A CLEAN HAND IS NEEDED
and not hoeing
“PS” clearly denied the truth
In the noise created by the recent positions of several socialists, who are insisting on rehabilitating the figure of Enver Hoxha, the grave fact must not be forgotten that silence, not truth, is being demanded from the mouth of the largest opposition party. Leaving aside questions of the character and political authority of those raising this voice, the content of the message remains essential: an unaccepted past must be accepted, historical judgment must be softened, responsibility must be left in the fog. This is neither analysis nor repentance. It is an attempt to recycle a mentality that has cost this country dearly. To say that the rehabilitation of figures of the dictatorship is a political necessity means denying the suffering of thousands of families, the internments, the prisons, the fear, poverty and isolation. A people that has suffered cannot be calmed with vague formulas and calls for historical “balance.” What is needed is moral and political clarity. No wordplay, no terminological tricks, no avoidance of the essence. If the Socialist Party intends to be a modern force, it must clearly break with the totalitarian legacy. Otherwise, every statement it makes will remain hostage to suspicion. Citizens do not ask for rhetorical maneuvers; they ask for the truth, they ask for responsibility, they ask for an honest break with the criminal past. The rehabilitation of Enver Hoxha is not an academic debate. It is a moral and political provocation. And in the face of this provocation, Albania needs clarity, not hoeing.