A former Albanian ambassador to the United States says the country’s upcoming election will be like a flow between the policies of President Trump and George and Alex Soros, as opposition parties abuse corruption through ruling socialists.
“Albania is now effectively a party system that is pretending to be holding elections,” former Albanian ambassador to the United States and the United Nations told Fox News Digital. Nishu said that the May election is a clash between “Trump-” and “Soros-Esthes” with the latter battle to maintain corruption in Albania and to maintain its grip on the state.
Among the allegations of corruption and the recent arrests of major political candidates in Albania, some critics are expressing concern over the integrity of the upcoming elections for the country’s 140 -member parliament, which is now scheduled for May 11.
Nishu claimed to the country’s ruling socialists that “under the leadership of Prime Minister Eddie Ram, there is undemocratic and deep roots … For more than 12 years, he has been supported by Rich’s left -wing donors like Alex Soros, who has been supportive of the state -of -the -art, and the Open Society, and the Open Society. Let’s spread fear and control the elections. “
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The Albanian opposition supporters held a play card on February 8, 2025, during an anti -government protest in Tirana, demonstrating President Donald Trump and Albanian opposition leader Sali Barisha. (Adnan Becky/AFP via Getty Images)
Former President Trump’s campaign manager, Chris Lockta, joined Albania’s right -wing Democratic Party leader Sally Bresha in February, According to Polytico. Lakwitta told the publication that Bresha would “be a real friend of the United States and … President Trump and the United States will work successfully.” He called Ram a “puppet of George Soros”.
Former President and Prime Minister of Albania, Barisha, told Fox News Digital that Ram’s government had “banned the name of the party in my name and voting list during the May 2023 elections”. “When they failed to do these steps,” he said he went further.
Parliament snatched the legal immunity of Barisha in December 2023 and detained him under the allegation that he had used his position to help his son -in -law acquire private land. “Official documents proved” the land is made by his son -in -law’s grandfather, and was seized by the former Communist government, Bresha said.
Last November, Barisha was released from the arrest of the house. According to the Associate Press, it was formally accused of corruption in September.
Barisha spokesman, Alfred Leela, told Fox News Digital that Bresha is now awaiting a trial.
In addition to Bresha, the leader of the Central Freedom Party and former Albanian President Al -Meta was arrested in October 2024 on corruption charges, in which a source told Fox News that digital was “the weapon of the judiciary and law enforcement agencies.” Once Ram’s ally, Meta, has frequently noted the Ram government’s growing corruption and dictatorship.
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Albania’s Prime Minister Eddie Ram addressed the UN headquarters during a meeting of the Security Council on September 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Craig Retol)
George Soros’ Open Society Foundation (OSF) has invested more than $ 131 million in Albania between 1992 and 2020, which has “supported Mr. Ram’s rise,” the European Center for Law and Justice reported in 2023. The center alleges that the OSF has helped to explain the reform between 2000 and 2015, which has been made between 2000 and 2015, which has been made by judicial reforms. The government has to enable the judiciary. “
The OSF offices in Albania and the United States did not respond to several inquiries by Fox News Digital about the allegations leveled by its opponents.
According to an OSF website, the group has allocated $ 600,000 “to support Albania’s judicial restoration process, which is a part of Albania’s preparations to join the EU.
Demanding his resignation on February 11, 2025, the protesters gathered in front of Prime Minister Eddie Ram’s office. (Olsi Shihu/Anadolo via getty images)
News Nation is reported That Alex Soros often travels to Tarana, and calls it his “second home”. In July 2021, Soros posted a selfie on Instagram with Ram, in which the Prime Minister was identified as his “good friend”.
Barisha says he asked the US Congress and the European Parliament eight years ago to “ban Soros’ political activity in Europe because it is the enemy of democracy.”
In a December speech, Brisha said he would ban OSF from Albania, and call the group a “real national threat”. Barisha said the Ram government’s failure to reduce the mismanagement of resources and reduce poverty has forced 45 % of Albanians to migrate.
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On December 21, 2023, opposition leader Sally Bresha left Parliament on December 21, 2023 in the city of Albania. (AP Photo/Armando Babani)
Another obstacle to the Bresha race is that former Secretary of State Antony Blankin announced in May 2021 against Bresha, his wife, and his children. Blackon said Bresha was “involved in corrupt activities, such as misuse of public funds and corruption with the public action and interfering with their power for their own benefits, as well as taking advantage of their benefits. In their government agencies and government officials.”
Bresha claimed that sanctions against George Soros and Ram were “based on completely bad lobbying”. He also said that members of the Biden administration “turned the US Embassy in Teri into a huge prosecutor’s office,” supporters, journalists and businessmen to stop supporting Barisha and his party, and the Foreign Department asked me to approve and approve me from other countries.
Barisha said sanctions have hindered their campaign. “Of course it hurts me, because I am not able to meet Albani Americans, who are so numerous, and in this election, for the first time, they have the right to vote for the party and the candidate, which they prefer in their country.”
Albanian President Al -Meta then caught an American flag when he spoke during a rally in Tirana on March 2, 2020. (Jenet Formaku/AFP via Getty Images)
A State Department spokesman said he had no comment about Bresha’s claims that US institutions changed supporters against them. The State Department did not answer the Fox News Digital questions whether sanctions should be maintained, or if they were obstructed in free and fair elections in Albania.
Former President Joe Biden’s spokesman did not answer questions whether his administration had a role in changing supporters against Bresha.
Nishu noted that the lack of sanctions was “lack of evidence and was rejected by the opinion of the Albanian people. It looks like a political move, which runs from Ram’s major mini -allies such as Alex Soros, who benefit from the influence of keeping commercial and Ram in power.” Nishu called on the Trump administration to “immediately lift the ban. It is creating clashes with anti -US sentiment and values of democracy and justice.”
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Nishu claimed that “the last three elections were unfair, full of threats and theft. The next May 11, 2025, the elections should not be a fake show – it needs to be really free and fair.
The Fox News Digital also arrived several times to comment on the allegations of al -Qaeda Prime Minister Ram, Albani Foreign Ministry Member, OSF, and Washington DC’s Albani embassy, corruption and OSF election interference, but no response.
