By Frrok Çupi
Why are the new post communist socialists leading such a tough fight? There’s no reason. The current socialists are in a more favorable position than the 1945 communists. They were not this free. They didn’t even have so much power in their hands that the current socialists have. The Socialist Party of Albania has gained uncontrollable power, with a parliamentary majority and with a politically moral majority. Although people may be disgruntled with the left wing post communist government, there’s nothing that can be done, because there’s no opposition.
So, why are they leading such a tough fight?
Is it not true that Gramoz Ruci was elected Assembly Speaker on the 26th anniversary of the killings of Shkodra, while Gramoz Ruci has been documented as the person responsible of those events? At that time, Mr. Ruci was Interior minister, which means, he was in charge of the violence exerted by the power. Today, he’s the head of the state of democracy. Why is it that the former communists (current socialists) are leading such a tough fight against their victims who pretended to build democracy?
The Democratic Party, which held the flame of Freedom and Democracy for three decades in a row, is now in a situation where it has dropped both the flame and the flag. The current leader of the DP has given everything away. Some say that he “has sold them”. But why would he want to sell them? And who would want to buy his Democratic party? This party has no value now, because the party’s leadership has become like an old rag. The Democratic Party is no longer the party of Freedom, Democracy, Azem Hajdari, the December Students, Gramoz Pashko or the party of the victims of communism.
Why does the Socialist Party feel the need to turn on its “powerful engines” and elect the minister of the dictatorship as Assembly Speaker? The SP could have elected the village’s scarecrow as Assembly Speaker, for that matter, but would the people see him as a communist “hero”? Even the “anti-communist” democrats would shut up, because “a scarecrow was elected”. But, to elect Gramoz Ruci, the minister who gave the order of opening fire against anti-communist gatherings, this was taking it too far.
But why must people be provoked? Even democrats for that matter?
It’s being said that in our country, anti-communists are fewer in number than communists, something which cannot be verified. But even if 1% of the population is anti-communist, why must this category of people be provoked by selecting as head of parliament a “butcher” of the communist period?!
The Socialist Party is leading a tough fight. Not even three decades have passed since the overthrow of communism and the Socialist Party is daring more than the previous communists. Rama 2 government has several ministers who originate from the dictatorship regime. One of the ministers is the daughter of Llambi Gegprifti, candidate of the Political Bureau. Ditmir Bushati, son of the deputy chairman of the Department of Persecutions and Exiles, was appointed Foreign Minister. The head of the government Kristaq Rama’s son, eternal member of the Politburo. And Gramoz Ruci, minister of violence during dictatorship, is Speaker of Parliament.
But why has the Socialist Party appointed communist figures in the government? There’s no need for this. In front of it, there’s an equally left wing opposition. DP’s opposition was conceived in the laboratories of George Soros’ leftists. The democrat leader has forged a secret deal with the “post-communist” Prime Minister who allows the elimination of all democratic and anti-communist forces in Albaina.
The government with its roots deep into Hoxha’s communist regime, has no opposition today.
So, a question naturally arises: Why are you communist brothers fighting so hard? There’s no need to. The “anti-communists” are making your life much easier.
Note: The views expressed in this article are the author's own and do not necessarily reflect Albanian Free Press’ editorial policy
