{"id":56394,"date":"2023-06-27T11:15:42","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T09:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=56394"},"modified":"2023-06-27T11:15:42","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T09:15:42","slug":"despite-attack-from-rama-i-believe-in-truth-fredi-beleri-on-his-swearing-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/despite-attack-from-rama-i-believe-in-truth-fredi-beleri-on-his-swearing-day\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cDespite attack from Rama, I believe in truth\u201d, Fredi Beleri on his swearing day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fredi Beleri has sent a letter from prison to the City Council on his swearing-in day as the elected mayor of Himara.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote that despite the attacks by Edi Rama, he believes in the power of truth.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The unprecedented attack and the 45 days of my unjust detention do not change my deep faith in democracy, rights, institutions and, first of all, citizens. I believe and I invite you to believe. I hope that soon everyone will think freely and act virtuously. Therefore, I ask you to show patience, faith in democracy and the rule of law, in what you defended with your vote. Because on May 14, Democracy won. Himara won. And I am grateful to those who showed bravery, but I also understand those who succumbed to pressure. But I promise you that for me there are no winners and losers. All the citizens of Himara and I as the mayor, the first among equals, will march together to become even stronger, protecting Democracy and Human Rights,&#8221; said Beleri.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Part from the statement:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Personally, I take strength from your strength and endure, as a citizen who has learned to defend his ideas of freedom, democracy and in practice to protect and care for every person who suffers or is threatened. I am sure that soon the international community will protect the principles and values \u200b\u200bof democracy and the rule of law. Because today, above all, a mayor elected in this part of Europe, a citizen who is a member of the minority, was prevented from taking office. Because today the intention of the opponents of the people, democracy and the rule of law was confirmed. And from this corner of Europe, I address the democratically elected leadership of Albania, the European Union and all Nations that serve democracy, human rights and the rule of law, such as the United States of America. I address to all relevant members of all international organizations who, according to their competence, protect and preserve human rights, justice and the rule of law, asking them not to protect Fredi Beleri, nor the members of the Greek ethnic minority 2 in the Municipality of Himara, nor the majority of citizens who elected me, not democracy in Albania or the path of Albania&#8217;s membership in the European Union, BUT, to protect themselves, to protect what they represent, to protect their history and, first of all, their future. Because if human rights and the rule of law are left to fate, then democracy itself will be defeated, then they will have been defeated, and the morality they are sworn to defend will have been defeated. Ultimately, the protection of human rights and democratic principles is a collective work and not a unilateral effort. And the President of the United States and the President of the United Europe and the heads of international organizations and the mayor of Himara, or the president of every corner of the Western world defend the same democracy, the same human rights, the same state of right. Therefore, I ask you to pay attention to the detention and indictment of the elected mayor of Himara Municipality to fulfill their mission in defense of the rule of law and human rights. If the battle is lost here, as well as in every corner of the planet, then the war may be lost tomorrow. But the battle will be fought and won and the day I am released and take up the duties you have assigned me will be a brave day in history unlike today which is embarrassing for those in charge and disappointing for the rest of us.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fredi Beleri has sent a letter from prison to the City Council on his swearing-in day as the elected mayor of Himara. 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