
The Secretary General of the Freedom Party, Tedi Blushi, has fiercely debated with the co-chair of Nisma Thurje, Pano Soko, about the lists of candidates and the inclusion of family members in the closed lists in the "Nisma Shqipëria Bëhet" coalition.
Tedi Blushi tells "TPZ" that Shabani has put his cohabitant on the lists as a candidate for deputy. While Pano Soko responds by saying that "we were forced to do this mechanism."
Debate:
Ylli Rakipi: Your coalition "Nisma Shqipëria Bëhet" put family members on closed lists. Why did you think of this model? How is it possible that you don't have trusted people and you will include family members?
Pano Soko: Trusted people were included in the open list because they wanted to compete.
Ylli Rakipi: Lapaj's father is on the closed list, why?
Pano Soko: To withdraw because we wanted to run with an open list. It's not just us. There are other coalitions that have done this. We are saying who will run with an open list, this is the method. We choose to run with an open list and this artifice must be done. We have been fighting for an open list since 2020. We have introduced a bill to open the lists. After spending 5 years fighting for open lists, running with closed lists was out of the question. We chose to be consistent.
Ylli Rakipi: Why did Lapaj remove his father when it is a tactical move and a good thing?
Pano Soko: Mr. Lapaj's father, as Adriatiku told us, had told him that he couldn't handle all this fame you gave me, I'm leaving. He is a pensioner, he couldn't handle it. It's very fair. He was unfairly targeted, the media inquisition began, he's old and they put him in the spotlight. That old man couldn't handle it so...
Tedi Blushi: Shabani has brought in a cohabitant, Shabani's wife is keeping the pressure on?
Pano Soko: This is dirty, you're talking about someone else's wife.
Tedi Blushi: She is a candidate for MP.
Pano Soko: We were forced to create this mechanism. The debate was about which method would be used to enter the elections. First, the mayor and the mayor's people are put on an open list, some parties work, some don't. We decided to have everyone on an open list.
Tedi Blushi: First of all, it is a phenomenon that shows the old mentality of the new parties.
Pano Soko: It doesn't belong to you because LSI...
Tedi Blushi: You were at the LSI yourself. I didn't work at the Ministry of Finance.
Ylli Rakipi: He would go to work somewhere.
Tedi Blushi: You also benefited from power.
Pano Soko: In 2008, the DP was in government.
Tedi Blushi: What did the lists of the new parties show? The same characters recycling with the same names. Here the mayor introduces the wife, the mayor introduces the father.
Pano Soko: You didn't understand, you remembered politics too late, long live you for dealing with politics. They will withdraw, but use it as an argument, you're just being mean, brother.
Tedi Blushi: New parties… You are young but very old.
Pano Soko: Taking someone else's wife in your mouth, that's not what happens.
Ylli Rakipi: He didn't say anything bad about the woman, he said she's a candidate.
Andi Bushati: We have done dozens of shows about Berisha's daughter, who was not even included in the list. When a person takes on a political role, it is discussed.
Pano Soko: He spoke by first and last name.
Tedi Blushi: He has introduced his wife and sister-in-law as MPs. If we take for granted the claims of those who receive 71 mandates, the parliamentary group, the wife, the husband, the uncle and so on...
Ylli Rakipi: They say it's for tactical reasons. With this disguise, with this Code, it can be used.
Tedi Blushi: They don't have the electorate.
Ylli Rakipi: If he builds a grafted system, open and closed lists, he says we did it for tactical reasons.
Tedi Blushi: If there is a real battle for the closed lists, a real strike, it was Ilir Meta, who even today publicly said that on May 11, we will not only overthrow this narco-state but we will put an end to the presidential system. The President of the Freedom Party has publicly announced that upon coming to power, we will insist on the final opening of the lists.
Pano Soko: Why didn't you enter the open list?
Ylli Rakipi: He can't win, it's a political game. He's happy to have entered the closed list.
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