Međutim, Meta -- koji je bio i premijer u periodu od 1999. do 2002, a sad je na čelu male stranke Socijalistički pokret za integraciju (SMI) koja je u sklopu vladajuće koalicije u Albaniji -- uvjeren je u sljedeće: "ostvarivanjem temeljite presude u ovom predmetu, [ja sam] uspostavio novi standard demokratskog ponašanja u Albaniji -- putem [svoje] trenutačne ostavke, predajom svog parlamentarnog imuniteta i putem odlučnosti da ide do kraja presude po svim optužbama podignutim protiv mene."
But Meta -- who also served as prime minister from 1999 to 2002 and now heads the small Socialist Movement for Integration Party (SMI) that is part of Albania's governing coalition -- is convinced that "by seeking a thorough judgment of this case, [I have] set a new standard of democratic behaviour in Albania -- through [my] immediate resignation, deliverance of his parliamentary immunity and through determination to go to the end of judgment of all charges brought against me."