The Chairman of the Socialist Party of Albania has started in the Academy of Arts, in Tirana, a series of meetings with the topic “Albania in crisis, reasons for protest” through which it is aimed to explain the multifaceted political, economic and democracy crisis our country faces today.

Rama has declared that the SPA will sit at the table of the President of the Republic to achieve the opening of ballot boxes, and emphasized the SPA determination to proceed with protests by warning Prime Minister Berisha to not use the dialog as a means to distract the opposition.

Following the questions of the journalists, Rama spoke about the importance of the opposition action as a battle for the free vote and not in the name of power or against the Democratic Party, but as an opportunity to put an end for good the unacceptable history of election manipulations.

“The crisis in Albania is multifaceted and multidimensional. We have defined it as a crisis that is destroying the economy, the rule of law and democracy. The dialog would have been undoubtedly extended in all aspects of our public request if it was not conditioned with the non-opening of the ballot boxes. So, in case that the investigation object would have been unconditioned and the majority of the committee composed by the opposition would have been allowed to investigate all the extension of the electoral process deformation then the dialog would have considered all the issues that comprise not only the transparency of the ballot boxes, but also all kind of pressure and manipulations prior and after this process.

There is not doubt that the dialog is useful at any time, and especially today. The SPA has made a very big compromise. It has witnessed the crime and nevertheless it accepts the result as an expression of the court decision. We have conditioned the joining of the Parliament with the election investigation not to oppose the court, but to overthrow a system that is only sophisticating, and it is difficult to be eradicated ... read more