Kalaja said that the pressure on Rama comes from both Balluku and organized crime, adding that the prime minister can no longer make political choices.

She criticized SPAK for delays in investigations and security measures, comparing the case to that of Ilir Meta and also mentioning the handling of the Sali Berisha case. According to her, the involvement of Ulsi Manja in lengthy discussions at the Prime Minister’s Office shows the degree of pressure and crisis Rama is under.

Kalaja:
First of all, Edi Rama has actually been negotiating this for a long time, because there are two very serious parallel issues. According to the information I have, and also from my personal perspective, Rama has a more difficult situation with the AKSHI than with Belinda Balluku. But by defending Belinda Balluku, Edi Rama is personally defending his position as prime minister. Meanwhile, family relations, affairs within the family court, which as I said in the case of Ergys Agas, have gone to bed, to the bedroom.

Rama has a very difficult time choosing today. Why do I say this? I say this because today SPAK prosecutors have said that we have evidence that Belinda Balluku has blackmailed witnesses.

Not only through her position. This is one side that is a criminal offense and in jurisprudence this is called a continuing crime. And on the other hand, Belinda Balluku’s legal positions are aggravated. And it is not in vain that SPAK representatives have said today that the qualification has changed, in quotes, for the years that can be punished.

From 10 to a maximum of 35. And the new evidence that they claim has not been collected, that is, we are not, we have a President of the Republic like Mr. Meta, who has finished collecting evidence, has gone to trial and he is still being held in prison. Meanwhile, this whole collapse where we are today, in fact, for the sake of truth, with all the work that they have done with great delay, I think that SPAK started it.

Because SPAK, first of all, did not have to go into all these abuses that this lady has committed, in the lightest security measures, they could have gone from the beginning by requesting authorization for arrest. Because the moment you communicate the accusation to such a high-ranking official, meaning you have closed a good part of the investigation, there is a potential risk of worsening Belinda Balluku’s legal situation.

As it turns out. Meanwhile, the other serious part of this situation is that these threats, these intimidations, were not made only by Belinda. They were also made by organized crime.

Now let’s stay here for a while. What is the problem that Edi Rama is going through today? Are witnesses being threatened by organized crime, or is Edi Rama himself being threatened by organized crime? Because, while in September, both international partners and signals, just as we have signals, Edi Rama also has signals.

Signals from international partners, as well as from SPAK, spoke of the worsening legal situation of Belinda Balluku. Meanwhile, Edi Rama ignored nothing and left her in the same position. We heard a lot of rumors. I think that today, from Belinda Balluku and the organized crime people close to Belinda Balluku, the greatest pressure is being put on Edi Rama. Meanwhile, Edi Rama is in a very difficult position. To release Linda or to release Belinda.

Neither the prime minister nor the assembly can decide that. So, they have started a procedure that for me is unconstitutional and illegal, that they are starting a trial in the Council of Mandates. In the Council of Mandates, a session is held to look at only the formal side of the request.

And the formal request is whether the SPAK request is based? Is what SPAK says provided for in the law, even the legal basis for reference, and above all, the essential thing is whether this constitutes a political request. In other cases, we have seen that the Council of Mandates and Immunities has made the decision in a very short period of time, not to mention the part of Mr. Berisha that was clearly political. And to return to Mr. Berisha, why didn’t they say this during Mr. Berisha’s time that the measure of obligation to appear and blocking the passport is enough.

In terms of qualifying the criminal offense and aggravating the measures or changing the conditions, the law states that it is the responsibility of the prosecution to decide which measure is the most appropriate for a given subject. And as long as the prime minister himself or all his entourage invented this waiting for the decision of the Constitutional Court, under any circumstances the decision of the Constitutional Court had no connection with the request of SPAK, because the decision of the Constitutional Court, even if it were in favor of the prime minister, would constitute a constitutional precedent, but in no way could it be connected with the request for a measure. Because we are taking Thursday, the request was rejected, so it was not accepted by the parliament, at least the statements are like that.

I believe that the blackmail that is being done to Edi Rama and those seven hours of the assembly in the presence of the former Minister of Justice, because the four of us here understand very well that in October 2025, Ulsi Manja was not the Minister of Justice. And what role did Ulsi Manja have to remain the Prime Minister in a situation of seven hours, was the threat that started from Belinda Balluku that Edi Rama likes, dislikes, cannot avoid and says, I will take her with me.

And of organized crime against Edi Rama and nothing that Belinda Balluku has done can be separated from Edi Rama and whatever negotiations Edi Rama does, I see all of this as a very difficult moment for Edi Rama. It is not, it is not in a situation that he can negotiate, he can make choices that I will leave this and take that, because in all situations, the water has gone to his feet.