Ridicule campaign in the Republic of Galata

By Lutfi Dervishi

This campaign is breaking records! We are not talking about economic achievements, but about the greatest comedy show this country has ever seen. With a simple application, this campaign could very well be included in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list!

It's the first campaign without debate.

Why debate when you can talk in a cafe, on Facebook, Instagram or in a dream? Debates?

Debates are for those who have no power. For those in power, monologue is enough!

It is a campaign where the party that has been in power for 12 years calls its main opponent a swamp, while itself is amber.

A campaign not only without debate, but without substance, without meat, without bones, only with the scent of a dream for a passport that will come in 2030, of course by train!

A campaign without TV ads? Why should there be any? The people know who they will vote for! Ads are for products that have competition. In this campaign, the ruling party, in love with the PPP monopolies, has given itself the exclusive right to say nothing, to promise nothing, to explain nothing. Far be it for accounts and balance sheets!

The Prime Minister? He is in "silent mode". 15 days before voting day, he resembles the star of a reality show who does not need to appear in every episode. 10 opposition gladiators clash day and night in the studio, while he, the modern Caesar, will appear in the final, to receive the trophy.

He doesn't have time to appear on TV, because he's following the polls, which, as is known, are done with sacred methods: prayer, meditation and a little statistical magic. (As Mark Twain said, what can we do with the facts, but we have the numbers in our hands).

It's a campaign where ridicule is the staple food. There's no talk of depopulation, because there are few people left to listen. There's talk of a passport so that when everyone leaves, at least they can leave in style, like true gentlemen.

The old opposition is the swamp,

the new opposition is a swamp,

the opposition leader is an owl,

those who vote for the opposition are sycophants,

Those who don't see the wonders of government are autistic.

and those who do not intend to vote for the ruling party should stay home!

It's a campaign where instead of a program, there are disses.

Instead of a platform, there are jokes.

Instead of projects, there is a drone with a banner: "2030!"

And finally, above all, we have dance.

This is our campaign: without debate, without substance, but with a lot of excitement.

A place that laughs because it cannot cry.

This is the Republic of Galata, where elections are not about choosing, where those who speak lose, those who remain silent win, and those who mock rule.