"I am not guilty"/ Bollino complains: Berisha's militants are threatening me on the street

2023-12-07 12:40:00, Aktualitet CNA

"I am not guilty"/ Bollino complains: Berisha's militants are

Carlo Bollino

The publisher Carlo Bollino, in an article recently published in the media he owns, says that he was threatened by unknown persons in the center of Tirana, who also insulted him.

Bollino emphasizes that he has been threatened by Parishian militants and has informed the relevant institutions about this.

" Twice in a row, just in the last three days, in the center of Tirana, unknown persons approached me on the street, threatening and insulting me. In both cases, they expressed support for the "doctor" and cursed and threatened me. such a thing has not happened to me since 1997!" From the daily insults on social media by Berisha militants who know how to write, now the word is passing to physical threats by illiterate Berisha militants, who, encouraged by his arguments, they never forget the racist insults like "Italy...", as if I had no right to have my activity in Albania. I have already informed the relevant institutions about this," says the journalist originally from Italy.

As he points his finger at Sali Berisha, Bollino emphasizes that everything is the result of a campaign of public attack that the head of the Democratic Party is conducting against the publisher in recent weeks. He does not hesitate to call Berisha's accusations, regarding the television building owned by him, ridiculous.

"This dangerous escalation is the result of a public attack campaign that Sali Berisha has already launched against me for 15 days, through daily press conferences, broadcast Live on two or three televisions, in which he raves about looted lands, billionaire theft , mafia crimes, illegal Vkm, up to manipulated balance sheets targeting me as a "thief", "criminal" and "mafioso". Accusations so ridiculous, so paradoxical precisely because they come from the head of a family who in 30 years has committed every type of violation, criminal or financial and now that he is in the opposition and that he can steal less, he has created a television for personal propaganda with dirty money and falsified balances. The fact that he has gone unpunished so far will not says that he will remain as such in the future as well. But not to my credit", he says.

Furthermore, Bollino tries to fill the minds of Albanians or his followers that he is not to blame for the investigations against Berisha, or for declaring the latter "non grata". He even complains that they are falling "in vain on his neck".

"I did not prepare the file for the American State Department, which declared the Berisha family "non grata" for major corruption and undermining democracy. I did not prepare the file for the British government, which declared Sali Berisha "person non grata" about his connections with organized crime. I did not prepare the file for the SPAK that imposed coercive measures on Sali Berisha and his son-in-law for money laundering and corruption. Nor am I a witness in that process, as I invented Berisha "in his baseless claims". The problem is that Berisha, blinded by hatred, considers me guilty of his personal troubles (as usual by overestimating me) and in revenge has started this public lynching of me which is inciting hatred between his militants. By dedicating the last six press conferences to me, Berisha is actually subverting the entire agenda of the opposition: instead of talking about the supreme issues that are pushing his deputies to boycott the work of the parliament by trying to burn it down , he speaks for me!!!Apparently, having been compromised by oligarchs, ex-ministers (and ministers) and various criminals, there is only me and a few others left to publicly attack. To pursue his thirst for primitive and personal revenge, he is betraying the principles of his political movement and trivializing and relativizing the true objectives of the opposition protest. The scandals denounced for 10 years by his opposition were invented, a giant balloon of slander that deflated, leaving only me in his hands. Listening to Berisha in these last days, it seems that Albania's biggest problem is my television and the 4,000 m2 for rent on which it is built. It's funny to even write such a thing," writes Bollino.

The long article goes on to focus on Berisha, not the threats. He "warns" the former prime minister that whatever may happen to him or to the television they have, Berisha will be responsible for it. He calls the DP leader's supporters few in number kamikaze.

"Berisha is convinced that by attacking Carlo Bollino every day he can win the elections and return to power! How many besides him and his son-in-law really believe this?! Looking at the messages I get from his deputies, it seems that he is now more and more alone in his family delirium and revenge. So let him continue, as I have been used to his slander for 30 years. But mother must be careful, as the only result he is struggling to achieve is that exposes me to the target of one of his militants, among the most fanatical. Therefore, for this reason, I warn him publicly: Anything that may happen to me, or to my television, Sali Berisha will be personally responsible. Incitement to hatred and violence and hatred with a racist background just because I'm Italian is tantamount to doing it personally! As for the political result that this comical and desperate strategy will produce, Berisha will account to the few kamikazes left around him , after the next electoral defeat", says Bollino./ CNA