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The Chairman of the Democratic Party, Sali Berisha, has stated for the first time that before being placed on the blacklist of the United States of America, he had decided to leave his mandate.
Invited this Thursday on the show "Opinion", Berisha recounted all the conversations with Lulzim Basha in 2021. Berisha explained why he entered the campaign and what he talked about with Basha after expelling him from the DP parliamentary group as a result of "non-women".
Excerpts from the conversation:
Blendi Fevziu: Why should an Albanian, it may be a dilemma, vote for Sali Berisha who 11 years ago resigned and said I will leave politics? There are entire generations who have grown up, they have seen you as president and today they say Sali Berisha himself said in 2013 I completed my mission, after 11 years he returns again. Why should they vote for you as prime minister?
Sali Berisha: Why after he left? Because Sali Berisha after he left definitively and unequivocally and I was preparing for the next four months to hand over the mandate of the deputy because there is always a time for decisions. What happened? There was a sanction for corrupt lobbying.
Blendi Fevziu: Were you preparing to hand over your mandate?
Sali Berisha: Absolutely yes!
Blendi Fevziu: I've never heard of this before?
Sali Berisha: Absolutely yes.
Blendi Fevziu: So even though you were on the list and won the 2021 elections in September, you wouldn't go to parliament, would you surrender your mandate?
Sali Berisha: In 2021, so that citizens know, after I conducted a 1-year campaign, including in this studio here to convince Albanians about the leader of the DP, Lulzim Basha, we had this debate with each other. I would not run. But since the influence in the DP is high, not running could harm us and if I run, I will run only for this purpose. He asked me to go to Shkodra.
Blendi Fevziu: Have you told Basha that you are willing to not run?
Sali Berisha: Absolutely yes.
Blendi Fevziu: Basha has always said that you asked him to?
Sali Berisha: Let him say what he says. What he says in the morning he doesn't say at dinner. He has a problem with himself. But I tell you that I was very determined. He proposed that I go to Shkodra. I tell him no, because we share the campaign and the media will deal with me, they will publish my activities to completely ignore you, but I am interested in the DP winning, not Sali Berisha. And I will not campaign. You won't find even a quarter of an hour of Sali Berisha's campaign in 2021. Kamala Harris did the campaign, Obama came out on his side. The campaign was broken. The campaign is not broken.
Blendi Fevziu: Is that why you didn't come out?
Sali Berisha: Of course for this reason.
Blendi Fevziu: Për këtë arsye zoti Berisha nuk reaguat kur Basha thoshte teza qesharake që unë futa Shqipërinë në NATO, unë bëra Rrugën e Kombit, apo unë hapa vizat? Se unë e kam pasur këtu në studio dhe kam pasur 4 gazetarë që filluan të qeshnin.
Sali Berisha: Cili ka qenë qëndrimi im? Unë i kam thënë kryekëshilltarit të tij që me këtë veprim bëtë një gabim shumë të madh sepse gazetarët atë do ta delendisin si në ring. Nuk mund të themi gjëra që s’janë. Më e bukura ma sollën ta shoh përpara. Bënin edhe ata atë analizën e tyre. Unë i kam thënë ama nuk mund të dilni me mashtrime para shqiptarëve. Erdhi këtu në studio e mbajtën me mëshirë gazetarët në debat me ju. I them Asafit, e patë? Po tha kishit të drejtë. Këto nuk ishin të miat, por nuk mund të protestoja publikisht në mes të fushatës.
Blendi Fevziu: Ju kishit vendosur të dorëzonit mandatin?
Sali Berisha: Po do e dorëzoja.
Blendi Fevziu: Vetëm shpallja non grata ju detyroi të qëndronit?
Sali Berisha: Jo vetëm shpallja non grata. Unë kur u shpalla non grata çfarë i thashë atij. Ka ardhur Filip Rikër ka thënë këtë. I thuaj i thashë që listën e deputetëve nuk mund ta bëjë kurrë kush tjetër përveç shqiptarëve. Kush ndonjë vend tjetër në botë nuk i ka ndihmuar shqiptarët në rrugën e lirisë sa SHBA, por nuk kanë bërë kurrë për t’ua bërë listën e deputetëve se pastaj është koloni. Prandaj kjo nuk mund të ndodhë. Ky del, pret datën 9 Shtator dhe e njofton nën presionin e madh të ambasadores etj. E marr në telefon i them shiko. Ke marrë një vendim krejtësisht të pabaza, por pavarësisht, mblidh Këshillin Kombëtar ose grupin e deputetëve ose Kuvendin e partisë. M’u përgjigj unë nuk bëj mbledhje anti-amerikane. I thashë ç’mbledhje anti-amerikane është mbledhje për shtetin ligjor, për rregullat, ne kemi statut, është Kushtetuta jonë. Duhet të zbatojmë statutin. Jo, jo tha, nuk bëj mbledhje anti-amerikane. Para se të vinte Rikeri i kisha thënë. Ky problemi i sanksionimit tim është problem personal dhe partia nuk do të përzihet në këtë çështje. Unë ndihma e Zotit, pushka e hotit. Më vonë mora vesh se ishte hotian se më tha çfarë do të thotë kjo. I thashë do të thotë që unë për pushkë kam pendën dhe do të luftoj. Unë e hodha në gjyq Antony Blinken dhe fillova me mediat amerikane.
Blendi Fevziu: Pyetja ime që ishte përse një shqiptar do ju votojë kur jeni kthyer 11 vjet pasi jeni larguar vetë, është sepse ju ju detyruan të ktheheshit?
Sali Berisha: If you want to imagine, to imagine a process where Albanians see the Albanian today, there are no left-wing, right-wing, or center-right Albanians who do not consider Sali Berisha the main defender of Albanians and Albanian dignity. This whole comeback did not come for myself. I sued the secretary. I did my duty. The world found out that I sued him. At that time, they found out that he had sanctioned me. In this context, if Albanians are interested in Albanianism, in the dignity of Albanians, they have a strong reason. Secondly, every Albanian votes for Sali Berisha because they know that he keeps his word./
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