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$6 million for Sali Berisha is not a coincidence; Rama-Berisha are using Albanian millions for dubious lobbyists, the goal is not to strengthen the parties but their personal power. From dubious American partners, to Milorad Dodik's Serbian "friends" and ties to Moscow.
If anyone thinks that the $6 million scandal that Sali Berisha is pouring into the US to remove the "non-women" stigma is an isolated case, they are gravely mistaken. Millions of poor Albanians, through murky financing, have for years filled the pockets of lobbyists in Washington and Brussels to keep Edi Rama and Sali Berisha in power.
The history of dubious and expensive lobbying for Albanians begins at the beginning of post-communism, when Berisha and then Rama began the practice of making staggering undeclared payments to Western companies and lobbyists, simply to give some shine to their tarnished image.
This practice still continues today. Secret million-dollar lobbying contracts, which have nothing to do with official party funds, but are done in a dark and suspicious manner, in the name of personal empowerment of leaders who do not want to leave their positions.
Edi Rama, in addition to the millions squandered through companies like Alastair Campbell's, Tony Blair's or Italian pollsters who are paid dearly to build his false image in the West, went so far as to connect with the head of the FBI in New York, Charles McGonigal, to hit political opponents Lulzim Basha and Sali Berisha.
On the other hand, Sali Berisha and the DP have been paying millions of dollars for decades to companies like Podesta Group, BG&R, or Manafort, all with failed results for Albania and Albanians, but always successful for the pockets of dubious advisors in Washington.
But Berisha's latest scandal is more troubling than the others. The $6 million in lobbying is not only a financial and moral scandal, but also exposes a real political danger: Berisha's direct connection to the lobbying networks of Milorad Dodik, the notorious Bosnian Serb president, who is also declared "non grata" by the US.
The news that Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump's former lawyer, may join Berisha after being discredited with Dodik in Bosnia, raises an even more serious question: who are those who are financing Berisha's lobbying in the US in the shadows? Are these the same sources that finance Serbian and Russian lobbyists, creating a front against Albanian interests?
The failed lobbying efforts of other Albanian politicians in Kosovo, Montenegro, or North Macedonia – from Behgjet Pacolli to Dritan Abazovic – are proof that these astronomical sums only serve to make lobbyists richer and not to bring any good to the people.
In Albania, the situation is even more alarming. For 30 years, Rama and Berisha have created a perverse lobbying system that aims not to strengthen the parties, nor to open the doors to the West, but to keep them in power forever and to curb any new leader or political group.
The money that flows to Washington, London and Brussels is not for Albania and Albanians, but for the personal power of Rama and Berisha. Millions go to companies and consultants who bring nothing but political "blessings" from abroad, to the old regimes in Albania.
All of this is not just a political game. It is a grave deception against Albanians, where millions of euros, which could have been used for healthcare, education or infrastructure, are becoming smoke in the pockets of lobbyists who are enriching themselves from the political desperation of the two main leaders in Albania.
The facts are before the Albanians. What remains to be seen is whether the Albanian justice system will react to this open corruption, or will it continue to be part of the eternal farce, where Albania is hostage to two exhausted leaders who pay millions to stay in power./ Pamphlet
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