Majko: Albania and the Socialist Party are in crisis
The former chairman of the Socialist Party under the caption: “I have suspended myself, but I have not resigned as chairman of the Socialist Party, a member party of the Socialist International; those present today took the seats that were free for me”
Asllan PATOZI
The latest confirmations from the Socialist Party show,
with every hour and minute, the stripping away of this political force,
but also the collapse of the Majko government...
A little more than two hours before the meeting of the Socialist parliamentary group was due to begin,
some unexpected developments in the latest relations among the top Socialists were made public.
In addition to [A]nastas Angjeli’s stance toward the government,
a serious shock seems to have come from the former chairman of the Socialist Party,
Pandeli Majko, who in an exclusive interview for “Koha Jonë”,
said that he had suspended himself and had not resigned from that post.
Describing the latest decision of the National Assembly
as a Stalinist and dishonest act, he reminds Albanian socialists
that his mandate was terminated without a decision by the Congress.
In this way, it seems, Majko openly states
that he is heading toward a new confrontation with [Nano] and that
two different mindsets are also clashing with him,
but apparently only in relation to political power.
The day before, the strength of the anti-Majko group clearly showed
that the head of government is hopeless
in his personal battle to control the party.
At least yesterday’s meeting of the Socialist parliamentary group
clearly demonstrated that at least 52 MPs,
in addition to being aligned by the new party leaders,
are ready to reaffirm their loyalty also
to the government cabinet led by them.
Even further, talk has begun of a new political movement,
which could bear Majko’s name, or something similar.
It is enough that this idea is circulating to feed the mill
of the [prime minister], one of the best-known
and most popular personalities of post-1990 Albania.
Since Friday evening, with an interview for “Voice of America”,
Majko has seriously put into doubt his candidacy again for the post of chairman.
The failure to take a clear public stance
on the Assembly’s decision on corrupt privatization,
the lack of an intensive reform agenda,
and the search for support for the position of prime minister,
are just as many reasons pushing [him] to enter more seriously
into the new game. Faced with the socialists, he makes clear with severity
those who are politicians. [This] was [a sign]
and not merely [a push] for [victory]...
Naked. Enough has [been shown]. Do not [set] or [with]
know, the intentional lack of corrupt privatization,
[...], to remain prime minister, the lack
in the [re]alization of reforms with intensity, [bring] not [only] [dis-]
[agreement] with [governance], but [also] [divorce] from [the people].
In [the row] of [socialist] [re]sponses, [that] [government] [must] [be] [political-]
[they are], [rulers] and [governments], [must] [be] [a] [pri-]
[they must] [furë] [was] [prime minister]
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