FLASH
Shkruar nga Ben Andoni
It is surprising how after so many losses in a row, from this type of their articulation of time, from this current organization and from the loss of the principles of the Right, it is still continuing the same way...
The idea for this article was taken from an article from 1934, published in “Illyria”. Its author was a 30-year-old named Tajar Zavalani. For historians, he is and remains a well-known figure with all his lights and shadows. He belongs to that group of cultured Albanians, who rightly doubted whether they deserved the name intellectual, in a country that at that time had an extremely high level of illiteracy and not only. He would die in 1966 in the United Kingdom and be listed as undesirable in Albania, even though the Congress of Manastir was held in his house, in addition to the other contributions that he tried to offer while alive.
We are in May 2026, a full 92 years after writing this article. Albania has changed enormously and this is a fact. Dialectic. Which means that it has progressed in development like other countries. Intensity? Could it be better?! That is the question. Now, those who come from Rinas airport towards the center of Tirana see a real metropolis with high-rise buildings, designed with the most modern known forms and with the authorship of some of the famous architects; they look at the shadows of the skyscrapers, which cynically snobbery the former Tirana; they exchange with the most famous car brands in the world; they contemplate various branded clothing and institutions, where the national flag and that of the European Union culminate alongside it. There are no more chimneys spewing smoke, but this is an argument that we are somehow avoiding, because it is a pain for our economic model, led towards concrete and cheap tourism.
And, the daily chronicle?! For days we have been watching the masquerade of the Democratic Party and what is happening with the largest opposition force that has gathered all the energy of a large part of the people (of course, the one that has remained in the country and is not leaving, for various reasons). Among them, not only are there no elections, not only is the situation not perceived and the banality of accusations against the government continues, which in fact deserves endless criticism for the level and ability of how it is leading the country, but they are showing that they are just as much a part of our anemic socio-political reality. Mr. Berisha, the greatest personality of our post-'90 history (in all positive or negative directions and intentions), has degraded his political formation almost into an amorphous body, which is crumbling before the eyes of Albanians. In vain, writings, visibility of phenomena, analyses, appeals and criticism are being directed to not leave them in a dead end. What is seen is related to a frightening apathy from its people to change things in this party! Some of its people who want change are already discouraged from the beginning, because thinking exactly how this party works, they immediately give up on change. "It would also be the biggest mistake for a man of action if he spent time thinking about the smallest events that could influence his every gesture, because then he would lose the opportunity to act," writes Zavalani in an article he called "The People and the Intellectuals."
E habitshme është sesi pas kaq shumë humbjesh me radhë, nga ky lloj artikulimi i tyre i kohës, nga ky organizim i tanishëm dhe nga humbja e parimeve të së Djathtës, sërish po vazhdohet njësoj! E habitshme sesi strukturat e Partisë Demokratike nuk ndryshojnë dhe sesi nuk ngjallin dot frymë. Dhe, të mendosh kur nuk ndryshojnë dot demokratikisht në opozitë si do mund të ndryshojnë vendin nëse do të drejtojnë qeverinë. Sikur të ishte vetëm kjo, do të konsiderohej thjesht, politikë Alla Shqipëri. Por t’i shtojmë edhe anën sociale: Se çfarë ndodhi në orët e fundit në Durrës, kur një personazh i penalizuar dhe herë tjetër, mori jetën e dy fëmijëve. Si ka mundësi që shqiptari nuk ndryshon edhe pas këtyre aksidenteve? Si ka mundësi që i qepemi vetëm shkaktarit, i cili në fakt është një nga ne të shumët, por nuk përsiasim për veten? Si ka mundësi që komuniteti urban të jetë i paaftë për të ndryshuar ose reaguar (në fakt, zëri i tyre i ngritur s’ishte dëgjuar) për të bërë diçka? Shikoni si përshkojnë udhën makinat në mbrëmjet e Tiranës…? Po zhurma e frikshme e tyre?! Dhe, sa shumë e shumë gjëra të tilla. E në këtë rast çfarë bëjnë zyrtarët, intelektualët, ata që drejtojnë institucionet? Heshtin dhe tolerojnë. Këtë të fundit mund ta përkthesh si korrupsion të pastër se edhe kur nuk paguhen do të kenë favore në të ardhmen. Dhe, kur shoqëria e institucionet e shikon që kjo mënyrë jetese është e lodhshme, pse nuk ndryshon vallë?! Ose të veprojë ndryshe! Shkurt: Pse nuk ndryshojmë dot?! Pse nuk rregullojmë dot politikën tonë?!
