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Democratic leader Sali Berisha has asked the EPP Parliamentary Assembly for help to help Albania in this difficult situation it finds itself in, as he expressed it, after the May 11 elections.
During the speech held at the EPP Parliamentary Assembly, where he was accompanied by Jorida Tabaku, Albana Vokshi and Oerd Bylykbashi, Berisha, addressing those present, said that the assistance I still request from the EPP and sister parties is the sending of a verification mission to my country, a fact-finding mission, which would be of extraordinary importance, not only for Albania, but also for your countries.
In this context, Berisha emphasized that Albania is a major exporter of crime and drugs, but also a very large exporter of immigrants.
"A fact-finding mission by the European People's Party is more than necessary. We have at our disposal an extraordinary amount of documents that show how this narco-state functions, what its connections are with the Sinaloa cartel of Mexico, with the cartels in Medellin, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador," Berisha stressed.
Focusing on the May 11 elections, Berisha stated that in these elections, the entire state was transformed into an electoral body.
"Financial, human, logistical, executive powers were used without limits to stop, control and manipulate the vote of Albanian citizens.
During the election campaign, the government, in violation of international laws and principles, gave each pensioner, representing 48% of voters, 100 euros. Two days before the election, it forgave 200 million euros in fines and interest.
It mobilized tens of thousands of administration employees, transformed into a kind of “political police” called patronage agents. Patronage agents armed with personal data taken from the digital systems of the government and banks, which were used to lure or threaten citizens across the country.
On the other hand, as you know, Albania is the only narco-state in Europe. The Prime Minister of Albania granted 138 licenses for drug cultivation. If the law allows cultivation for medical purposes on only 200 hectares, this time he granted 29,000 hectares – a figure that translates into more than 100 million cannabis roots. One root is worth between 500 and 1,000 euros. This was, more or less, the atmosphere in which these elections took place.
Madam Secretary General, you emphasized the involvement of the state. In fact, it was not just a state, it was a narco-state. Albania is the first and only narco-state in Europe.
We are in a very difficult situation. The drug cartels in my country are, by far, the most powerful in Europe. Why? Because they control the country's main ports. The heroin route from the East passes through their hands. They are in joint ventures with the police, prosecutors, ministers - and the Prime Minister himself. In his office, he keeps a person named Ergys Agasi, who acts as the coordinator of the drug cartel in the service of the government.
It is not an easy situation, but it is one that we must and can fight.
"I believe that together we can help our nation, but also the region and the European Union itself," Berisha said.
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