Defense Minister: It Is the Greatest Shame to Use the KLA’s Name for Political Interests

Defense Minister Ermal Nufi has reacted to Dritan Goxhaj, who has been placed at the center of the wording of the demands for Monday’s protest. Through a public statement, Nufi stressed that the name of the KLA cannot be exploited for personal or political purposes.

Also sharing Rama’s post, the minister accompanied it with a comment contrasting those who were part of the war with those who, according to him, support it only with words. He also criticized the protest, which he claims has neither direction nor clear aims.

“How easy it is to support the war from the couch and refuse to go with your friends to the battlefield, just as today it is easy to get ‘likes’ from the square of a protest, whose supporters do not even know who is leading it or what it is really trying to achieve! There is no greater shame than throwing mud on the blood and flag of the KLA — the most glorious war of the Albanian people for freedom in their own lands — by linking it to charlatans who dare to speak in the name of the real heroes. It is truly a great shame that someone claims to speak in their name or in the name of patriotism while directly harming Albanian national interests! This kind of person has ties only with Iranians and/or the corrupt, because he has no connection of any kind with the KLA!

Further on, Nufi wrote: “Meanwhile, the real commander of the KLA is in The Hague, being held unjustly! While the true architect of the revolutionary journey of Albania toward the family of European values, carrying out an extraordinary transformation for the country, is Edi Rama, and Albanians have shown this best through their vote by massively supporting him and the Socialist Party of Albania!”