"Ervin Salianjit's halls are filled with Suel Çela"/ Berisha: He holds meetings with those who betrayed the DP

2026-04-25 13:36:00, Politikë CNA

"Ervin Salianjit's halls are filled with Suel Çela"/

The leader of the Democratic Party, Sali Berisha, in a conversation with followers, spoke about Ervin Salinaji, saying that the meeting rooms are filled with crime exponents like Suel Çela or with traitors to the Democratic Party who have worked with the Socialist Party.

Berisha said that after his release from prison, Salianji has been involved in meetings and political movements outside the DP structures, also collaborating with exponents of political opponents.

He also accused Ervin Salianji of having lunches and dinners with exponents of the criminal world.

"Since you want to now, I'll tell you. Ervin Salianji, I'm not talking about lunches and dinners here with Oltion Bistri in prison and Pëllumb Gjoka, because they are, were, and for me he was a political prisoner. But these are the truths I'm telling you.

A week before he was released from prison, he tells me: I came to get some advice. Order, I tell him. What do you say to me because in order to release me, these three months that I have left, I am entitled to according to the law, but the judge asks me for a statement where I say that I will not kill Fatmir Xhafaj. What do you have to do with this? They have it in order. That's what I told him.

You Ervin should not make such a statement. You Ervin should not make such a statement in my opinion, because you take the blame, while for us you are a political prisoner. We have even managed to sanction you as a political prisoner in international documents. And you remain, your career is long. Okay, he said. He left, he came back a week later. They released me, I was released well. What did you do with it? No, they didn't ask me again. Now you understood for yourself, that they asked for it, they didn't ask for it anymore.

To honor him as party chairman, during all the chairmanship meetings, he has raised absolutely no problems, Halim. No problems. After the report was published, I held a chairmanship meeting. I tell the members of the chairmanship, now we must move into action and he fully supports this position.

I called him back one day and said, what are your thoughts on this? He said I agree. I told him to start a protest, a protest at the prime minister's office, another big one. He agreed to this. And after that, without saying a word, he went out separately, he lied, really a group of people were very well voted and they went to drink coffee for friendly acts, as a friendly gesture, but they saw that the intention was a little dark.

Let's continue a little further.

What did he do? He spent the summer with Ergys Agas at lunches and dinners. At a time when I had attacked Ergys Agas hundreds of times as a coordinator of drug cartels. Now, he went to Durrës and gathered, who did he gather? Exponents of the Democratic Party who betrayed the Democratic Party by not working absolutely a single day in the campaign, or who worked for the Socialist Party, with facts.

I told him, this activity is outside the Democratic Party, it has no connection with the Democratic Party. In Elbasan, Suel Çela filled the hall. You are excluded here, I told him. This is the red line. Crime will never be able to defeat this party. Yes, I have to say, dear Halim, that in a strange way, he also repeated the fate of Lul Brava. Why did he repeat it?

Can you imagine him having a mentor again, Taulant Balla? He continues to have dinner with Taulant Balla, the same. Do you remember Lul Brava's meeting with Taulant Balla? You remember, don't you? So, what do you think about when it came out? Wait, take another moment. When did this one come out, Halim?

This came at the most critical moment for Lubi Balluku, who should have been in prison today. And he started a movement just to create media noise, media noise, to distract, distract public opinion from Lubi Balluku. They adopted him, I didn't say it for nothing. They adopted him.

"Can you imagine a television station publishing 16 news stories about him in four hours? There are honest journalists there, who informed us that the news came directly from Edi Rama's office. I believe that you are not for such a faction," said Berisha.

Following his statements, the leader of the DP also focused on the internal situation in the party, emphasizing that the Democratic Party, according to him, cannot cooperate with individuals who have acted contrary to its interests or who have engaged in campaigns in favor of the Socialist Party.

"The DP has a statute that allows factions, but there can never be one with people like Edi Rama and Basha."

There can be no faction in the DP that worked with the SP with facts in the campaign. There is no faction with those who protect the interests of their businesses and not the democrats. The DP is the only party that has the faction article in its statute. Rama will never be able to take over this party.

"When Oltion Bistri and Agasi lead, there is no reason why Balla should not lead. You need to analyze things more accurately," emphasized the leader of the DP, Sali Berisha./ CNA