Former campaign adviser Donald Trump New movements are underway Balkanshope to provide the standard for right-wing Democratic leader Sali Berisha, who fights against the popular Socialist leader and Prime Minister Edi Rama in Sunday’s parliamentary elections.
Former Trump campaign manager Chris Lacivita, Trump’s 2016 campaign manager Paul Manafort, strategist and pollster Tony Fabrizio will support Berisha, according to the Associated Press. Lacivita compared Trump and Berisha, saying they were “been subjected to unfair prosecution and persecution by a government that does not consider democracy.”
When Syni TV’s CIM PEKA asked why the Albanian election is important to the world, Lacivita said: “One thing that many of us in the United States know about is that the Soros family is very active in politics around the world, which is not only conventional politics, but also destabilizing politics.” Lacivita said, “In an environment where government is unsafe, they found the perfect home in Albania, and they found the perfect prime minister in Edi Rama.”
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Chris Lacivita, who served as co-runner for the successful 2024 presidential election by Donald Trump, shook hands with Sali Berisha, the leader of the Central Democratic Party, the major opposition Central Democratic Party in Albania, who is consulting for the upcoming May 11 parliamentary elections on February 10, 2025, Tirana, Albania. (AP Photo)
Socialist Rama hopes that his fourth consecutive prime minister will bring Albania to the EU in Sunday’s elections, while the country still faces major problems of grafting and corruption.
Lacivita explained that it was important to call Soros to participate “because it affects the future of Albania.” He said Berisha’s campaign was “about the people of Albania”, explaining that their “big desire is to be able to work, live and raise families and have a future, so any time there are individuals or organizations, some organizations want to create an atmosphere that makes me difficult, for me, they are the actual enemies and we are actually the people we fight for failure.”
George and Alex Soros’ Open Society Foundation is very involved in the Balkans and has invested more than $131 million in Albania in 18 years.
The release time was not returned to the request of the Soros Public Association representative.
When Fox News Digital spoke with Berisha in April about the obstacles he faced in the May 11 election, he named the Biden administration’s sanctions against him as 2021 corruption allegations. “I can’t meet with many Albanian Americans, and in this election they voted for the first time, they competed for publicity, they competed for competition, they competed for competition, their campaigners all competed, they all started their own country in their own country.
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Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama Centre expressed appreciation at a rally in the main election event held in Tirana, Albania on Friday, May 9, 2025, as his ruling Socialist Party (PS) seeks a fourth term. (AP Photo/Hair SULAJ)
So far, there seems to be no action on the sanctions against Berisha. In April, the State Department did not answer Fox News’ digital questions about whether it would consider lifting sanctions on Berisa and whether sanctions hindered free and fair elections in Albania. A spokesman told Fox News Digital on Thursday that “the department currently has no reports on the name.”
Berisha’s race has been plagued by other complications, including being deprived of his legal immunity in December 2023 and being arrested in the House until November 2024.
Berisha told Fox News Digital, The charges are the product of law Rama and Soros balance him.
Berisha is not the only opposition candidate to meet allegations in the election. Ilir Meta, former Albanian President Arrested on corruption charges October 2024.
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Albanian opposition supporters showed a sign to U.S. President Donald Trump (C) and Albanian opposition leader Sally Berisha (CR) during an anti-government protest in front of Prime Minister Tilana’s office on February 8, 2025. (Photography by Adnan Beci/AFP via Getty Images)
Former Albanian in the United States and the United Nations Agim Nesho told Fox News that “The May 11 election was under great pressure from the dominant Socialist Party, which has been ongoing for more than 12 years. The regime’s representatives were accused of jailing opposition leaders on falsified charges, weapons of falsified state institutions, making the state hold on to the sense of power complaints and increasingly fearing citizens’ debates, and speaking more and more.
Nesho claimed: “The Albanian people have been deprived of the fundamental democratic rights of organizing, voting and opposing the government. Alex Sorosthey strive to weaken the opposition and prevent free and impartial elections, just like the political persecution of former President Donald Trump. ”
Say “elections may mark a turning point” because “real grassroots movements are on the rise – ready to challenge national corruption and restore Albania’s path to freedom, development and democratic self-determination, carefully monitor these elections “on the Trump administration” and send a clear message to Tilana, to Tilana: America is watching America.”
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Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama told his supporters on April 27, 2021 when he addressed his supporters in the Central Square of Tilana after the victory of the Socialist Party election on April 27, 2021. (Photography by Gent Shkullakuafp via Getty Images)
“The United States must stand firmly on democracy and the rule of law. The Albanian people deserve free elections, not another manipulated result achieved through fear and political incarceration,” Nesho said.
Politico reports Although Rama’s Socialist Party appears to have made progress in the voting, Albanians living abroad were allowed to vote for the first time, and the lack of reliability in the voting data could still secure victory for Berisha and return to serve as prime minister.
