Sali Berisha, leader of the Democratic Party, during the presentation of the candidates in the Berat District, stated that "we come to you, citizens of Berat, of all political persuasions, we come with a solemn pledge, that we will do nothing but return the money that the government takes from you."
"The Albanian village was abandoned. Subsidies were cut off. The borders with the Open Balkans were opened for the products of Banasë and Shumadië, the farmers of those areas have 8 times the subsidies of the Albanian farmer. In this way, the competition was broken, the competition was broken, the farmers of Berat and Albania went bankrupt in series. Edi Rama, with the Open Balkans, encouraged the massive departure of farmers from their farms and from Albania. Dear friends, the men and women of Berat and Albania who merged their lives in construction, in education, in health, in every field, recognized these 12 years a poverty of the most unacceptable. Their pensions remained what they were, while the prices of the goods they had to buy with their pensions doubled and more than doubled. A pensioner of Berat, who in 2013 received 143 thousand lekë, the average pension, today receives 173 thousand lekë maximum. A pensioner in Montenegro, which received 138 thousand lek in 2013, today receives 450 thousand lek. That's how much a pensioner in Macedonia receives, that's how much a pensioner in Serbia receives. And those pensioners don't have Berat, they don't have the diamond of the cultural crown of humanity. So we, citizens of Berat, of all political persuasions, come to you with a solemn pledge, that we will do nothing but return your money, the money that the government takes from you. So why did the pension of Montenegrins triple? How did it triple in 12 years? Simply. The government of Montenegro returned to its citizens the tax money it took from them. Yes. The most elementary law for a government is when it allocates the budget, that is, this percentage will be returned to those who provide the budget", said Berisha, writes A2.
"What did these people do? You know the pensions themselves, I'm not counting them here where they are. But, I'll tell you one thing. Out of 760,000 pensioners, 57% of them are on an incomplete pension. So, they have a pension of less than 170 euros. So, they have a pension, as you said very nicely, that is not enough for medicine, that is not enough for food. Was there an extraordinary injustice here? Thousands and thousands of families could no longer afford to feed their children, and were forced to tell them: follow your destiny, son or daughter.
Meanwhile, the governments of the surrounding countries, no. They increased pensions, they increased low salaries. In 2013, our minimum salary was 180 euros. Romania had 160 euros. It was 830 lei in total. Romania today has a minimum salary of 3,300 lei. Yes, of course, because any government with the most minimal sense of compassion and respect for citizens returns money to citizens," Berisha added. (A2 Televizion)
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