Belind Këlliçi has published a reaction on Facebook regarding the two latest criminal incidents that occurred in Sarandë and Ksamil.
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According to him, in both cases, police officers were found to have been involved—not in their capacity as guarantors of law and security, but as parties to the incidents.
He accuses Edi Rama’s government of political responsibility for the situation within the State Police and recalls investigations and wiretaps by French and Belgian authorities which, he claims, have revealed links between criminal groups and police structures.
Këlliçi considers the incident in Ksamil more serious, where a 20-year-old Portuguese tourist lost his life. He claims that the suspected perpetrator, a person with a criminal record, was employed by the business of an individual with legal problems and had a police officer as a colleague. The officer is suspected of having helped commit the crime and escape.
In his reaction, Këlliçi writes that the officer and the criminal were both employed at the same place, even appearing on the same payroll. According to him, this coexistence between those who are supposed to uphold the law and those who are the object of their work is shocking and widespread at every level.
He also mentions the case in Sarandë, where he says a confrontation between police forces nearly took place: on one side, officers who worked part-time or seasonally for a private club, and on the other, representatives of the police station.
Këlliçi stresses that there is no doubt that private security guards who commit crimes and officers sworn to uphold the law work together in many bars, clubs and other frequented venues throughout the country, constituting a widespread scheme.
He adds that the links between, and the criminal involvement of, the police leadership and gangs are now well known. The wiretaps provided by French and Belgian authorities, he claims, show that powerful criminal groups have influenced the appointment of police station chiefs and directors.
Nevertheless, Këlliçi notes that the cases of recent days are proving that this symbiosis has spread pandemically in the field as well, indicating a serious disease in the state’s main tissue—that of the police.
In conclusion, he says that this alarming situation has emerged after 13 years of Edi Rama’s rule, during which, according to him, gangs and criminal groups have consistently served as his electoral headquarters. Këlliçi emphasizes that a total overhaul is needed to uproot this criminal involvement and coexistence between crime, strongmen, and officers who were trained, sworn in and paid with citizens’ taxes to enforce the law.
