The Mayor of Tirana, Erjon Veliaj rejected the possibility of resigning after the arrest of some of his former directors.
During an interview in “Top Story”, he said that leaving under these conditions would be irresponsible towards the trust that the citizens of Tirana gave him.
There are 3 directors arrested, some forced to appear. You apologized to the citizens, during this reflection did you ever think of resigning?
Veliaj: Never.
SPAK has arrested ministers who did not sign, but were responsible for the cannabisization of Albania…
Veliaj: I don’t judge them at all even though I had many of them as colleagues. I do not trust this sport to comment on what the court has decided. I don’t comment on the court, I don’t become a prosecutor, I don’t become an inquisitor, and I don’t become a security guard. I resign not only because of the passion I have for this job, for something I have not done, but especially when I see Ilir Meta with Argita and 100 ccapaccula there in no way. Resignation is a gesture that has made a mistake for a man who neither knows how to reflect nor how to ask for forgiveness. For a man who has done 1 thousand jobs and maybe with so many people and so many procedures there is one who….
There is a standard, Sander Lleshi resigned when he was Minister of the Interior because a policeman there did what he did. The standard exists in the majority…
Veliaj: The ministers are appointed, the mayor is elected. I can’t tell 160,000 people that since the portals that have received building permits and later fines, I say ‘should I leave this job and go see my family’ because this is irresponsible.
