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"They called me, sent people home", Koçek tells what happened after leaving the SP

Politiko 2026-07-10 09:40:14

"They called me, sent people home", Koçek tells what happened

Former Socialist Party MP, Marjana Koçeku, has revealed the reasons and behind-the-scenes of her decision to leave the SP parliamentary group.

In an interview for the "Now" show on Euronews Albania, Koçeku said that she did not consult anyone about the decision, but only with her conscience and principles.

She said that after the departure was made public, she received many phone calls and messages, and according to her, people sent by figures from the Socialist Party have also visited her family to learn more about the decision.

Koçeku stated that during her time as an MP, she had constantly requested communication and support for the issues of the area she represented, but according to her, she had not received the appropriate response.

"I have consulted only with my conscience and the principles in which I believe. They have always shown me the way and have helped me not to stray from myself or from the truth."

Just with myself. After I made the decision, I received many messages, many phone calls, and people even came to my house to ask me, day by day, more and more from my family about what was happening and why I made this decision, from the politicians of the Socialist Party.

And I did not give any private communication because it was too late. I have asked for your contact, I have repeatedly asked you about the area, about my community. I have not received a response. The attitudes have been indifferent and that moment after my departure it was too late to talk to me.

In my capacity as a member of parliament, I have contacted all those who have the authority to act for my district, not only locally but also centrally, because I come from an area, as I emphasized, that was underrepresented, isolated and unknown. Even when I met the prime minister for the first time on the podcast, when I introduced myself and who I was, he admitted to me that he had no idea what was happening in those areas.

"And it is a not small area and of no small importance in the history and on the map of Albania. And all this backwardness of state investment and the presence of attention of institutions have pushed me, both as a girl, but also as a young woman and a resident of those areas, to enter politics, because especially for young people and women, the opportunities have been almost impossible ," she said.

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