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The shocking story of the elderly: They took our ID cards as if they were going to give us pensions, we couldn't vote

Politiko 2025-06-11 12:50:59

The shocking story of the elderly: They took our ID cards as if they were going

Leader of the Democratic Party, Sali Berisha, made public at today's press conference the story of the elderly, where they express how their identity cards were taken away, under the pretext that they would be given pensions.

This, according to them, has prevented them from voting on May 11th.

Berisha has harshly accused state institutions of inaction against what he called a "flagrant electoral crime."

He again published images of several identity cards thrown on the ground in the Petrela area, which are evidence of manipulations that occurred during the voting process.

"Informant: Who are you, what is your name?
Citizen: Lodovik ...
Informant: Lodovik who ...
Citizen: Lodovik Rrethi.
Informant: Do you want to vote tomorrow...
Lodovik Rrethi: Yes, sir...
Informant: Do you have a card?
Lodovik Rrethi: No. I have the card but that master took it from us...
Informant: What is his name...
Lodovik Rrethi: Besmiri ... at the post office.
Gentian Ndoj: Who took your card?
Lodovik Rrethi: Besmiri.
Gentian Ndoj: Besmiri ... Why doesn't Besmiri return the card...
Lodovik Rrethi: I don't know anything, it's his business. He doesn't throw away the money...
Gentian Ndoj: Do you need the card...
Lodovik Rrethi: I need it tomorrow, kismet ...
Gentian Ndoj: Why do you need the card...
Lodovik Rrethi: Let me vote.
Gentian Ndoj: How long has it been since he got the card?
Lodovik Rrethi: Yes 1 week.

Citizen: Marie Rrethi.
Reporter: How old are you?
Marie Rrethi: 78.
Reporter: Have you received your pension
Marie Rrethi: No.
Reporter: Do you want to vote tomorrow?
Marie Rrethi: Yes, tomorrow, for God's sake, I will do it because it doesn't matter, there is no one left. I want it.
Reporter: What's wrong?
Marie Rrethi: He wants the cards at home.
Reporter: Who took your cards...
Marie Rrethi: This Besi took them from us.
Reporter: Where does he work?
Marie Rrethi: He wants money.
Reporter: What money?
Marie Rrethi: Pension money...
Reporter: How long has he taken your cards?
Marie Rrethi: It's been a week now, I'm saying that the cards have been taken for a week now.
Reporter: So, he took your cards and he's not giving them back.
Marie Rrethi: He's not giving them back, he's not giving them back, for the life of him.
Complainant: Did you go and ask for the cards?
Marie Rrethi: Liku went, I told Liku, what happened, he says. I have to take them to Luis, Luis Lazri, to bring them home.
Complainant: And what did he say about the cards.
Marie Rrethi: He said I should take them to her. Give them to me, I took them, he said the cards. No, no, he said, I will take them there, because I will also take the money. He neither brought the money, nor did he bring the cards.
Complainant: So, you don't have the cards?
Marie Rrethi: Not at home. No, no, he has them there, he took them himself. Auntie Vaki didn't do that to me.

Gentian Ndoj: A flagrant case has come from the village of Barbullush, where a complainant has complained to the Democratic Party, because a postal worker, who distributes pensions in Barbullush, Besmir Lepi, has taken their identity card and is not returning it.
Citizens without an identity card cannot vote, so I call on the competent authorities, the State Police, to take measures against these persons because they are committing electoral crimes.