The head of the Democratic Party (PD) parliamentary group, Gazment Bardhi, has sharply reacted to the fining of citizens for taking part in peaceful protests, describing this action as a serious act of arbitrariness and censorship against fundamental freedoms. In a public statement, Bardhi stresses that the right to assemble and protest peacefully is guaranteed by the Constitution and cannot be undermined through fines, intimidation or violence. According to him, no one may use state authority to punish citizens who exercise a fundamental right.
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Fining citizens solely and only for the fact that they exercise their right to take part in a peaceful protest constitutes a serious act of arbitrariness and censorship against fundamental freedoms.
The right to assemble and to protest peacefully is guaranteed by the Constitution and cannot be violated, intimidated or extinguished through fines, nor through violence.
No one is above the Constitution, and no one may use state authority to punish the exercise of a fundamental right.
Whoever signs such acts commits a criminal offence. Obstructing the exercise of the right to assembly and demonstration cannot remain without accountability.