Journalist and host of the show “Opinion”, Blendi Fevziu, has been involved in a heated debate with the leader of the “Bashke” party, Arlind Qori, after the latter accused him of not being invited to the show for over a year.
According to Qori, Klan has censored him because of the accusations he has made against the oligarchs. On the other hand, Fevziu stated that there is no interference with the guests he receives.
Arlind Qori: Even from a social and ideological point of view, we are a threat to the ruling party, to the economic oligarchy and this is the reason why, among the political people in Albania, I am the least present in the major media on the major televisions. On a television as big as yours, I have been for 1 year and 8 months without receiving any invitations. This shows in my opinion the fear that the government, the political power and the economic oligarchy have of the Bashke Movement.
Blendi Fevziu: You are now making an accusation against me. Let me say this so that you and every person in Albania know that there is no God in the world to dictate to me who I will hire and who I will remove. It doesn’t happen. First. Second.
Arlind Qori: This is my judgment.
Blendi Fevziu: This is your opinion, but you will stay here now because you are making an accusation. Now if I take them one by one, how many times has the prime minister been in the last year?
Arlind Qori: Tell me, how do I know?
Blendi Fevziu: 1 time.
Arlind Qori: Did he want to come and you didn’t invite him?
Blendi Fevziu: I invite him.
Arlind Qori: I accept every invitation. I get up at 3 in the morning, you ask me and I come on television, do you understand? Top Channel has made shows about pensions and has not invited any representative of the Together Movement. He has made shows, we have held 7 protests for pensioners and he has not invited representatives of the Together Movement and this is scandalous.
Blendi Fevziu: Can I finish because I do not give you an account of Top Channel at all. We will stay here once. How many times has he been the leader of the opposition in the last year?
Arlind Qori: Tell me.
Blendi Fevziu: Once, on December 8.
Arlind Qori: Did they want to come too?
Blendi Fevziu: It does not matter, they do not want to because it is not their wish at all. How many times has she been the deputy prime minister of Albania? Never.
Arlind Qori: I do not know who the deputy prime minister of Albania is.
Blendi Fevziu: You do not know, but wait, we will stay here now. How many times has she been the minister of finance? Never in the last three years.
Arlind Qori: If we ask the public what their names are, no one knows!
Blendi Fevziu: It doesn’t matter what their names are. Are you talking about politicians? How many times has the vice president or the secretary general of the party been in an interview? Never in an interview. Here with me. Those who are. Why do you say I am, they are not. How many times has the speaker of the assembly been in this studio in the last 8 years? Never. How many times has the president been in this studio? Never. You say I was not invited, while I am telling you that the entire hierarchy of this state, the president, the speaker of the assembly, the prime minister and the leader of the opposition have been there twice, if you take the list and see how many times you have been there, these two have also been there.
