TIRANA, Dec 24 /ATA/ – The Vice Chairman of the main opposition Democratic Party, Agron Gjekmarkaj, also Deputy Speaker of the Albanian Assembly, said Tuesday he was upset at a statement issued by the State Police regarding an incident during the opposition protest a day ago in Tirana.
In a press statement, Gjekmarkaj said that the police statement was offensive and misinforming, claiming that he was forcibly pushed and assaulted by police officers.
Gjekmarkaj he was assaulted by police, although he told them he is Deputy Speaker of Parliament.
“I wouldn’t have responded to what happened to me during the opposition protest a day ago should the State Police were not to insult me again through a misinforming public statement,” the opposition lawmaker said in a post on the social media, claiming that he was assaulted and brutally pushed by police officers.
Gjekmarkaj wrote that he collapsed after he didn’t feel well due to the police actions against him, saying “no police officer would physically push a lawmaker without receiving political orders.”
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