While the Venice Commission is expected to issue an opinion on his dismissal from office, President Meta denied reports that the Commission will render its opinion on October 14, saying “such a case doesn’t exist, but it is just a politically motivated issue.”

“It is just a politically motivated issue and for that matter I am pretty calm and not worried and I am proud that throughout my tenure in office I have upheld the Constitution that has been attacked in the most hostile, but also treacherous way by internal and international factors in order to plunge Albania into a pretty undesirable situation today regarding the EU integration processes,” Meta stated.

“The EU accession talks should have started by now if they were to heed to the President’s proposals and the President’s efforts over the years to overcome the well-structured crisis, namely the illegal local elections and the criminal capture of the Constitutional Court at any cost, as the Venice Commission itself has already found in the past,” he said.

Asked whether local elections will be held in five municipalities across the country to elect new mayors, the head of state said that a Constitutional Court ruling on 2019 local elections was expected for years now.

President Meta declined to comment on recent meetings being held by the former PM Sali Berisha and his supporters, saying he doesn’t want to comment on the internal developments in any political party

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