Sali Berisha responded to Erion Veliaj, after the mayor of Tirana reacted on social networks to the DP leader's accusation that he had fled to the United States.
"To understand what these represent morally, I invite you to read the reaction that Lal Vjedhsi made today to my request that in case he does not return, Edi Rama should resign. That was the request. But this one is unconfigured, this one is unseasoned, and the citizens of Tirana have extraordinary merit, that precisely in his 40s, they spent it. They hung him on the pole of shame for the whole of Europe. "There is no mayor today who is as black as the one with the thefts he committed," said Berisha.
"Then, wherever you see their delegates, you will shoot them black, you will shoot them with tomatoes. Thieves, you have no place, go to your work. If you go to the municipality of Tirana now, I tell you, until a month ago they were killing Erion Veliaj, under Edi Rama because they wanted to see Erin as prime minister because they knew they would steal even more. Now, below Veliaj, long live Blendi Gonxhe. Gonxhe is an unimaginable thief. Yes, these are today's things that I tell you".
What happened during the morning?
On Saturday morning, Berisha denounced what he called Erion Veliaj's "escape" to the USA. In a statement to the media, the chairman of the DP stated that this action of the mayor is an escape from justice.
"Multiple news reports that Erion Veliaj, the real co-owner of the missing Tirana burner, of the 1 million tree forest that does not exist, of the 100 percent theft model with 5D, after officially receiving a series of charges, which went for the size of the crime from 20 to 35 years in prison, today at 5:15 am he left the country, according to the rumor to USA, but actually the direction is unknown. Ladies and gentlemen, this is one of the most serious acts in the history of a country, organized and orchestrated directly by Edi Rama."
According to Berisha, this act of Veliaj was supported by Edi Rama, accusing that the prime minister influenced Veliaj not to be placed in the security measure of the ban to leave the country, writes A2.
"Edi Rama blocked the issuance of the arrest warrant against Erion Veliaj, blocked the issuance of the seizure of the passport and the ban on leaving the country, and de facto he forwarded it to the defendant so that Albanians do not learn the fate of hundreds and hundreds of millions euros stolen by Edi Rama and Erion Veliaj in the Tirana burner, in the 5D affair, but also in all building permits in the territory of Tirana, the giant towers in which it is commonly said that Edi Rama has 30 percent of the ownership. On this occasion, I request in the most urgent way the return of Erion Veliaj to Tirana", said Berisha, reports A2.
Veliaj responded through a lengthy Facebook post. "O Sali, you scum, that you gave the news that I escaped from Albania, since one of your bugs saw me on the plane. I am going to America, for meetings that I have left for a long time, because I am the mayor of the Municipality of Tirana, and I am not Non Grata, the end of history, who became a great-grandfather and the more you screw up in that evil muzzle, the more you stink up Tirana with your mouth", writes Veliaj on Facebook.
Veliaj further explains that he will return to Albania after 48 hours and states that he is not afraid of justice and SPAK, unlike what happens in the blue camp.
The investigation into Veliaj, SPAK reacts to A2 CNN: There are data for 4 criminal offences
Erion Veliaj was interrogated on Thursday by SPAK prosecutors, where in the public response, the Special Prosecutor's Office said it has information on charges for 4 criminal offenses, even though it did not mention the mayor by name.
The suspicions of SPAK are for the criminal offenses "Passive corruption of high state officials or local elected officials", "Active corruption of high state officials or local elected officials", "Cleaning of the proceeds of a criminal offense or criminal activity" and "Refusal for declaration, non-declaration, concealment or false declaration of assets, private interests of elected persons and public officials, or of any other person who has legal obligation to declare".
Earlier, SPAK carried out inspections at Veliaj's house, when the latter was not in Albania, and seized the mobile phone of his wife, Ajola Xoxa. (A2 Televizion)