{"id":29293,"date":"2022-01-12T22:34:54","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T21:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=29293"},"modified":"2022-01-29T22:46:13","modified_gmt":"2022-01-29T21:46:13","slug":"basha-vs-berisha-showdown-attorney-and-democratic-mp-give-their-takes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/basha-vs-berisha-showdown-attorney-and-democratic-mp-give-their-takes\/","title":{"rendered":"Basha vs. Berisha showdown \u2013 attorney and Democratic MP give their take"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Member of the Democratic Party\u2019s leadership group, Taulanta Jupi, said during tonight\u2019s \u2018NOW\u2019 that the United States has openly declared its stance regarding the political row between Basha-Berisha.<\/p>\n<p>According to Jupi, this was clearly identified in the most recent statements made by the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the US Department of State, Gabriel Escobar, during an interview for VOA (Voice of America).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEscobar didn\u2019t leave room for ambiguity, when it comes to whose side our partners \u2013 the United States \u2013 are on, following the violent acts against DP\u2019s headquarters.<\/p>\n<p>Attorney, Redon Meksi, intervened by saying that Basha sealed off the party by only allowing his own supporters to enter the premises.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe aggression began with the closure of doors, which means they took justice into their own hands. You were the first ones who used violence and they were second. It\u2019s a mistake on both sides,\u201d \u2013 said Meksi.<\/p>\n<p>The attorney continued by saying that DP and its headquarters belong to the members, not the party\u2019s leader or its leadership group.<\/p>\n<p>In turn, Taulanta Jupi replied by saying that Basha become leader after a popular vote, and that the crisis is only linked to the fact that Berisha was declared non grata.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBerisha didn\u2019t stand by his promise that this was only going to be a personal matter,\u201d \u2013 continued Jupi .<\/p>\n<p>According to her, Berisha wasn\u2019t able to prove that he had the support of DP\u2019s majority.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/programs\/now\/2022\/01\/11\/shemsi-premci-revolutions-are-made-with-revolutionaries-not-with-former-ministers\/\">Shemsi Premci: Revolutions are done with revolutionaries, not with former ministers<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/01\/11\/basha-responds-to-meta-the-days-when-you-used-dp-as-a-shield-are-over\/\">Basha responds to Meta: The days when you used DP as a shield are over<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/01\/11\/court-to-issue-final-ruling-on-34-arrested-during-berishas-protest-to-take-back-dp\/\">Court to issue final ruling on 34 arrested during Berisha\u2019s protest to take back DP\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Member of the Democratic Party\u2019s leadership group, Taulanta Jupi, said during tonight\u2019s \u2018NOW\u2019 that the United States has openly declared its stance regarding the political row between Basha-Berisha. According to Jupi, this was clearly identified in the most recent statements made by the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the US Department of State, Gabriel Escobar, during [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":29294,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[262],"tags":[150,151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Basha vs. Berisha showdown \u2013 attorney and Democratic MP give their take - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/basha-vs-berisha-showdown-attorney-and-democratic-mp-give-their-takes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Basha vs. Berisha showdown \u2013 attorney and Democratic MP give their take - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Member of the Democratic Party\u2019s leadership group, Taulanta Jupi, said during tonight\u2019s \u2018NOW\u2019 that the United States has openly declared its stance regarding the political row between Basha-Berisha. 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