
Former Prime Minister Sali Berisha reacted after the statement of the US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Gabriel Escobar, who in a recent interview said that he wished that "the leadership of the opposition is not taken by someone who reminds us of the bad times in the years '90.
Berisha contradicted Escobar's statement, saying that the worst time for Albanians was when the opposition was banned by law and then what turned the opposition into a facade.
According to Berisha, in a democratic country, the opposition is elected by vote and is not appointed with Enver Hoxha-type threats to eat grass.
"Opposition citizens with their vote in two elections despite the manipulations, the arbitrary removal of the representation logo, the complete lack of funds, commissioners and counters, shameful threats, have courageously shown who their legitimate representative is. Those who seek appointed oppositions do not serve democracy, but Putinization.
As a reminder, the 90s were the years of awakening and exit from the dictatorship. The years when the Democratic Party led the democratic revolution of overthrowing the most brutal dictatorship of the post-war Albanian Hitler, Enver Hoxha, and the transition of the country from monism to democracy. At that time, James Baker would say to the Albanians: "You have the right to choose your leaders"!
Too bad after 30 years a bureaucrat tells them that if you choose what you want you will eat grass! I am sure that Albanians and democrats have a very simple solution between these two models", writes Berisha
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