Former Interior Minister Saimir Tahiri has decided to give up his deputy mandate after month of public debates on his implication in drugs traffic, following the arrest of his cousin in Italy. The deputy of the Socialist Party (PS) announced his decision today in a press conference held in the parliament house.

PS voted against the Prosecution’s request to have Tahiri arrested last year, but now the former minister is opening way himself.

"I give up my deputy mandate today, I will no longer be a deputy, but a common citizens like thousands of others in this country, with my right, my family, my people, with those who trust me. I will face justice just like I will face the clowns in the politics that today are selling rubbish. I am and will be here, before you, I will go till the end”, Tahiri said in his statement.