Organizing the Conference League, Veliaj appreciates with the Gratitude of the City of Tirana the institutions that were engaged

“Often times we fabricate heroes out of nothing, because someone goes out and does something stupid on television and we forget that we have real heroes among us. There are people who have made dedication and treatment of duty as a mission a goal in itself, so for this I have a heart full of gratitude. “Today, every citizen of Tirana deserves gratitude and I have never seen the city at this level of awareness for cleaning, to leave the car at home, to cooperate with all the authorities”, he said.

The Mayor underlined that the Albanians showed once again that, when they get together and cooperate, they achieve beautiful things. “When we cooperate, we do things that are not done even in the West. We saw that after 15 years of hassle, the square was made for a year and a half; we saw that after 30 years of debate, it became the stadium for two and a half years; we saw that after 78 days of protest at the lake, the lake today has become the most attractive part. Of course, there is a time for campaigning and debate, but then we have 4 years for work. “When we cooperate, we are really white-faced”, declared Veliaj.

Veliaj said that in many cases, in his duty as Mayor, he had to make difficult decisions in the beginning, but in the end they have been successful and in the best interest of the city. “When you are the Mayor and the Director of Tirana Police, you have to make difficult but fair decisions. Decisions that eventually become popular, but at first glance when you make an intervention in Astiri or “5 Maji”, or in the square, or on the boulevard, you certainly first encounter the politicization of issues and people who are noisy minorities , which create an extraordinary hysteria. It takes a lot of patience, a lot of focus, to say that this is done for the good of the city. When the Lake is released, when the boulevard is released, when the Ring is released and today we are enjoying these benefits to the city, I believe we are upside down, and we say that we made decisions that may be difficult at the moment, but the right decisions for this city to move forward “, He stressed.

While appreciating the commitment of all services involved in the field, from the police and emergency services, to the cleaning and decor of the city, Veliaj underlined that the lack of riots by hooligan fans came as a result of timely measures taken to prevent them. “We wish a speedy recovery to colleagues who came out of this situation with minor injuries. I remind you that, although the match did not take place in Rotterdam, more people were arrested there than in Tirana. This means that they are inevitable phenomena. Meanwhile, the assessment I received from my colleagues from the Rome and Rotterdam Police was that the Albanian Police was at an extraordinary level of professionalism. Some people do not know that every knife that was bought by a hooligan in a supermarket, any contact with a local hooligan, or a problematic person has been tracked here. “90% of the work was prevention”, underlined the mayor Veliaj.

The General Director of the State Police, Gledis Nano said that this perfect organization came as a result of close cooperation between the authorities. He assured that the State Police will always be close to the citizens in order to create a safer environment. “We are always used to seeing the State Police, a police officer who deals with criminal events, who always investigates and appears in the black chronicles. But the State Police intends to always be as close as possible to the citizens, in order to create a safer environment, to be part of these cultural and sports activities, as we presented the behavior of the State Police as professional as well as civic and European ”, declared Gledis Nano.

Skënder Brataj, the head of the National Emergency, dedicated the success to the medical staff who were ready for any unexpected situation. “I dedicate this assessment to the emergency staff, all those colleagues and one of the points is awareness. Institutional awareness is also one of the properties of these recent years, of recent times and of our staff “, said Brataj.

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