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Shkruar nga Arta Dade
The invitation that Arta Dade received to participate in today's anti-rerun rally called by Rama has gone to many former socialists who left after 2013. Unfortunately, some have accepted it. Dade is one of the few who has refused. She has made the same silent choice for the "medal" offered a few days ago. These "invitations" and "medals" in the "name of the SP" are an attempt to use the history and morality of the founders as a shield for today's corrupt government. Their categorical refusal is a political act that draws a red line between the real Socialist Party and the caste that has usurped its logo. The editorial staff of the DITA newspaper asked Ms. Dade several questions. In response, she confirmed the refusal and gave the following statement:
Today, true socialists, those who grew up with the ideals of social justice, are not found at the anti-rally called “from above.” They are where the soul of the left has always been, in the square where for 13 days, youth have been protesting for dignity.
The Socialist Party has never been the party of counter-protests organized with administration and pressure. It was born as a vanguard of change and has known how to be, even in the following years, at the forefront of every historical turning point of the country. The square that Mr. Rama seeks to fill today does not represent its history, but its alienation.
My place today is where I have always been and I know that today I speak on behalf of every socialist who has not sold his memory. True socialists have been at the forefront of the confrontations in the darkest years of the transition, in '92, in '94, in the tragic year '97, and on that bloody January 21 that followed the state crime of Gërdec. We were there facing Sali Berisha and his regime.
The tragedy is that the system we fought against was not destroyed. It was cemented by the one who has occupied the leadership of the Socialist Party today. My rejection today is towards him and towards the anti-corruption and facade rallies, which bow only to money and power, and forget the blood spilled on the boulevard.
Mr. Rama is trying to sell the youth revolt as a destabilizing movement, but the truth is quite different. Above all, this protest is not against the left. On the contrary, it has deeply leftist and social demands, demands for equality, for opportunity, for the protection of those who have been neglected by this government.
Therefore, this is also a revolt against the occupation of the left. What happened with the Democratic Party in '90, when Sali Berisha turned it into private property and occupied the right, is being repeated symmetrically today with the Socialist Party. This occupation must end.
No other political force in the modern history of Albania has done more for state formation and progress than the Socialist Party. But recently, dangerous tumors have grown in the body of this party, rampant corruption, clientelism, and most recently the arrogance of absolute power.
The historical difference of the Socialist Party has been its ability to self-correct. True socialists have purified themselves through will, ideals, and a critical voice, not through servile applause at fake anti-rallies.
In this great epochal division, it is painful and disappointing to see some former representatives of the Socialist Party, people with whom we have shared difficult battles, who will today line up in that anti-rally. You really feel sorry for their moral decline. It is sad to see how these figures who once had a voice, today accept to be used as decoration, driven by small, petty interests of the moment.
They no longer represent anything but their personal compromise with evil. By accepting to become a shield for corruption, they have surrendered their dignity before the history of this party, choosing to be on the wrong side of the square and of time.
Albania today needs a reborn left based on its original ideals. It needs a platform declaration to return the ideological home of the left to the people. It needs a political organization with morality, integrity, and with an eye on the people, not their pockets.
The hour of this comeback has struck!
RESPEKT PER ZONJEN DADE,nje socialiste e vertete, nje grua qe na ka perfaqsuar me dinjitet ne sferen nderkombetare, kur ishte ministre e jashtme ,keta jane te majtet e vertete te cileve i takon te drejtojne vendin me votat e te majteve,,,,dhe jo perzgjedhjet zhgenjyese te Rames qe la ne balte socialistet e ndershem dhe te zote per ti bere qejfin te djathteve, ku e gjeti kurajon ky njeri te tallet me arrogance te patolerueshme me votat e te majteve,,, LIRO VENDIN ,,te drejtojne te majtet e vertete,, DADE , BRACE,ERMELINDA MEKSI, etj,,,