The newspaper "Shqiptarja.com" wrote that the security guards of the former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo were provided with the photo of the former Prime Minister Sali Berisha, in order not to allow the latter to meet with the American official.
The spokesperson of the Re-establishment Commission, Floriana Garo, reacted to this news, calling the news low slander. "Carlo Malavita is a person fed by the government with public property, tenders and concessions," Garo said, attacking the paper's publisher, Carlo Bolino.
"A low slander of Carlo Malavita!
Dear friends, the man who lied to the world that Albanians steal President Bush's watch, today spread the next slander, according to which, former Prime Minister Berisha after asking to meet former Secretary Pompeo, and this even brought concern to security workers in the premises of Mac Albania.
This is a low slander of a man described by Mr. Berisha as a member of the criminal organization of Edi Rames, after with the signature of the latter, he robbed the land designated for the construction of the gymnasium of an area of 50 thousand inhabitants.
"It's very clear that in the case of both President Bush and Secretary Pompeo's visit, Carlo Malavita's job is to lie on behalf of those who feed him public property, tenders and concessions."