Berisha: When I was prime minister, foreign intelligence services informed me that Rama had traveled to Tehran and met with Ahmadinejad

Democratic Party chairman Sali Berisha, during a communication with citizens on Facebook, made strong accusations against Prime Minister Edi Rama, saying that he is trying to strike at the civic protest and the symbolism it represents.

Berisha said that Rama has attacked bloggers and influencers, has declared “the algorithm as the black ogre” and, according to him, instead of reflecting on citizens’ demands, he is focused on targeting participants and figures linked to the protest.

He also said that the prime minister had tried to discredit specific individuals, mentioning the case of a woman who, according to him, was declared “non grata” simply because she had a photo with Ahmadinejad.

“He declares a lady non grata because she had a photo with Ahmadinejad. But allow me to tell you something, citizens. I was prime minister in office when foreign intelligence services informed me that Edi Rama had gone to Tehran and had met with Ahmadinejad,” Berisha said.

He went on to declare that Rama had traveled to Iran several times and added that Erion Veliaj had also made that trip several times.

According to Berisha, investigations by the competent authorities had found that in at least one case, Rama had taken part in the Socialist International convened in Iran by Ahmadinejad.

Berisha raised the question of what this situation means when, on the one hand, according to him, a woman is declared “non grata” simply because, as he explained, she had received a medal as a reader of the Quran at a religious conference.

The head of the Democratic Party also spoke about attacks that, according to him, have been made against figures linked to the KLA. He said matters had gone so far that figures from the war were being smeared, mentioning former KLA fighter Tahir Sinani.

According to him, bills and documents have been brought out and sought out “like the hyenas of the former secret police,” without any interpretation, with the aim of tarnishing the war and the KLA, simply because the KLA flag was also waved at the protest.

Berisha also mocked Rama’s attempt to use the flamingo symbol, which has become an identifier of the protest. He said the prime minister is trying to fight the protesters by other means, by printing the flamingo on his shirt or posting it on Facebook, but that he has no moral right to do so.

“You can print Lubi Balluku, the two Lindas, Gys Agasi, Engjëll Agaçi, Aruba on your shirt. You can print drugs, cocaine, but never flamingos,” Berisha said.

He added that at other times Rama places them in his main Facebook photo, believing that this makes him friendlier toward them.

In conclusion, Berisha called on the prime minister to step down, declaring that he is “the fiercest enemy of Albanian youth.”

“You are arrogant, you are cynical, you hate them and you want them to leave Albania. Therefore, resign immediately because their patience is running out,” he said.