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Berisha can continue to remain in his rage. The elections produced a new chance for the opposition and Albania...
Three days ago I asked ChatGPT to write me a speech by Sali Berisha the day after the elections. He wrote me exactly what he said today. I published it two days ago, when Berisha said that Albanians had flooded in from the sea, air and land to vote for the Democratic Party. Even Artificial Intelligence has archived the model of his speeches and knows exactly what he means. Therefore, this “tradition” should simply be ignored.
The electoral processes in Albania began to be radically destabilized by Sali Berisha himself in the May 1996 elections, worsened with the violent elections of 1997, and continued with the manipulation of the 2001 elections by Ilir Meta. But after 2003, Albania initiated a series of profound reforms that significantly improved the electoral process.
Today, Albania has a professional electoral process, as also praised by the European Union. The process has many filters to avoid illegal influences and any violations are monitored by the Special Prosecution Office. As I write, SPAK is in action to arrest people who have attempted to influence the elections with money or criminal pressure. The way SPAK stood ready in these elections against any interference has been a great help in keeping crime and dirty money away from the elections.
Compared to the 2021 elections, where there were killings by the DP, this year's process ended peacefully and without significant incidents, except for the violence exercised by three Democratic Party MP candidates: Gjin Gjoni, Xhelal Mziu and Bledion Nallbati, who beat or took political opponents hostage. We have no cases of violence by socialist candidates or people close to the government.
Likewise, the violent rhetoric in the campaign belonged entirely to the Democratic Party, including statements like the one in Elbasan, where candidates promised to "eat their opponents alive."
As for the media, which is constantly criticized for being partisan, in this process it has been at the forefront of transparency. Nothing has been left unsaid. All the facts have been exposed, without censorship. Its credibility is a separate debate, but the information has been there for anyone to judge.
The elections were competitive, thanks in part to the enthusiasm injected by the opposition itself and Berisha, who declared them won ahead of time. Until Sunday, the opposition voted under the weight of the illusion of imminent victory. And this means that there was real competition. After all, the votes are in the hands of the people.
Even in terms of the correctness of the counting, the process was conducted in a professional and legal manner. The only ones who attempted to violate the process by using the Election Commissioner, Ilirjan Celibashi, were the Democratic Party and Sali Berisha.
Celibashi has fulfilled Berisha's every wish in violation of the law, positively discriminating against him.
– Berisha did not want the vote in Vlora to be postponed because of the Giro d'Italia, he did not postpone it.
– Berisha wanted the votes coming from Greece not to be counted immediately, they were blocked.
– Berisha wanted the voting results in Vora and Unit 10 not to be declared, they were kept in suspense.
– Today, when the CAS decided to overturn an illegal decision by Celibashi, it is Berisha who has ordered every ballot from Greece to be contested.
There are serious reasons for suspicion regarding the latter: perhaps the influence of Beleri and Berisha in the occult structures of the Greek services has deliberately influenced the distribution of ballots, with the aim of damaging the SP, knowing that the majority of voters in Greece belong to the left.
So, here too, the only problem comes from Sali Berisha.
Beyond that, the consolidated victory of the Socialist Party, as well as the calm with which it is awaiting the final result, give dignity to the process and further strengthen its legitimacy. In the meantime, Berisha can continue to remain in his rage. The elections produced a new chance for the opposition and Albania
The truth is that these elections have been met with despair even by the DP voters themselves — both those who voted for them and those who rejected them. And it is very difficult to discuss with them any other reason for the loss than Sali Berisha.
For this reason, Sali Berisha's announced protest against the European Union this Friday should not be taken seriously. The EU gave its assessment of the elections, and European prime ministers are congratulating Edi Rama.
And if any of the Europeans ask: "Who's screaming over there?", let someone calmly explain:
"He is a man who has not even known the baxhanak, he has no way of knowing the elections."
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