Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-02-15-Speech-2-652-000"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2011-02-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Situation in Albania (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"sk"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20110215.31.2-652-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-02-15-Speech-2-653-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Jaroslav Paška2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair_member_of_the_bureau; EFD (2010-02-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; ENVI (2009-07-16--2011-03-08)3 unknown; Slovenská národná strana (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; REGI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-16--2013-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis (2009-10-08--2011-07-31)3 member; ITRE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, since the 2009 general elections, there has been political tension in Albania arising from the close result of the vote, which the losing political forces have described as electoral manipulation. The Albanian socialists, led by Edi Rama, accuse Prime Minister Sali Berisha not only of electoral fraud, but also of being responsible for extensive corruption and the deteriorating living conditions of the people. At a protest rally organised by the opposition in the Albania capital, Tirana, on 21 January, there were more than 20 000 demonstrators demanding the resignation of the government of Sali Berisha. However, police intervention involving water cannon, tear gas and rubber bullets resulted in four deaths and more than 150 injuries. The brutality of the police intervention, as well as the fact that Sali Berisha gave all members of the security forces participating in suppressing the demonstration an extraordinary reward amounting to one month’s pay, is clear evidence of the fact that the Albanian premier is buying the favour of the security forces and trying to win their support and to set them against the Albanian people. In decent, civilised countries, government is usually decided by the citizens, the voters, and not by bribed security forces or the police. If Mr Berisha has forgotten this elementary principle of democratic government, then in my opinion, he has no business being the leader of a democratic state. Ladies and gentlemen, I do not think any of us would like to see in Europe the promotion of governments which build their power on electoral fraud and corrupt policemen, and which are represented by little dictators who do not know how to hand over power to others in the proper way in a country. We must therefore be more vigorous in defending democracy in Albania."@en1
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