Former prime minister and co-founder of the Democratic Party begin today his national tour from Tirana to meet with party supporters.<\/p>\n
Berisha described the tour as the most \u201cimportant milestone since the founding of the DP\u201d and accused PM Edi Rama of having ties with organized crime.<\/p>\n
Berisha\u2019s tour comes after the decision of incumbent leader Lulzim Basha to expel him from the parliamentary group.<\/p>\n
Berisha said the objective of the tour is to \u201crestore sovereignty to the Democratic Party\u201d.<\/p>\n
The meeting comes at a time when the parliament is set to pass the new government program.<\/p>\n
According to Berisha, the DP is at its \u201cmost critical state of being\u201d, adding that it has been losing on every initiative, apart from the decriminalization law.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s lost every action. For eight years, he\u2019s gone from one defeat to another. He lost the last elections, he stole twice more than in 2017.\u201d, said Berisha.<\/p>\n
He also added that only one-fifth of the votes were indeed for Basha, and called on the latter to step down.<\/p>\n
Berisha said that the Democrats received 70,000 votes less than in 2013, rebuffing Basha\u2019s claims that DP\u2019s support had grown.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou lost the elections twice, you must leave\u201d, said Berisha.<\/p>\n
Describing the Department of State\u2019s decision to proclaim him persona-non-grata as \u201cpolitically motivated\u201d, Berisha reiterated that he will not recognize it.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn an unprecedented act in the history of a country, be that dictatorial or democratic, without no one even asking him, he communicates the removal of Sali Berisha from the parliamentary group, a backstabbing to all the principles in which the party has been founded upon\u201d, conclude Berisha.<\/p>\n
Speaking about the Open Balkan initiative, Berisha describe it as a move to restore Yugoslavia and called Rama a \u201cvassal\u201d of the Serbian President.<\/p>\n
Attending the gathering are MPs Flamur Noka, Tritan Shehu, and former chair of the DP\u2019s national council Bujar Nishani.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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