🚨URGENT CALL for
@DeputySecState @danholler
Please DO NOT REMOVE the sanctions on Sali Berisha.
I repeat: DO NOT REMOVE the sanctions on Sali Berisha, or the protests in Albania will turn violent.
The media is reporting they have confirmation that the sanctions are lifted on Berisha and his family.
If you do not understand that these protests are directed against both Edi Rama and Sali Berisha, then listen closely to what the protesters are demanding:
They want both Berisha (who is holding the opposition hostage) and Edi Rama (who remains in power thanks to Berisha) in prison.
These protests erupted just days after Sali Berisha declared himself the uncontested winner and chairman of the opposition party, a position he is legally barred from holding under the party statute.
Among the thirty organizers of these protests, the core group consists of the same people who backed another candidate running against Berisha alongside me. We were both blocked in clear violation of the party’s own rules and the Albanian constitution.
This same group is being financed by an oligarch and the former President of Albania. They were fully aware of the Zvernec project, a fully privately financed real estate development connected to President Trump’s family, and deliberately provoked incidents to label it as “corruption.” This narrative is now being weaponized against President Trump and the Republicans, with potential damage to the mid-term elections.
The real problem is the paid consultants.
@ContlStrategy, its owner
@AmbCTrujillo and former chief of staff to Secretary Rubio Alberto Martinez, who previously fought alongside me against Grenell's nomination due to his Balkan ties, has now signed a $6 million contract with the corrupt Berisha camp to get his sanctions lifted. (The hypocrisy is remarkable)
I fought Grenell precisely to prevent the removal of Berisha’s sanctions. Sali Berisha has held Albanian democracy hostage since 1991. That is why the people are exhausted and protesting.
They see $6 million contracts going to people close to
@SecRubio, and nearly $2 million to
@ChrisLaCivita, who continued despite being warned about the damage this is doing to democracy in Albania. Now these protests are being falsely pinned on President Trump.
Below is a video of the chairman of the Christian Democratic Party of Albania stating that the sanctions have been removed. Below also find a photo of the protesters calling for both Edi Rama and Sali Berisha to face justice.
I will send you both a follow-up email for the record. If you remove the sanctions and the protests turn violent, I will forward every detail to President Trump. He has nothing to do with this, yet he and his family are being wrongly blamed while some consultants are cashing in his name. This needs to STOP.
I am sick and tired of raising the alarm while too many of you prioritize personal consultant contracts over principle.
PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE SALI BERISHA’S SANCTIONS.
@POTUS @DanScavino