Journalist Kastriot Myftaraj wrote on his official Facebook profile that Adem Jashari's bust was covered at the "Fish City" restaurant in Elbasan, during the stay at this resort of the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić.
Serbian President Vučić and the Prime Minister of North Macedonia, Zoran Zaev, are currently visiting Albania, participating in a meeting within the framework of the "Open Balkans" regional initiative, where several agreements are expected to be signed.
This trio met last night at an unofficial dinner at the "Fish City" resort in Elbasan, which, among other things, houses the busts of Adem Jashari, Skanderbeg, and Lekë Dukagjini.
Myftaraj said that the bust of former KLA commander Adem Jashari was covered up on the occasion of Vučić's arrival in this country. However, in this claim he did not use any facts that prove such a thing, be it a video or a photograph.
Excerpt from Kastriot Myftaraj's writing:
The statue of Adem Jashari in "Fish City" in Elbasan is unveiled, on the occasion of Vučić's visit
On the occasion of the visit of Serbian President Vučić to "Fish City" in Elbasan, according to the agenda set by his host, Prime Minister Rama, for his visit, every measure has been taken to ensure that the distinguished friend from Belgrade does not get any "stumbler" stuck in his throat and fully enjoys the selected fish of oligarch Gjergj Luca, the owner of "Fish City".
In order not to disturb Vučić, the statue of Adem Jashari, which is located at this resort, has been covered.
Link to Myftaraj's post on his official Facebook profile:
https://www.facebook.com/kastriotmyftaraj1966/posts/482449139909094
In addition to Myftaraj, a similar claim was made by Democratic Party MP, Luçiano Boçi, on the "Politiko" show on Top Channel.
"I'm just now being informed that the statue of Adem Jashari in Elbasan has been covered so that Aleksandar Vučić cannot see it," Boçi said.
Link to the "Politiko" show on Youtube:
After research conducted by hibrid.info, it was found that this claim made by Myftaraj and Boçi is untrue. This is also proven by the footage broadcast within the framework of the show "Special Edition" on Klan Kosova. In these footage provided by the cameraman of this television, who was at the scene of the incident, the bust of Adem Jashari is seen uncovered.
Video made by Klan Kosova:
https://www.facebook.com/KlanKosovaOfficial1/videos/440349934235982/
To prove that this video is from the same time as the unofficial dinner in Elbasan, attached below you can find another video from the same angle as the video above, the footage of which brings to a close this dinner between the leaders of these three countries.
Video of the end of the dinner in Elbasan made by Klan Kosova:
https://www.facebook.com/KlanKosovaOfficial1/videos/434125055047433/
Also, to better argue that Adem Jashari's bust was not covered, below you can find another article from Klan Kosova with some photographs that prove this.
Kastriot Myftaraj's unfounded claim has also been published by the media, links to some of them can be found here. here, here and here.
Analyze:
Journalist Kastriot Myftaraj has claimed without any argument that last night during the unofficial dinner meeting between Rama, Vuçiqi and Zaev, the bust of Adem Jashari, which is located outside the "Fish City" restaurant in Elbasan, where the meeting was held, was covered.
To argue the opposite of what Myftaraj claims, Klan Kosova has produced several images taken from the exterior of the "Fish City" restaurant, where it can be seen that Adem Jashari's torso is not covered. This media outlet has also produced several photographs that prove the same thing.
After fact-checking analysis based on the work methodology, hibrid.info has assessed Myftaraj's claim as "unverified content".
Reasoning:
The “Unverified” rating is given to those media reports that do not provide sufficient information to confirm the claims made in the report, and which have not been able to confirm the same due to the lack or non-possession of reliable sources.