The Republican activist Evi Kokalari has reacted after the statement of the journalist Arjan Çani that she met with the mayor Erion Veliaj after the "Foltor" of the former prime minister Sali Berisha.
In a post on social networks, she has published the messages of a Whats App group, where she is together with Çani and Veliaj and the latter has confirmed that he has never met Kokalari.
He clarifies that the video that is circulating on social networks from the show "E Diela Shqiptar" belongs to the year 2020 and at that time he did not meet Veliaj, but only asked him for help over the phone for providing some help during the pandemic.
Full reaction:
I am very sorry that a journalist with 30 years of experience like Arian Çani pushes one of the false narratives that are circulating these days to soften the damage of the reality that I had to crack the face of the Reestablishment.
Ariani has my phone and could verify what he said as "facts" very easily. Maybe it's the contract with the Eye, or maybe it was just a hasty analysis, anyway I decided to verify it for him, but also for others to understand;
I am not even related to Veliaj, nor have I ever met him.
In 2020, I from New York and a friend from Tirana decided to distribute boxes of food to families in need during the pandemic, but we did not have a vehicle or driving license.
In fact, it was the journalist Osman Stafa who asked Velia for help to give us 3-4 guys from the Municipality to share our aid. You can verify these details with him.
At that time, I offered, on behalf of the "Petrit Kokalari Foundation", to pay lunch to the infectious disease doctors and nurses who were the heroes of the time. This was offered through Fevziu's show and Drini Zeqo can verify it.
I wanted to add a detail to this act, the greeting of fire engines.
In New York, every afternoon at 7:00 p.m., firefighters would park in front of hospitals and applaud the staff as a sign of respect.
Dhe ky ishte gabimi im fatal - i kerkova Velias te me jepte 5-6 makina zjarrfikese qe te benim të njëjtën gjë. Këtë e realizuam tek e “Djela Shqiptare” e Ardit Gjebreas i cili e zgjeroi idenë që te fuste familjaret dhe t’ju jepte atyre hapesire te çonin përshëndetjet e tyre prinderve qe kishin dy muaj pa i parë.
Në një moment aq jo-njerëzor qe kaluam, ishte mëse normale qe te falenderonim dhe Veliajn për ndihmen qe dha me zjarrfikeset.
Ja, kjo është video qe qarkulluan llumi I CNA & NM dhe tani po e shfrytezojne njerez që e dine shumë mirë këtë histori.
Gjithsesi, ja verifikova Çanit dhe po e ndaj dhe me ju.
Kjo temë per mua mbyllet këtu;
Arian Çani on the show "Pikat mbi I":
"Rama with his own, and here I mean those from the Municipality... where Evi had a meeting, a video that is viral on the network, which Evi says Erioni received with an unprecedented smile ...so the power works"
Zheji: "I verified it, it's from 2020."
Çani: "No, it's behind the pulpit. I know."
Meanwhile, me, text group with Velia & Çani
(Txt published with permission)