Erion Veliaj has reacted from prison to recent developments related to his transfer, the protests and his relations with Prime Minister Edi Rama and the Minister of Justice, Toni Gogu. In a lengthy response, Veliaj rejects the accusations of organizing and financing the protests, speaks about the Municipality of Tirana and makes accusations against the leaders of the government and the Socialist Party.
Below is Erion Veliaj's full reaction:
My answers: TG
1 - Transfer as an "honor" + protests
- I understand that you are only a messenger, not the author - I don't blame you, you remain my friend, regardless of the role.
- Shame that KM deals with the internments himself.
- If R. thinks that by removing me and isolating me from my family he becomes great - he belittles himself - and the prison guards mock him.
- It's a big blow, to appear so small, pity.
- Take me to Spaç if you want, I won't bow down and I won't be blackmailed.
- What "honor" should I recognize KM as? That he negotiates with prosecutors about how many charges I will have and how many years I will get?
- What does the last time as a father mean? Threat?
- This nonsense that you say "they want to eat me alive, and they want me dead" is shameful for you who make these conversations
- I am not the organizer and financier of either the Flamingos or the students - this is nonsense like in Enver's time! Where is the state's cadre, it found the internal enemy
- When I was protecting Tirana from violence for 54 weeks, the municipality was burning, I didn't accuse you, and why was BT burning with Molotov cocktails and no one lifted a finger.
- How can I overthrow the constitutional order from prison? Are you out of your mind or are you telling the KM to calm down? Do you understand the words you are saying? You also said terrorism! HAHA
- I don't throw stones at my house. PS no no, I'm talking about Tirana. I've dealt with every traffic light, sign in the square, signage, etc. it hurts me more than all of you, the municipality.
- But you have no way of knowing, you have a government where no minister has ever held a day of opposition.
- I was there on January 21, there for the hunger strike, there on "January 28" (I know the KM well), and in the summer of 2011 with R they left everyone alone.
- Where were these ministers today? So they can easily identify and poison him, with "internal enemies" because they don't even have a memory, they behave like pawns in the "king's clothes"
- I only made two political posts - 1 for Hasha and the KLA + 1 for Vučić. You don't talk to me for 20 months and you get a headache and deal with the dungeons. I stick to the posts, you deal with the dungeons.
- The answer to KM is: I don't organize protests, but I can't be intimidated by these fabrications that I despise with disgust. Fuckin' grow up, where do you find the time to deal with them.
- Not here, even if you take me to Spać for 100 years, you can't bend me. Forget R.
2
- I don't delegate BT. I delegated it for 18 months. The mandate was given to me by the GJK and the leftist and civic people 160 thousand votes
- 0 schools
- 0 trees planted
- 0 new investments
- 0 important decisions
- 0 loans issued, we even lost Qatar to Bulevardi Ri, and the BEI to Lana
- In the few weeks that I took it, 6 schools were unblocked in September, +1500 soft loans
- Not because I am the most capable, but because I was elected, therefore more responsible
- The CM promised to take care of it himself, but the garbage became a mill, the socialists left and you brought in little Dash Sula who was fined. Why did the people who brought victories with the SP run out?
- I returned the Municipality to the Socialists and the citizens; Etleva is our 24-carat socialist, honest and capable.
- Sadi is a former prefect and socialist MP, with contributions as a trainee and in the SP.
- Sara, who I had as a child in FRESH - gave her best years in the SP+BT
- The SP does not grow from the slag that the slag throws, but from the promotion of young people inside and outside the SP
- So let's promote Arbri, he's not a bad guy, but I won't delegate anymore
- Fool me once, shame on you, Fool me twice, shame on me
3
Response to Plaro
- No other advisor left me for 20 months. You yourself come after 2 years. Who should I consult with? With the walls?
- Are you telling me that the KM assigns the dungeons, meetings, hospital visits? What do you mean, consult me?
- Did he write to you in chat groups about Etjenin, don't get involved?
- Plaro became my friend, friend and lawyer. Before the governorship, we were collaborators, but because you left or the leader didn't leave you, I was left alone with Plaro and now I say better 1 accurate than 1000 useless serviles.
- We closed at 24:00. He brought me two books and I thanked him, he left with the director, I returned to the cell on crutches.
- I wished him well and forgave him, but I don't accept illegal affairs.
