
Former Democratic Party MP Ervin Salianji spoke about the round of meetings.
In "Opinion", Salianji has made clear his dissatisfaction with Democratic Party leader Sali Berisha and the way the party functions.
Salianji stressed that his goal is to defeat Edi Rama's government and help the DP regain its connection with its base. According to him, the main problem is related to decision-making and the lack of membership involvement.
The former MP criticized the way the DP is handling the election victories and the composition of the candidate lists. He said that despite the heavy defeat, the DP has won several municipalities after many years and has managed to promote new and valuable candidates, but is not analyzing these successes fairly, failing to draw lessons for the next elections.
Excerpts from the studio conversation:
Salianji: I want to defeat Edi Rama! And is this something only I have, or do others have it too, let's find the mechanism how I can!
Fevziu: Do you have any dissatisfaction with Berisha?
Salianji: I am dissatisfied with my situation, I am not dissatisfied with the name.
Fevziu: Address me.
Salianji: The dissatisfaction I have with the Democratic Party is that it is not listening properly to the voice of the membership. First. And second, which is most important, it is not adapting to the needs of society for change. Because the membership votes for some, the leadership elects others. Because the membership of the DP requires revolt, we make a platform.
The DP membership requires analysis, we want to convince them that the elections are stolen. There is no need to convince anyone and I bet, whoever we ask here, that everyone here is convinced that the elections are stolen, but how are we going to solve this problem?
Fevziu: But how is this resolved? I'm asking you this. The leader of the DP is Sali Berisha, and he knows politics better than anyone. He has been there for 35 years… What is your dissatisfaction with Berisha, address it to me.
Salianji: I don't have any name for it.
Fevziu: Of course you know that the dispute with him is coming.
Salianji: I have it with ideas and decision-making… What is the problem with the DP today, us who gather 500 people with the DP and meet them? Or the others who haven't met anyone in 7 months?!
Fevziu: That is a blunder, it is a mistake. I have had my observations about the DP list, about the lack of new names and new spirit.
Salianji: Well, we have an analysis of the loss, because we lost, right?! But we also have another analysis that no one is saying. Why doesn't the DP analyze the victories? Because it would seem surprising. The DP has won in 6 or 7 municipalities.
Fevziu: Yes, it's true.
Salianji: Why don't you analyze why he won?! We managed to win Kruja after 20 years, we won in Kurbin in these elections, we managed to win in Kavaja, we managed to win in Mirdita, in Tropoja. In Puka, Fushë Arrëz… Why does the DP have a complex about taking the best models? The main advantage is representation, they are candidates, without consumption, without having sins, candidates who have been pushed and have managed to be winners. Why don't we do this? Let's take the model of these areas and take it to other areas.
Let us recall that former Democratic MP Ervin Salianji, member of the National Council of this political force, Ilir Alimehmeti, and some of the most voted Democrats in the May 11 elections, have joined forces by launching a tour of meetings with the base in cities, where they call for an opening and renewal of the Democratic Party.
But these meetings seem not to have been well received by the Democratic Party leader Sali Berisha, who has described the parallel tour as a personal agenda. He made direct accusations against this group that, according to him, did not campaign, but chose to rest. Each of them, Berisha said, will be accountable to the structures. Despite this, it seems that these meetings have caused quite a bit of concern, as on Wednesday, a message addressed to the Democrats also received attention, underlining that "unauthorized persons have distributed a notice for a meeting with the structures."
What was initially described by the Democrats as simply "news portals to exaggerate government scandals," was concretized differently by Salianji himself, who openly stated what he is seeking from the supporters of this political force. According to Salianji, the DP needs to open up and renew itself.
Mekanizmi eshte zhdukja e berishes nga pd. kaq. mendon daje sami pastaj si e merrni pushtetin. kjo nuk behet se ai te vret per pushtet. keshtu qe hani mut sa te ngopeni