Former Prime Minister Sali Berisha has once again defended the elected mayor of Himara, Fredi Beleri, who has been in prison since May 12, caught red-handed giving money to buy votes.
At the weekly conference held with journalists, Berisha gave another alibi, saying this time that on the evening of his arrest, Fredi Beleri was eating pilaf and not distributing euros.
"Yes, he didn't buy votes. It's the second one, and it's even a blacker page. He didn't buy votes. He's being held in prison on the basis of a State Security-type setup by Ardi Veli. And you saw it yourself that you are journalists. He was eating a plate of pilaf at 12 at night, and they said he was handing out euros, here's the flagrant act.
And what impressed me the most. A mother with three children is taken out of her children's bed at 2 in the morning and taken to Vlora, because she took money. She did not receive any money," he said.