Martin Henze at the civic rally: Albania, on the road to a Moscow-oriented police state

Advisor for economic issues to the German CDU and former close advisor to Chancellor Angela Merkel, Martin Henze was part of the civic gathering below the apartment of the chief democrat Sali Berisha.

He gave a speech tonight where he said that the country is facing great challenges under the government of Edi Rama, warning of serious consequences that could require up to a revolution.

"Today, over 32 years after Albania won the right to determine its own destiny, the challenge continues, to move Albania forward, to improve it.

The challenge continues because of the Rama government.

The challenge continues, because the elections in Albania have been manipulated, since 2013 about 1.4 million Albanians have left the country.

It continues because the Rama administration's government corruption, drug export to Europe, money laundering and human trafficking have grown exponentially.

The challenge continues, because before the next parliamentary elections in 2025, Rama's autocracy tries to silence the Albanians with repression, as in Myanmar or Moscow, as in the communist times in Albania before 1992.

Opposition leaders, such as Sali Berisha, the mayor of Himara, Fredi Bejleri, and the deputy of the Democratic Party of Albania, Ervin Salianji, have been arrested without any legal basis.

This is the Albania of 2024. Albania is on the way to a police state, oriented by Moscow, according to the Serbian model, as the largest European newspaper, Bild, run by the Rama government mafia says.

But the revolution of 1992 continues now in 2024. The year 2024/2025 is for the future of Albania, just like in 1992.

We Germans do not stand on the side of a party that came to power through elections manipulated by Rama.

No, we Germans stand on the side of the suffering Albanian people, on the side of the Albanian opposition and its leader, Sali Berisha. .'- said Henze.