DP Condemns Appointment of Ex-General Police Director as AMP Head

The Democratic Party has described as dangerous and provocative the "recycling" of the figure of the former General Director of the Police, Ardi Veliu, within the ranks of the blue uniforms. 

The General Secretary of DP, Flamur Noka, called the appointment of Veliu at the head of the Agency for Police Surveillance (AMP) a provocative and very dangerous decision, stressing that he is accused of being linked to organized crime and corruption. 

"The return of one of those responsible for the criminality of the Police to the crime scene is a bad omen of this government for every Albanian who wants order, security and a police at the service of the citizens. 

Ardi Veliu, the notorious former director of the State Police, has returned to the police structure. 

He will lead the Agency for Police Surveillance. which, as the name suggests, will scrutinize police officers for ethical and legal violations. 

Ardi Veliu is a champion of ethical and legal violations. He is the chief police accused of links to organized crime, with his hand up to his elbow in the barrel of corruption. 

Ardi Veliu, above all, will be remembered for the structural corruption of the State Police. By structural corruption we must understand politicization to the core, turning the weapon of the Police into a tool of the Renaissance. 

Veliu is also the chief police officer who infected the state police with the virus of involvement in the elections. 

With these two black records, the Democratic Party warns that Ard Veliu has returned, not to supervise the Police, but to make sure that in the next elections it will again be the extended and unpunished hand of the Renaissance in the process. As well as to maintain old connections with the world of crime. 

Ardi Veliu has the responsibility of Elbasan event in the last elections. Not only the weight of a murder, but also the destruction of evidence at the scene. 

The recirculation of Veli is not just a crisis for honest personnel in the Police, but the philosophy of the Prime Minister, the Minister and this government, according to which the monitoring of the Police is left to the incriminated. 

The Democratic Party sees this appointment as dangerous and provocative. By separating the police weapon from the power tools, we guarantee, both the honest policemen and the public opinion, that the corrupt and the murderers of the myth of the state, such as Ardi Veliu, will be held accountable for any involvement in corruption and incrimination," he said.