The Meksi government resigns
President Berisha accepted the resignation of the Meksi government
Terrorist gangs of the Socialist Party wreak havoc at the SHIK office in Vlorë
Dead, three burned and three massacred
On Saturday morning, great tension could be felt in Vlorë, where thousands of people, among them hundreds of men armed with rifles, shotguns and pistols, filled the streets, according to witnesses.
Later in the evening, Prime Minister Aleksandër Meksi submitted his resignation in the afternoon, which is the resignation of his cabinet. The President of the Republic, Sali Berisha, accepted the resignation. It is understood that, in accordance with the country's Constitution, the President of the Republic has instructed the current cabinet to continue working until the new cabinet is formed.
Work will be done to create a new government. The Socialist Party has decided to put forward Bashkim Fino as a candidate for prime minister, claiming that such a government would lead the country out of the crisis. The crisis intensified again yesterday with acts of kidnapping, killing, arson and massacres, thus surpassing even the dimensions of an armed political movement.
At least 5 people were killed during an attack by an angry mob on the building of the National Intelligence Service in Vlorë. A large number of other government and party buildings were burned, in violation of every law; even the police could do nothing but watch the events unfold.
Today the situation from yesterday has developed through a series of violent incidents and clashes, fires and destruction, which affected a large part of Vlorë.
From the early hours of the morning there were strong bursts of gunfire from various weapons, Vlorë residents reported by phone. In the afternoon, after a large crowd gathered in the city center, angry mobs attacked and set fire to the SHIK headquarters and then the prefecture building, the PD headquarters and other buildings, including the city prosecutor's house.
During the burning of the SHIK building, according to witnesses, two men who had come from Tirana apparently remained dead in the flames. Other sources claimed that several people had been executed in a macabre manner before the building was set on fire. It was also learned that those killed yesterday included the head of SHIK in Vlorë, Gazmend Muka, and the chief of order, according to police sources.
It was also learned that numerous police forces arriving from Tirana after midnight approached the city, but were unable to enter it. The situation in Vlorë remains extremely tense. According to some sources, there was movement of a military vessel in the city's port which took several wounded people on board.
All this wave of incidents and terror has its roots in the anti-Albanian activity of the Socialist Party and in the statements and incitements of its leaders.
We will work intensively to create the new government
Statement by President Berisha for TVSH
“We will work intensively to create the new government,” the presenter of the new government will be a political government, but it will be a government with political forces. The goal is to find, together with the other forces, a constitution with the other political forces.
Today is an exceptionally heavy day because, as never before, government terror and the destructive banditry of all structures have begun. The destructive banditry of all state structures. These institutions are a series of serious incidents and killings. The government has submitted the resignation of its cabinet. The President of the Republic accepted this resignation.
The government has been tasked to continue working until the formation of the new government. We will work intensively to create it with the other political forces. Taking into account that this is the responsibility of all political forces of the government, but not all governments with the other political forces.
The goal is to find, with the other political forces, but in this broad constitution with the other political forces.
The PD group approves the government's resignation as a political solution
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This morning the PD parliamentary group will meet. On Saturday the group held an extraordinary meeting in which it discussed the new situation created after the submission of the Meksi government's resignation.
At the end of the meeting, a statement was approved saying that the parliamentary group of the Democratic Party, meeting in extraordinary session, after carefully analyzing the situation created in the country, especially the recent events in Vlorë, concludes that the destabilization of the country has entered a new and now very dangerous phase.
The destabilization organized and directed by the left-wing opposition with a communist orientation is becoming all-embracing and uncontrollable. Particularly in the city of Vlorë, where the armed forces of the bandits have taken control of the city, acts of terrorism, massacres and the burning of state buildings are being carried out, seriously endangering the lives of citizens as well.
The escalation of terror has reached its highest point with yesterday's barbaric attack on SHIK employees, the police and army officers, which is an act to be condemned from every point of view. The political responsibility for these serious acts lies with the left-wing opposition and its leaders.
The PD parliamentary group condemns these criminal developments in the strongest terms and expresses its full determination to defend the constitutional order and the democratic institutions of the country.
Considering that the situation created requires high political responsibility and an immediate solution, the PD parliamentary group considers the government's submission of its resignation a necessary political act, aimed at creating the conditions for the broadest possible national solution to the crisis.
Cannibal crime and Goebbels-style propaganda
Their news - unprecedented falsification
Korifer and BBC bring out in Vlorë
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The Albanian state was hit, as were its citizens. From within by an armed mob. Figures in black cannibal-like clothing, scattered with flowers. And with disheveled hair, coming on foot and from the ground, they took away bursts of gunfire. We saw the victim's head and the weight of the leg, despite the heavy adrenaline, also from a wound from a bullet in the large cheek. A little lower, without wasting time, I found the doctors. The word cruelty is not enough to capture the ordeal in these categories. Sunday will catch the ordeal for them. The word cruelty is not enough to capture it. Bringing it out before the crowd. A large number. Unspoken things that there is no reason for it to remove from his conscience!
Problems should be addressed through dialogue
Calming of the situation worries "Françizmen"
The American Embassy is concerned
The Steering Committee of the European Democratic Union on the situation in Albania
Political parties should dialogue without prejudice
According to a statement from the American embassy, the people of Albania demonstrated political maturity and emancipation with their participation in the May 26 elections, voting freely for the future of the country. The current situation created by these developments has come against a backdrop of significant economic, social and political changes.
According to the American embassy, the current developments in Albania should not damage this process. The authorities and political parties must restrain themselves, avoid using violence and seek solutions through dialogue.
In another statement, the Steering Committee of the European Democratic Union expresses its concern about the situation in Albania and underlines that the stability of the country requires shared political responsibility.
The statement calls on all political forces to engage in dialogue without prejudice and to respect the constitutional order. It also expresses support for democratic processes and the preservation of civil peace.
Leaders of the left-wing opposition also demand responsibility from the capital
With weapons and groups for destroying the state
Exchange of the state
The Socialist Party, presented as an organization of a movement to overthrow a regime, in the south of the country. In his speech he emphasizes that the solution must be political and not military.
Regime change
With weapons and groups for
Leaders of the left-wing opposition also demand the response of the Capital
Unity. Triumph. Unity. Triumph. Sali Berisha. Triumph of those who want an Albania for Albanians and not that one. In their name they are trying to seize the human scene, unrestrained, by any lawful or unlawful means. We call on everyone for the government supposedly has re? Summit. Causes. This is now a war directed against the government and the state. All these are clear signals. In these conditions, the people must show calm and determination.
Political parties should dialogue without preconditions
European on the situation in Albania
The Steering Committee of the European Democratic Union
on the situation in Albania
Political parties should dialogue without preconditions
1. The press informed all political parties that they must avoid violence and dialogue without preconditions.
2. The situation that has arisen requires self-restraint and respect for democratic institutions.
3. Avoiding divisive language and maintaining public order are essential.
4. National dialogue is the only way to solve the crisis.
5. Acts of violence and attempts at destabilization are condemned.
6. The Committee expresses concern about the escalation of the crisis in Albania and supports efforts for a peaceful solution.
The Pope calls for dialogue to resolve the crisis
Pope John Paul II on Saturday called for dialogue and calm “from responsible forces and especially those that favor peace and stability” in Albania, so that the vital goals of “human and social development” could be achieved quickly.