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The Right in the center takes a lesson from the grassroots
. It is already clear to many Albanians that the issue of power in Albania, the so-called two big parties, PD and PS, have for some time wanted to present as a family matter of their own. Put differently, however vicious the bites they really do not spare each other may be, the fact that they readily fall into line whenever a third force tries to “upset” the balance of the arrangements shows that the latter are more erotic than spiteful. Now it is not difficult to imagine, or guess, the reasons that have turned the long-protracted PD-PS negotiating tables into coffee-shop lounges and fruitless excursions. The two major losers in terms of their respective political reputations are trying to gain something from the only thing they still currently control, political power, by seeking to steal it from others. In a situation where a centrist force has been almost dismantled by assimilation by the left and intervention by the PD, the only real danger currently felt by Berisha’s and Nano’s parties is the right wing. For their part, right-wingers have begun to understand that every day swallowed up by the “big ones” not only does not favor its natural rise, but, on the contrary, deepens the rift that has been open for years between them and their prospects of taking power. “If you fool me once, it’s your fault. If you fool me a second time, it’s my fault,” as the people say. For years, right-wingers have endured attacks from both sides by the demosocialists, attacks that have unfortunately ended in the fragmentation of the right-wing force and its organizational strengths. At its core, it seems this lesson, however bitter, is being absorbed by those who aspire to make right-wing thought a real force on the Albanian political scene. Shkodra gave the first lesson some time ago in how power can be pursued, while Durrës and, most recently, Vlora know how to learn from Shkodra in good time. Lushnja, too, along with many other cities, is on the road to realizing the aspiration of uniting the right, in the face of the danger the “big ones” are once again preparing for Albanian politics through their jealousy over their connections. This shows that the right-wing grassroots have understood that the time separating us from the projected elections is so short, and so valuable, that it should not be given away for free as sustenance for PD-PS. The trouble is that the headquarters of the center continue to lag behind this development, killing time with lengthy bilateral talks and historical theorizing, once again working against the logic of the colors and the demands of the historic moment, as well as against the wishes of their supporters, who are in reality one step ahead of the party headquarters. If things continue this way, June 29 risks finding the right-wingers burdened with a new issue, this time a center-versus-grassroots one, and through the fault of the former they will lose an opportunity that rarely comes twice in politics.
[Caricature: people in a box marked with the letter “P” facing a large object with legs.]
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