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Basha’s ‘war’ cry taken out of context, deputy says

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Edmond Spaho, deputy head of Albania's main opposition Democratic Party. (Photo: DP Handout)
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TIRANA, Feb. 27 – Harsh language used during an ongoing protest by Democratic Party leader Lulzim Basha was not a call to violence in what has been a peaceful protest, but rather taken out of contest to delegitimize the protest by media outlets that support the government, said Basha’s deputy, Edmond Spaho. “Mr. Basha has not called for violence, it was taken out of context. Albanian citizens who have joined the protest have been peaceful, because violence is not in DP’s nature, and that’s the way it si going to continue to be moving forward,” Spaho said. Basha, who is…

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