In his reaction, the Prime Minister emphasizes that during nearly three decades in public office, he has not taken any private trips with state funds.
Prime Minister Edi Rama has reacted to accusations that he traveled to Switzerland with state funds, following the publication on social networks of a video in which he appears in the city of Basel.
We recall that the Prime Minister was photographed in Basel, Switzerland, where he was invited by the international art fair ArtBasel. His artistic works were also presented at this event. According to Rama, the trip and stay in Switzerland were fully covered by personal expenses.
In his response, the Prime Minister emphasizes that during nearly three decades in public office, he has not taken any private trips with state funds. He adds that the same practice has been followed by his family.
The full reaction of Prime Minister Edi Rama:
I shared a video where someone caught me drinking water in Basel, Switzerland at state expense.
In almost three decades of public service, I have never traveled privately with state funds, and the same goes for my family.
In 13 years as prime minister, my family and I have never gone on vacation abroad.
In Switzerland I was privately invited by ArtBasel, the annual fair of the most prestigious art galleries in the world, where my works were also presented. We traveled and stayed for a day and a half with my wife, as always in these cases completely at our own expense. But this is a good opportunity at the right time, to put a clear dot on the 'i':
About twenty years ago, when my skin was not yet covered in the mud of slander and unjust accusations, I publicly declared that 'there is no son of a mother or son of a... who would find a penny in my pocket that was not earned through honest work'!
Today, two decades later, I am no longer that 40-year-old man, still unaccustomed to the muddy arena of political life, who lost sleep over the burning wounds of slander and criminal accusations.
But I say with pride that that sentence, uttered at that time out of pain and a sense of shame in front of my people and all those who had entrusted me with the leadership of Tirana, remains 100% untouchable in its content even today, in front of all those who have entrusted me with the leadership of Albania.
And never forget:
Whoever slanders or accuses you without evidence has either done what he accuses you of or would do it if he were in your place, so jealousy or hatred, or both, make him believe every farce he utters.
When I see how the world we live in has become increasingly, thanks to social networks, a meadow where the endless thorns of lies multiply at the speed of a click, while the flowers of truth are routinely choked by thorns, my mind always goes back to the Holy Books, where the slanderer appears even worse than the murderer."
Ore gomar, ke shitur e ka shkaterruar vendin e eshte ngritur tere populli ne kembe e mos baj si kalama.
O zotri ti ben si i virgjer i ke ber lavazh burbuqeve po boll me se na i shpife! Kush te ftoi studio arkitektures qe i jep projektet e kullave?
Shite gjë vlla nga arti i fuqishëm që ben? Apo tkalun pjesen
Vazhdo e bej piktorin...Plotesish t te deshtuar. Nuk duam nje bloger, piktor, real estate, arkitekt. Duam nje Kryeminister dhe eshte evidente qe ti nuk e ben..Sa i perket vizitave private, mos na bej te hapim defterin e te gjtjme pislliqet e tua o KERME!
Tamam Himarjot gjuhekurve..
Laj gojen kur flet per himariotet. Ai jo vetem qe nuk ka te beje asgje me himariotet por i urren ata. Shiko si po e shperben dhe po e shet copa copa.
Hahahaha….kishim nje pinok usta plak dhe tani na u ben dy. Çiraku u be me me usta se ustai
Qen bir qeni je ti, kryehajdut. Zhduku sa nuk eshte vone, se na e shpifet.
Karvani leh xagatët e Rlindjese PS ecin para