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Berisha's "non grata" announcement/Diplomat: Perhaps it should be reviewed

2024-03-17 19:34:00, Aktualitet CNA

Berisha's "non grata" announcement/Diplomat: Perhaps it should be

In an interview for the Voice of America, Ambassador Philip Hughes spoke about the US decision to declare former Prime Minister Sali Berisha non grata.

Hughes has stated that it is difficult to judge Berisha's case, as they do not have access to the facts.

For Hughes it is something that runs counter to American legal traditions and perhaps needs to be looked into.

"What you say is a bit of a misreading of what we are trying to say in the report. It is difficult to judge the case of Sali Berisha, because we do not have access to the facts. We do not know what evidence was presented to the State Department, or what evidence Secretary Blinken had when he made the determination.

What we're trying to say in our report, what we're trying to point out, is that this may be a case where one of our laws is being practiced too broadly, without proper congressional attention, resulting in unwanted. This situation is contrary to our legal traditions in the United States, where people should have access to the evidence against them, so that they have the opportunity to rebut the evidence and argue in their own defense.

And this is not possible with the way these (non-grata) announcement regulations are drafted. What we tried to point out is that we are dealing with something that runs counter to American legal traditions and perhaps needs to be looked into. Maybe it was unfair, I don't know, because I don't have the facts about Sali Berisha's case.

But it is certain that he does not have access to the facts and has not had the opportunity to defend himself from the announcement of the decision or to argue in his own defense. This is not the way we do things legally, generally in the US, although he is of course a foreign national," Hughes said./ CNA





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