Rama: Forget that Beleri swears, even if the European Council turns upside down, we will not negotiate against the interests of Albania

Prime Minister Edi Rama has categorically rejected the chances of the elected mayor of Himara, Fredi Beleri, to take the oath of office. In a television interview yesterday, Rama emphasized that this issue will not be negotiated with the European Council, where Greece has raised its voice on the Beleri issue, even if, according to him, official Athens continues to put pressure on blocking Albania's integration into the EU. "How is the oath taken is the question? To date, you have a Supreme Court decision from a few years ago, which tasked the Special Court to deal with this issue. Because the request to take the oath was made to us. We have no opportunity to decide whether or not to take an oath. We have made it very clear. That if the entire European Council is turned upside down, we do not negotiate anything against the greatest strategic interest of Albania, today, which is the implementation of the Reform in Justice and the non-encroachment of the independence of the justice institutions. They have been looking for this for some time, we can't do it, forget that we are involved in this. No integration block. That it is not a blockage of integration at all, that it is a political process", he declared. Meanwhile, referring to the special request to be released to take the oath, which Beleri addressed to the Directorate of Prisons, Rama emphasized that the Supreme Court rejected it, underlining in the decision that these powers do not belong to the General Director of Prisons.