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swordtail
Anarchist Prime
Wed Feb 19 14:24:07

Albania president calls on people to topple the government

By LLAZAR SEMINIFebruary 19, 2020 GMT




TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania’s president on Wednesday called on the people of his nation to topple the left-wing government, which he accused of violating the country’s constitution and of links to organized crime.

President Ilir Meta said at a news conference that he hopes people will come to the capital Tirana on March 2. He said on that day he plans to sign his first decree against what he says is a “coup d’etat” being carried out by the government through the justice system.

The call by Meta comes as the Balkan nation of nearly 3 million has been enacting reforms in hopes of getting a green lightto launch membership talks with the European Union in hopes of joining the bloc one day.


He said that a justice system reform approved three years ago to root out bribery and ensure that judges and prosecutors are independent from politics — part of the effort to embrace EU standards — has failed.

Meta’s appeal was apparently a counter-move against the governing Socialist Party of Prime Minister Edi Rama, which has launched impeachment proceedings against him, the first in post-communist Albania, stemming from Meta’s attempt to cancel last year’s municipal elections.

Before taking the post almost three years ago Meta was leader of the Socialist Movement for Integration Party, a small left-wing grouping now in opposition.

He tried to cancel municipal elections last year, arguing that a boycott by center-right opposition parties made them undemocratic and that he feared a violent civil confrontation.

Election authorities overruled his attempt and the Socialists won most of the elections and also dominate parliament now.

Lat year the opposition boycotted the parliament and the vote, accusing the government of vote-rigging and of links to organized crime. For months it held protests that often turned into violent clashes with police.

The parliament, dominated by the Socialists, is expected to produce a report in March that will likely ask for Meta’s ouster.

http://apnews.com/846b5ef91d07f95f249eb3cdd5feaf09
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Wed Feb 19 15:26:16
scary similarity to a certain unfit lying piece of shit & the bullshit he's spreading...
Pillz
Member
Wed Feb 19 15:26:45
There's an. Albanian uper?
Rugian
Member
Wed Feb 19 19:18:40
Pillz - YS123 is currently serving in Albania as a member of the Peace Corps. He is currently delivering the holy message of progressivism, social justice and the evils of whiteness to the unwashed Eastern European masses.
yankeessuck123
Member
Wed Feb 19 19:31:43
Nah lad, I already did that. Now I'm back in Boston. Lurking...right...behind you.

Albanian politics are basically one-party rule at this point, due to a completely incompetent opposition (which includes Ilir Meta), and effective state capture by PM Edi Rama. The Socialists, who are not socialist, are robbing the country blind. The opposition parties deeply regret that they aren't the ones in power robbing the country blind, which they did last time they were in power.
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