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"Albania is the first and only narcostate in Europe"/ Berisha participates in the EPP Assembly

2025-06-03 16:27:00, Politikë CNA

"Albania is the first and only narcostate in Europe"/ Berisha

The Chairman of the Democratic Party, Sali Berisha, is attending the Political Assembly of the European People's Party (EPP), which is being held today and tomorrow in Brussels.

In his speech, Berisha spoke about the May 11 elections, for which he said that the entire state was transformed into an electoral body.

The leader of the democrats further stated that every power was used to control the citizens' vote. Berisha asked the assembly attendees to send a verification mission to Albania.

 

Berisha's full statement

First of all, I would like to thank the EPP and the EPP Presidency for the conference they organised in Montenegro and for the resolution they adopted in Valencia, in which they presented the entire situation in my country on the eve of the elections, a situation that showed that the vote was dead before it entered the ballot box. In fact, in these elections, the entire state was transformed into an electoral corps. 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 the laws and international principles, gave each pensioner, representing 48% of voters, 100 euros. Two days before the elections, it forgave 200 million euros in fines and interest. It mobilized tens of thousands of administration employees, who turned 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 throughout 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 man named Ergys Agasi, who acts as the drug cartel's coordinator in the service of power.

It is not an easy situation, but it is a situation that we must and can fight. The help that I still ask from the EPP and the sister parties is to send 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. Because Albania is a major exporter of crime and drugs. And also, a very major 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 in Mexico, with the cartels in Medellin, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador. I believe that together we can help our nation, but also the region and the European Union itself./ CNA

 





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