Gogu-Tabaku debate on "blackening Albania"

The Vice President of the National Integration Council, Toni Gogu, in his speech in the Parliament, stated that Albania "has done titanic work on the path towards the European Union."

Gogu said that so far 5 group chapters have been opened and the sixth is expected in the fall. He also mocked the opposition for Sali Berisha's statements in the eyes of the international community, where he called Albania the only narco-state in Europe, writes A2.

"Patient zero of Albanian corruption cannot come out and defend corruption by throwing mud at Albania," said Gogu.

"You tried to smear Albania like a drug dealer, while farmers are struggling from morning to night to feed this country, the same thing with teachers, firefighters... Toni Gogu is definitely angry when he hears the mud being thrown at Albania. Patient zero of Albanian corruption cannot come out and defend corruption by smearing Albania. Honorable colleagues, the latest EU reports see Albania as a leader in the region, not only Europeans, but also Albanian citizens. So when we discuss the work of the National Integration Council, let's be up to the task. The EU's trust in Albania is absolute. We are not afraid of criticism, those criticisms are sounds that make us work harder, so you see the governing majority at the grassroots with the citizens, with the people, to discuss how the EU will go to the countryside, in the financial, banking, commercial market," said Gogu.

Democratic MP Jorida Tabaku responded with a retort to Gogu's speech, which accused the opposition of smearing and smearing Albania in Europe as a narco-regime country: "Don't cry foul over the opposition, Mr. Gogu, don't worry about the opposition at all. You should worry about the smear against Albania, about the manipulated elections in the reports that are read there in the European Parliament, worry about corruption and here I quote the report that will be read on July 9. Worry about the smear that the majority has thrown and not the opposition. This integration process has not been blocked by us, but it has been blocked for you. You should worry about the lack of standards, because they have not been met, you should worry about these and not about the opposition's problems. The opposition solves its own problems."

  (A2 Televizion)