{"id":31898,"date":"2022-02-21T10:52:52","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T09:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=31898"},"modified":"2022-02-21T10:52:52","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T09:52:52","slug":"ambassador-kim-to-berishas-candidates-what-are-you-promising-voters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/ambassador-kim-to-berishas-candidates-what-are-you-promising-voters\/","title":{"rendered":"Ambassador Kim to Berisha\u2019s candidates: What are you promising voters?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The US Ambassador to Tirana, Yuri Kim, took it on Twitter to pose a few questions to the candidates nominated by former premier Sali Berisha for the by-elections.<\/p>\n<p>Ambassador Kim questioned what will these candidates promise to the electorate if they are being endorsed by \u2018someone designated by the US for significant corruption\u2019.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Questions for candidates: If your main sponsor is someone designated by the US for significant corruption, what exactly are you promising voters? Who will own you if you win and what will you owe them? What should Albanians expect? What should the US expect?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ambassador Yuri Kim (@USAmbAlbania) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USAmbAlbania\/status\/1495679184697540610?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 21, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The State Department <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/public-designation-of-albanian-sali-berisha-due-to-involvement-in-significant-corruption\/\">declared Berisha \u2018persona non grata\u2019<\/a><\/strong> in reference to activities that took place during his time as prime minister.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn\u202fhis official capacity as Prime Minister of Albania in particular, Berisha was involved in corrupt acts,\u202fsuch as misappropriation of public funds and interfering with public processes, including using his power for his own benefit and to enrich his political allies and his family members at the expense of the Albanian public\u2019s confidence in their government institutions and public officials\u201d, reads the statement released by the State Department.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after, the leader of the Democratic Party expelled Berisha from the parliamentary group, propelling the creation of a new faction within the party.<\/p>\n<p>Then, Berisha formed the House of Freedom in order to participate in the by-elections due on March 6.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/11\/10\/ambassador-yuri-kim-more-politicians-to-be-declared-non-grata\/\">Ambassador Yuri Kim: More politicians to be declared non grata<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/10\/01\/former-us-ambassador-on-berishas-non-grata-determination-to-tackle-corruption\/\">Former US Ambassador on Berisha\u2019s \u2018non grata\u2019: Determination to tackle corruption<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/12\/03\/berisha-soros-and-rama-are-behind-my-non-grata-declaration\/\">Berisha: Soros and Rama are behind my non-grata declaration<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US Ambassador to Tirana, Yuri Kim, took it on Twitter to pose a few questions to the candidates nominated by former premier Sali Berisha for the by-elections. Ambassador Kim questioned what will these candidates promise to the electorate if they are being endorsed by \u2018someone designated by the US for significant corruption\u2019. Questions for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":31899,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[270,414,361,280,713,711,151,712,360,710],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ambassador Kim to Berisha\u2019s candidates: What are you promising voters? - 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\/ambassador-kim-to-berishas-candidates-what-are-you-promising-voters\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ambassador Kim to Berisha\u2019s candidates: What are you promising voters? - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The US Ambassador to Tirana, Yuri Kim, took it on Twitter to pose a few questions to the candidates nominated by former premier Sali Berisha for the by-elections. 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