The leader of the Democratic Party, Sali Berisha, has reacted after Prime Minister Edi Rama called the visit to Erion Veliaj in Durrës prison a slander.
The leader of the Democratic Party said that Rama canceled the visit to the mayor of Tirana, after his public denunciation.
Sali Berisha: The world of crime is boiling. It was announced that he was going to Durrës, I reported him because I strongly suspected that he was going to take Poja Erion Velija.
And I am the strongest warning to Xhevdet Troplini. not to interfere and not to threaten because there will be the most serious consequences. He did not do it in vain. He canceled it of course because I denounced him in front of the media, because he knew that you would go back there too.
Prime Minister Edi Rama denied rumors that he had traveled to Durrës to meet with the mayor of Tirana, Erion Veliaj, who was transferred to detention after being placed in prison.
Through a post on X, the head of government said that he would not consider making a spectacle of prison visits, while emphasizing that "Erion's legal battle is his and his lawyers' battle, not mine and the Socialist Party's."
"I am not a swamp and God has not punished me with scratches on my face, imposing on me the role of a swamp owl to wash away the rights of a wicked public life! And as you can see on channels and portals throughout Albania, I do not control SPAK, which I do not control while I have led the fight for its creation as a flag of independence in the territory that until yesterday was completely occupied by justice, nor do I control a single media outlet," Rama wrote.
Rama also announced that yesterday they received the letter from the Polish EU Presidency, for the opening of Chapter 3 of the negotiations, "while on January 29 we received the letter for the opening of Chapter 2, that is, for the opening of two other doors in the corridor towards the great hall of the united European family," said the Prime Minister.
Edi Rama: Yesterday we received the letter from the Polish Presidency of the EU, for the opening of Chapter 3 of the negotiations, while on January 29 we received the letter for the opening of Chapter 2, that is, for the opening of two other doors in the corridor towards the great hall of the united European family.
I just finished speaking live here at the Prime Minister's Office, where with the national negotiation team we are also presenting to the public the Artificial Intelligence model, which has just entered full-time operation after successful testing.
Meanwhile, the political-media swamp has opened up the fake news that I am on my way to meet Erion in Durrës and that journalists are also lined up there.
O great scum who drowned this millet with the excrement of a rotten soul and whose only job is to spit filthy headlines out of your mouth all day long or distort and take them out of context when you put them in my mouth, and then comment on them at the crossroads of your nightly hooliganisms!
Erion is in custody and whether I like or dislike how his case was handled, I am not you, I am neither like you nor like the owl of your quack marsh. Erion's legal battle is his and his lawyers' battle, not mine and the Socialist Party's. When I say we need justice that fights corruption and guarantees democratic standards, I say what I believe and it doesn't even occur to me to make a spectacle of visiting prisons or becoming a party to the justice process in any form.
Because I am not a swamp and God has not punished me with scratches on my face, imposing on me the role of a swamp owl to wash away the rights of a wicked public life! And as you can see on channels and portals throughout Albania, I do not control SPAK, which I do not control while I have led the fight for its creation as a flag of independence in the territory that until yesterday was completely occupied by justice, nor do I control a single media outlet.
Because I say what I do and do what I say, as the leader of the largest political force of Albanians, I have been enduring your scum on myself and my family for years, simply because I have undertaken to lead Albania once and for all beyond your 100-odd-year-old swamp, seating it as a lady at the table of the United European Family.
Berisha reveals the behind-the-scenes of Veliaj's sending to Durrës
The leader of the Democratic Party, Sali Berisha, while entering Parliament, explained the reasons why, according to him, Erion Veliaj was transferred to detention in Durrës.
In a statement to the media, the former prime minister said that Veliaj was transferred to Durrës in order to pressure him not to speak. He emphasizes that the same formula was followed as with Lefter Koka.
"He takes Erion Velija Poja to shut him up. He took him to Durres and there he sends Troplini. But I tell Troplini that if he makes the slightest threat, you will face the most terrible legal punishments. He did this with Lefter too, he has a formula. He took Lefter to Durres, left him there and told him to speak if he wanted. He is doing the same thing to Erion.
The shocking fact is that he has sent her to a cell in Durres and will send Poja to shut her up. So they are operating in a terrible mafia code. It seems that Velica has competed with Assad's wife. However, hundreds of articles have been excluded from Skapi" said the head of the DP" Berisha.
He also commented on the protest in front of SPAK by Erion Veliaj's supporters: " I haven't seen any SP militants, but police and municipal employees. I hold a press conference, and he sends the municipal police."