Prime Minister Edi Rama has denied rumors that he has left for Durrës to meet with the mayor of Tirana, Erion Veliaj , who was transferred to detention after being placed in prison.
Through a post on X, the head of government says that he does not intend to make a spectacle of prison visits, while emphasizing that, " Erion's legal battle is his and his lawyers' battle, not mine and the Socialist Party's ."
Rama: Yesterday we received the letter from the Polish Presidency of the EU, for the opening of Chapter 3 of the negotiations, while on January 29 we received the letter for the opening of Chapter 2, that is, for the opening of two other doors in the corridor towards the great hall of the united European family.
I just finished speaking live here at the Prime Minister's Office, where with the national negotiation team we are also presenting to the public the Artificial Intelligence model, which has just entered full-time operation after successful testing.
Meanwhile, the political-media swamp has opened up the fake news that I am on my way to meet Erion in Durrës and that journalists are also lined up there.
O great scum who drowned this millet with the excrement of a rotten soul and whose only job is to spit filthy headlines out of your mouth all day long or distort and take them out of context when you put them in my mouth, and then comment on them at the crossroads of your nightly hooliganisms!
Erion is in custody and whether I like or dislike how his case was handled, I am not you, I am neither like you nor like the owl of your quack marsh. Erion's legal battle is his and his lawyers' battle, not mine and the Socialist Party's. When I say we need justice that fights corruption and guarantees democratic standards, I say what I believe and it doesn't even occur to me to make a spectacle of visiting prisons or becoming a party to the justice process in any form.
Because I am not a swamp and God has not punished me with scratches on my face, imposing on me the role of a swamp owl to wash away the rights of a wicked public life! And as you can see on channels and portals throughout Albania, I do not control SPAK, which I do not control while I have led the fight for its creation as a flag of independence in the territory that until yesterday was completely occupied by justice, nor do I control a single media outlet.
Because I say what I do and do what I say, as the leader of the largest political force of Albanians, I have been enduring your scum on myself and my family for years, simply because I have undertaken to lead Albania once and for all beyond your 100-odd-year-old swamp, seating it as a lady at the table of the United European Family.