FLASH
Shkruar nga Pamfleti
From the signals at the electoral reform table to the shadow of the Rama-Berisha agreement of 2008, politics returns to the scenario that produced the system that holds pluralism hostage today...
The agreement on party financing did not remain a technical episode. It opened a bigger door. The Constitution itself is now on the table.
Today at the Electoral Reform Commission, Oerd Bylykbashi and Damian Gjiknuri laid the first milestones of agreement on electoral reform, but each with their own conditions.
" It is a toxic system for political parties, pluralism in parliament and democracy. All the things that have been done are patches, it is a vile system that must be removed, a coalition system that ties the hands of parties so that they do not appear on the ballot, just so that Edi Rama remains in power ," said Oerd Bylykbashi.
Damian Gjiknuri expressed agreement, but requested that the Constitution be amended to reduce the number of deputies.
" We do not have a mandate as a committee to change the Constitution, we can only do this if there is political agreement. I agree that we should summarize and discuss these issues either in this committee or in a committee of a constitutional reform nature ," he said.
But for the Democrats, this part is not very important: " I raised the issue of principle, not populism. Reducing the number of mandates, as proposed, eliminates small parties and I want to clarify, it is not a matter of history of committees with a constitutional mandate ."
But this is where the real problem begins. When both sides accept that constitutional change depends on "political consensus," then the process leaves the committees and enters the territory of bargaining.
This is not uncharted territory. In April 2008, Edi Rama and Sali Berisha jointly voted for constitutional changes that produced the regional proportional system. That system is the basis of today's reality, where the SP and DP dominate the scene and other parties are left out of the game.
So, today's demand for change does not fall into a vacuum. It directly affects a political product built by the SP and DP themselves.
At this stage, the socialists are not limiting the discussion to the system alone. They are expanding the package. Gjiknuri opened the possibility of discussing the reduction in the number of deputies. This turns the issue from a partial intervention into a full constitutional review.
In parallel, the SP is trying to bring the referendum into play. This is a concrete instrument, not rhetorical. It shows that the majority wants to push the process forward and create an alternative path if political negotiations stall.
These movements are aligned along a single line: the DP demands a change to the system it co-created in 2008; the SP accepts the discussion, but seeks to expand its intervention and control the process. The signal has been given. The Constitution is no longer taboo.
The question that remains is whether this clash will end like in 2008, with an agreement between two major parties that rewrite the rules of the game according to their interests.
The answer will not come from public statements. It will emerge from negotiations that take place outside the formal table, where in Albanian politics the real decisions have always been made. /Pamphlet
Berishës i garantohet familja dhe pasuria e këlyshëve, Rama vazhdon të sundojë pa problem.
Po erdhi propozimi nga dyshja Rama-Berisha eshte qofte e helmuar...mund ta pyes kush Berishen se per cfare aresye ne vitin 2008 kur Berisha kishte gjithcka cfare e shtyu te aprovonte kete ligj elektoral qe Rama pasi i shtoi edhe reformen territoriale e ktheu ne instrumentin perfekt per te fituar cdo zgjedhje???