He called it problematic arrest of Fredis Beleris the chairman of the US Senate Foreign Affairs Committee Bob Menendez stressing that this happened just two days before the elections.

“I understand that free and fair elections, including independent courts, are fundamental elements of a democracy, but I am concerned about the arrest of a citizen of Greek nationality by the Albanian Police, Dionysis Beleris, two days before the elections. While we wait for the evidence to emerge, the Greek government has made it clear that this would have a negative development for Albania’s European perspective. What are we doing to confirm that the Albanian authorities are violating the rule of law and what is our next move?” said yesterday during the hearing in the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, the American senator.

The Special Court of Tirana will decide next Monday, May 22, at noon, whether the newly elected mayor of Heimarra Freddy Beleris and his associate Pantelis Kokavesis will be released or continue their pretrial detention.