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Former Socialist MP Ilir Zela has reacted with a strong political analysis regarding the protests that have been taking place for over three weeks in Tirana and beyond.
He has come out in support of the demands of young people and has harshly criticized the governance of Prime Minister Edi Rama.
In a long post on social media, Zela describes the protest as a chance for socialists to restore the values of the left, while accusing the "enriched rebirthers" of corruption, autocracy and departure from the ideals of the Socialist Party.
He goes even further, stating that Rama owes the Socialists an apology and resignation from the leadership of the party and the government.
Reaction:
A significant part of Albanian youth is protesting these days in the streets of Tirana. Their demands for a democratic and functional political system among Albanians are fundamentally right! The Socialists embodied these aspirations in the Constitution of '98. The Socialists resisted the fascism in power in 1992-1997. They stabilized the country after the crisis of '97, opened the shattered perspective of unification with Europe, contributed to the liberation of Kosovo and undertook the justice reform in 2015. There is a parallel between the spirit of the socialists embodied in these contributions and the aspirations of the young people in this protest. But, unfortunately, the medal has another side. It is today's autocracy, which has moved away from the aspirations of Albanians! It is the enriched, fat and over-aged rebirthers in power, the bearers of corruption and amalgamation with crime, who are the object of this protest, as they are also the subject of SPAK. I have seen socialists these days participating in protests, demonstrating their concern for the state that democracy in the country has fallen into. I have also seen several other socialists who have echoed the panicked articulations of the autocratic prime minister.
Raporti i socialistëve me protestën më ka nxitur të bëj pyetjen: vallë, të jenë katandisur të gjithë socialistët në klone të subjekteve të SPAK-ut, në viktima të oligarkisë? Do të dëshiroja që revolta e të rinjve të jetë një mundësi për socialistët të rigjejnë partinë e tyre të zaptuar nga trusti i betonit, të kuptojnë se sakrifikimi i demokracisë së brendshme në emër të unitetit fals ishte në thelb uzurpim i pushtetit nga një person ose një grup pa lidhje me socialistët e vërtetë, pjesa më e shëndoshë e të cilëve nuk i besuan kurrë Edi Ramës, por në të njëjtën kohë e përkrahën bujarisht. Protesta është edhe një mundësi për ata socialistë, të cilët besuan te rilindarët pa e lidhur këtë besim me leje kullash e përbindëshash të tjerë të betonit apo përfitime sharlatanësh, të administrojnë zhgënjimin e tyre e të kuptojnë që atdheu, pyjet e kullotat, bregdeti, plazhet e fushat janë më të rëndësishme se një vend pune në administratë, një kapardisje firmatosh në sallat e institucioneve, nxjerra jashtë funksionit kushtetues, apo një përfitim momental prej sistemit të korruptuar të pushtetit autokratik.
Kur shoh socialistë të kontributeve në protestë, pyes veten nëse ka kuptim t’u thuash këtyre njerëzve se uzurpimi i vullnetit të tyre ka përzënë nga vendi ynë 1 milion shqiptarë, ka kontribuar në arrogancën e pushtetit dhe dobësimin e llogaridhënies. Ata i dinë këto dhe prandaj protestojnë! Socialistët e shohin se kolltukofagët e sotëm janë më të plakur e shumë më të dhjamosur se bllokmenët e brezit më të fundit të regjimit hoxhist. Socialistët e dinë që ka ardhur koha që një brez i ri të rigjejë vlerat më të mira të së majtës dhe të kërkojë modestisht të marrë pjesë në udhëheqjen e atdheut. Por të jesh socialist dhe të shkosh në protestë, do të thotë që ke hequr dorë nga përpjekja për ta çliruar politikën, nuk beson te mundësia që një lidership i ri për socialistët, por edhe për të gjitha alternativat e tjera politike, të realizohet përmes proceseve të demokracisë së brendshme. Vendi i protestës së socialistëve duhet të jetë në radhë të parë vetë Partia Socialiste. Socialistët duhet të rigjejnë vetveten, t’ia dorëzojnë drejtësisë të gjithë rilindarët që ajo po i kërkon prej kohësh. Të bëhen njësh pa mëdyshje të mëtejshme me aspiratat e shqiptarëve për shtet, drejtësi, dinjitet e bashkim me Europën!
A ka vërtet një mundësi për një rrugë të re të bazuar në kolegjialitet përkundër arrogancës, të bazuar në legjitimitet përkundër aleancës me korrupsionin, monopolet dhe krimin, të bazuar në konkurrencë dhe zgjedhje përkundrejt sjelljes uzurpatore, sipas së cilës zgjedhjet janë të mira derisa unë zaptoj kreun, pastaj zgjedhjet janë të këqija që unë të mbretëroj? A ka socialistë që e kanë parë fundin e rrugës së drejtimit autokratik ditën kur 81 nga 83 mandatet propagandisht të tyre u përdorën për të mbrojtur paprekshmërinë e korrupsionit në krye të qeverisjes pa llogaridhënie? A ka socialistë që besojnë në llogaridhënie, ndryshimin dhe ripërtëritjen?
Anyone who has been involved in the theft in these years, who has allowed corruption or has relativized it, must open his arm, must open the way, by asking for a deep and deep apology to all socialists! To leave no doubt, the greatest apology must be asked by Edi Rama, who in 2005 pleaded for internal democracy, one member one vote and for the fight against corruption. Although he was generously supported by the entire structure of the Socialist Party, he never managed to become a socialist, but simply saw the socialists as a barn of votes, putting them in the trap of choosing between him and Saliu.
Edi Rama must apologize for all his contradictions at the head of the Socialist Party and the government, from the criminalization of the composition of the Assembly to the appointments of villains in the government, from the destruction of the concept of the state to the departure of more than 1 million Albanians from the country, from the delays in the implementation of the justice reform to the obstruction of justice through the political protection of SPAK subjects. Now the masks have fallen and Edi Rama owes the socialists his resignation, to clear the way. If he does not do so, the socialists cannot jump with him into the abyss into which he is dragging them, they will know how to choose another path!
If there is a thread of gratitude in Edi Rama's being, it is time to show it. He has been prime minister for 13 years with the votes of the socialists. No power can be eternal! The hesitation to pave the way for change now risks leaving Dritëro Agolli's party as a beautiful memory of a distant past, most likely without members and without voters. Either the PS changes course now, or a new left, warned by some of its most vocal intellectuals, will rise as an essential political alternative. The experiment and practice of autocracy have ended in failure, ugliness, theft and ridicule. It is time for democracy!
As the founder and first chairman of FRESSH, as a member of the Socialist Party since 1992, as its deputy elected twice by direct vote, as an elected member of its highest leadership forums at a time when elections were real, I would like to believe in the ordinary people of the generous left. I would like to see them end their support for evil, especially when it has poisoned a part of their soul! I would like to see them return their party to where it belongs, in the groove of the aspirations of Albanians for freedom, peace, equality, dignity and national unity! I hope that as soon as possible, the best representatives of youth, who understand Generation Z, not the clones of the occupation, will come to the forefront of the left and contribute with a new mindset for an Albania that must definitely close the transition and rank with the Western democracies as a member of the EU and not return back under occupation!
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