"I will not accept an investigative commission", Edi Rama tells of the meeting with Charles McGonigal at the Prime Minister's office

2023-02-16 21:55:12Politikë SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
"I will not accept an investigative commission", Edi Rama tells of the
Edi Rama

Prime Minister Edi Rama spoke tonight to nw "Opinion" about the circumstances under which he met with the former FBI official, Charles McGonigal, who is under investigation by the authorities in the USA.

Rama warned that very soon materials related to Russian money will be released in DP.

"What was dark about Russian money and non women. On May 14, they will eat a shoulder. I'm saying what I think, making syntheses based on what I read and hear. Very soon you will see that those who shout about how the money is taken from the Russians, how the agreements are made, know from their experience and these will be exposed", said Rama.

How did this FBI official end up in your office, Mr. Rama?

Edi Rama: As all the officials of all the states are in my office.

In this case, the embassy brings a letter that says the final is arriving in Albania, and prays to the Prime Minister that within the agenda...

Edi Rama: No, it is not true. The US Embassy represents the State Department. FBI is completely different from DASH. The CIA is completely different from the FBI and DASH.

When the CIA director came, he was accompanied by the US Ambassador in Tirana.

Edi Rama: It is the choice of each of them, it is not my choice at all, or it is not my duty to tell you that I go through the embassy.

Did Mr. McGonigal ask for the meeting or did someone else?

Edi Rama: He personally.

What did McGonigal give you?

Edi Rama: That word used there is used for hats. He gave me an FBI hat.

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Rama further stated that the commission of inquiry that DP wants to set up for the "McGonigal" case has no chance of being accepted.

Rama emphasized that the opposition cannot use the Parliament as a manipulation space for issues of this nature, without having any basis.

Why don't you tell the parliamentary inquiry that you have nothing to do with the McGonigal affair? The opposition claims that you are caught in this case.

Edi Rama: We have not reached the point where I claim that you deal with drug trafficking and I want to investigate you. We are looking at this point, this happened during the dictatorship. That the accusation was raised and then the evidence was required.

No, the parliamentary committee is more political, that's what it deals with.

Edi Rama: I am extremely sorry, but this should not happen because it is an extreme abuse of every ethical norm, especially because you have been dragging people around for days by waving it (the document) saying that the Prime Minister has become part of the affair great. They have the right to believe that I am not the son of Kristaq Rama but the son of Satan, to keep this right for themselves, to share it with people who follow you behind. They have no chance to use the Parliament to turn that space into a space of extreme manipulation and propaganda of this nature, without any basis.

By what right do you refuse this commission?

Edi Rama: Everything has a purpose, it has a purpose...

So it will not be accepted?

Edi Rama: There is no chance of being accepted.

 


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