Activist Andi Tepelena: Taulant Balla Is a Bandit, He Has Called on Police to Use Violence Against Citizens

Activist Andi Tepelena said that Taulant Balla had called on the police to use violence against peaceful citizens, while describing him as a “bandit.”

During a statement to the media, he called for the intervention of the American embassy, as according to him this constitutes an alarming situation.

He said the situation became tense because the ministers wanted to leave to eat lunch and used the police as a tool to remove the protesters.

Activist Tepelena said the police should have joined the Albanian people, because they had come out for justice, not to commit violence against institutions.

“Taulant Balla is a bandit who has called on the police to use violence against peaceful citizens. I call on the American embassy to intervene urgently. The situation became tense; we were sitting peacefully. But those ministers wanted to eat, they were hungry, and they sent the police against us. It is shameful that scum like them are at the head of Parliament. We are the most peaceful citizens. We are pro-European and pro-Western. We must not fall for Taulant Balla’s provocations.

We distance ourselves from every kind of violence. The police should have joined the Albanian people. I have this message for SPAK as well. Enough is enough! Enough is enough! The people have come out for justice! They have not come out to commit violence against institutions! They are paid with Albanian taxpayers’ money,” he said.