Info-Analysis: Prime Minister Edi Rama has often used the phrase "I don't have the magic wand" as an excuse for the work he hasn't done, or the promises he hasn't kept. But it was precisely the "magic wand" that Gladis Nanos asked for in 10 months as General Director of the State Police.
Nano was dismissed before completing the year on the grounds that he 'did not meet the objectives'. This is how Çuçi declared, that the burden of the dismissal of Gladis Nano was distributed by the Government, not only by himself. However, what Çuçi did not say was what were the objectives set for Gladis Nano, so that we can understand later how much she fulfilled and how much she did not.
To place the burden of responsibility solely on Gladys Nano for the state of the state's police force today is, at the very least, political hypocrisy, and at worst, the interests of crime and politics are behind this move.
Of course, the police today has problems, even the owl sees it, but the problems neither arose with Gladis Nano nor did they increase with her. If it were the other way around, then the US Embassy would not immediately react by describing him as its 'strong collaborator'.
However, both Bledi Çuçi and Edi Rama know this better. They also knew that Gladis Nano arrived at the head of the State Police not from behind the scenes of old clans that have taken root for decades in the ranks of blue uniforms.
He was not part of any "sect" within the blue uniforms and perhaps this was the reason why he did not manage to survive long in this post. He was neither militant nor party supporter, but he believed in his own professionalism.
In addition, he never had the full loyalty of his subordinates, some of whom are also suspected of ties to organized crime. The latter also put sticks under the wheels and to some extent they achieved their goal.
However, the main reason for Gladis Nano's departure may have been his relationship with the internationals. In 10 months in the post, Nano earned the trust of foreign law enforcement agencies, culminating in July when he became the first State Police director to meet with the head of the US FBI.
The Italian and German sides also held high-level meetings, while in Tirana he enjoyed the support of the main international partners, including the US Embassy.
However, it seems that this approach of Nano with foreigners was not liked by the Prime Minister. Rama has long since started to have paranoia from foreigners and demands at all costs that their contact with Albania be the only one. Anyone else who makes direct connections with them is declared an enemy.
In the offices and corridors of the Prime Minister's office, Gladys Nano's connections with the American Embassy were being talked about, and one of the people who "spoke in Rama's ear" was his deputy, whom the Prime Minister calls a "witch".
Belinda Balluku is trying to empower her clan within the majority and for her, the end justifies the means. It is creating occult connections from all fields, from business, politics, media and the police. A businessman close to him has a relationship with a police leader who should have been the first to leave after the arrest of the officer who had accompanied Ervis Martinaj, as the officer's direct superior.
This not only did not happen, but information was brought to Rama every day that 'Gledis Nano informs the Americans about everything that happens in the country'. A few days ago, when Nano had a meeting with representatives of the Embassy after he found out that he was going to be deported, Bela hurried to tell Rama: " I told you that he is selling us to the Americans".
Rama has had this concern since he put Nano in charge of the police. At the meeting of the Parliamentary Group, it was learned that Rama said: "We agree, we will decide, if we don't get too confused with the 'Elbasani Road'".
This is part of the intrigue, as Rama has long been paranoid about internationals. A source from the government told Vox News that the Prime Minister has also become strict about controlling phones. He no longer holds any conference calls in the hall.
Many are looking today to find the 'stepping stone' Gladis Nano that was removed. It's pointless fatigue, because with Rama you get spoiled for nothing.
Regardless of what happened, Gladys Nano quickly fled and left little trace of the police, but he walked away with a bang, without submitting to a Prime Minister who has taken on the look of a sultan, nor did he lick any other bones, as his predecessors have done.
In the past, all directors have been sacked despite publicly resigning, as in the funny case of Gladys Nano's predecessor, when the media ironically wrote that he 'learned from the TV that he had resigned'.
Everyone has been dismissed, but Rama has told them to run away by themselves so that it does not seem like dismissal. Gladys Nano refused to be part of this script and will be remembered for that. One thing is certain that whoever comes, the situation of order will be very difficult, since crime in Albania has been strengthened economically over the years with the blessing of politics.
Moreover, the new director will have to start work from scratch with the internationals, that is, gain their trust and maintain the little positive profile that Gladis Nano raised in relation to them, but also to the media.
In closing, Gladis Nano left, but the question is, will this move calm the order in Albania, or will the Albanians pay dearly for the increasing uncertainty of the order due to a prime ministerial whim?
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