Berisha: What I told Eddie Rama in 2013 when he took power

In his address at this table, Berisha also unveiled a conversation with Edi Rama in 2013, when the Socialists took power.

In 2013, with the change of power, the day of government inauguration, I turned to Eddie Rama with these words: Your connections to crime are universal and universally known. Albanians assured you that they voted. But the fate of this society will depend on the links you hold to crime. You'll cut them off or you'll continue with them. If it continues, being prime minister, it will be a disaster for Albanians. When I told Eddie Rama that your connections to crime are universal, I told him a truth because he, in many cases, was the only mayor in the world to protect himself instead of being protected by the guard, took murderers and traffickers as a shield. Even to formalize everything, I made a decision by the Council of Ministers, where I put the mayor of Tirana in better treatment than the ministers, that at that time the ministers had no protection from the” Guard.

Albania's society is now on the verge of suicide due to the spread of crime, says the chief Democrat.

“Time proved that after 10 years, due to the terrible spread, close partnership, Albanian society is on the verge of a crime-related suicide. Today, the absolute distant decisionmaker in this country is crime, crime, crime. Crime today, established in power at the prime minister level, is capable of passing any law to parliament. He is able to make any decision in the government, capable of determining any tender, capable of determining any appointment, able to issue any permit and license, capable of eliminating any opponent. Today, Albanians, as never in their history, since the state, their children, their being their own, their economy, is all in the hands of crime”.