“Njeriu i veprimit që din se ku do të arrijë, kujdesit që rruga që ka nisur të mos jetë kryekëput e gabuar dhe, kur e sheh se faktet nuk vërtetojnë parashikimet e tij, ndërron taktikë pa u ndalur nga fjalët e botës që do të thonë se u gabua. Ay shikon qëllimin dhe respekton faktet, të cilëve u jep të drejtë sa herë që nuk janë dakord me projektet ose dëshirat e tij”, shkruan Zavalani me një kritikë për të gjithë klasën që përfaqëson.
Njësoj si një shekull më parë, edhe pas gabimeve pa fund në politikë, ekonomi dhe shoqëri, aksidenteve dhe jetëve të marra, askush nuk do t’ia dijë në Shqipëri. Pas pak javësh do ndodhi me gjasë ndonjë tjetër gjë… Fillimi i sezonit të verës është nga më shqetësuesit për shqiptarët sepse vendi regjistron rekorde aksidentesh dhe shpesh nga njerëz, të cilët në vendet e tyre të reja të jetesës as nuk guxojnë t’i mendojnë.
We are no longer talking about the democracy missing from the SP and the language that exists today or the respect for the statute and the often harsh behavior of Prime Minister Rama. Just like in the recent events of the DP, the latest disappointment in a row from them. Where the bitter episodes with the ballot boxes and internal quarrels are making the rounds of social networks, just like, on the other hand, the failure of individuals to confront democratic elections. And, what is more worrying is the delegation of blame and making the other guilty, where everyone can criticize and suggest, but no one takes the blame. The essence of Zavalani's writing was simple but understandable: Point the finger at yourself! At that time there was a group of cultured Albanians, even those abroad who contributed and had benefited from Western culture, but the problem was: Why didn't they try to bring the rest of the people out of the chaos, out of the darkness where they were?! Just like today. Even those who make change face our institutions that cultivate inequality and impunity. That's why there are hundreds and thousands killed over property.
The road is difficult, Zavalani wrote in his time. “The path that must be followed to modernize Albania is full of thorns, full of countless difficulties and demands sacrifices at every moment…” (Ibid). Does today’s Albanian agree to do this?! No. The politician challenges with the power of 2008. The policeman naturally violates the law; the bureaucrat makes you suffer without batting an eye (even the youngest, raised in the spirit of democracy), look at the cadastre and the municipalities and add the thirst for wealth of the apparatchiks that has become frightening. Look at the young people who roam around in cars of the latest series production and who do not have empathy, but appearance! In the end, they, equally surrendered: intellectuals who flirt and run simply for clicks. "Albanian intellectuals do not have the will or the courage to follow this path that does not know where it ends, but they do not even want to admit that they lack civic courage. So what do they do? They console themselves with the typical phrase: There is no work to be done with this people!" (Ibid) That's enough, but what does each of us do for this country?!
Zavalani nuk ish anonim, por perkthyer dinjitoz I Tolstoit e plot klasikeve te tjere. Hartuesi I nje versjoni mjaft interesant te historise se Shqiperise. Njihet si antikomunist, por pak burime ka per bashkepunim te tij me pushtuesit. Pas clirimit te vendi ai ish nder gazetaret me prestigious te BBC.