral of His Beatitude, Archbishop Anastasios, there were ugly attempts to distort the truth about the placement of personalities at this important event.

The fabrication of Rama's office, unable to slander himself, repeatedly uses the filthy mouths of his surrogates to stink and pollute public opinion with deceit and slander. These vile slanders were not spared even on the day that should have been dedicated to honoring the memory and work of His Beatitude, Archbishop Anastasios.

Regarding the positioning, the Chairman of the Democratic Party of Albania Prof.Dr. Sali Berisha, he is seated exactly in the place designated by the protocol of the Orthodox Autocephalous Church, in accordance with the rules and tradition of this ceremony. His status as former President and former Prime Minister guarantees him an honored place at such events, while respecting both the protocol of the Church itself and the priority and rank according to the state protocol.

Any insinuation or slander that aims to deviate from the truth is a base and despicable attempt to manipulate the public and create tension where none exists.

It is nothing more than a fabrication of the sick and perverted mind of Edi Rama.

The Chairman of the Democratic Party, Prof. Dr. Sali Berisha, at the end of the funeral ceremony of His Beatitude Archbishop Anastasios, after leaving the Cathedral, in a statement he made to a media outlet, among other things, added that during the ceremony, while the icon thief was speaking, hundreds of church icons of Albania's extraordinary heritage were displayed in front of him, which were being sold and trafficked on the black market by the trafficker Edi Rama.

The presence of the Chairman of the Democratic Party at this ceremony was and remains a commitment to honor a prominent figure of faith and spiritual unity, the Head of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania, Anastasios Janullatos, who with divine dedication resurrected the Church from the ashes of the communist dictatorship into immortality, and no propaganda maneuver can diminish this.


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