TIRANA, Sept. 4 – As it was warned, the united opposition did not attend the start of the new parliamentary season on Tuesday, instead gathering in Shkodra, in what it called an extraordinary session to send a message of resistance to the recent crimes that have occurred in the city, for which it blames the “corrupt government.”
In his speech, head of the opposition’s Democratic Party Lulzim Basha said that Shkodra is experiencing the most serious criminal situation in the last 27 years of democracy and that in less than three months six mafia murders have occurred and two people have been kidnapped.
Basha accused Prime Minister Edi Rama of collaborating with the criminal gangs and having no control over Shkodra, Durrà«s, Elbasan, Vlore, Fier and Shijak where, he said, criminal gangs have more control than state.
He also spoke of a common opposition platform to respond to the crime situation in the country, as “the DP can not and will not have a different agenda than suppressing and dismantling crime.”
“Our job is to find ways, action and political platform to end this situation and give the country security, order and democracy,” he said.
While the opposition was meeting in Shkodra, Interior Minister Fatmir Xhafaj said during the first parliamentary session that the opposition’s attack is aggressive and intent on disgracing the image of the police and the country.
Regarding the recent events in the country, referring to the murders in Shkodra, Xhafaj said the police is doing its best job of catching the perpetrators.
“During these months we have made a clear and detailed scanning of criminal groups that were not created today, but many years ago. We have hit some of these groups,” said Xhafaj, promising their blow during September and October.
