From Durrës, the leader of the Democrat Party, Sali Berisha, made accusations against the mayor, Emirjana Sako, and the former mayor, Vangjush Dako, who was convicted of 'abuse of office'.
As he saw up close a house damaged by the 2019 earthquake and heard residents say they have not yet been compensated, Berisha accused Sako of corruption.
"All this because Edi Rama and his close associates steal, and he calls it theft, they eat rotten pears and apples. They eat rotten pears and apples because they see Edi Rama. When the head of the organization steals, they are released like a kennel to steal. The whole problem is that if you do a deep analysis, the theft that is done to Albanians is the mother of all their problems. This is how they say to this person, we gave him the money, they will surely find a name that has signed in the name of the master, has shared the money with Sako and they cannot present it in court because it will be discovered."
Berisha even claimed that Vangjush Dako is building a villa in the Cavalry area of Durrës, which is state property.
"They turn all their wealth into villas, hotels, and take it to offshore banks. This is because they steal, steal, and only steal citizens' taxes and keep their salaries low. The day before yesterday, a friend of mine was telling me that Gjushi has built a villa on the public land of the convalescent home. 900 meters! You see, the mafia is secret. The mafia is in secret, it has a code of silence. He told me that I saw it with my own eyes and I will bring the documents. Imagine, Gjushi from the dungeon, from the cell, builds a 2-3-story villa on the territory of the army convalescent home where the director is a man tainted with all kinds of crime."