Former Finance Minister Arben Malaj has once again erupted with strong accusations on social media, targeting the recent rhetoric of government head Edi Rama amid protests and the political climate.
According to him, the language used by the prime minister is deliberately intended to incite division and conflict, relying on inaccurate historical references.
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In his public reaction, Malaj writes that Rama, in an attempt to survive politically, is fueling hatred among Albanians.
He quotes Churchill’s advice not to focus on the past so as not to lose the future, and compares it to the prime minister’s behavior, who provokes with events from 1943 or six decades ago.
The former minister stresses that no political leader, much less someone holding the positions of party chairman, prime minister, and speaker of parliament, has the right to sow division within his own people.
He brought up two concrete examples to illustrate his concern. The first case relates to MP Agron Shehaj, a representative of a constitutional political force.
Malaj calls unacceptable Rama’s comparison, who described the expedited obtaining of official documentation as an act of “Ballists stealing chickens.” For Malaj, this is the typical stance of a panic-stricken politician who reverts to wartime rhetoric, believing all Albanians are leftists.
The former minister warns that this type of discourse increases political aggressiveness in the country, a phenomenon driven only by failed politicians who, for power, are willing to pour gasoline on old divisions.
The second and more serious case, according to him, is the labeling of peaceful protesters as “Russian agents, Iranian,” “chickens,” “crows,” and other extreme insults. Malaj calls for a civic mobilization to stop this fiery language of hatred among Albanians.
At the end of his message, he declares that Rama’s political fate has already been sealed by himself, having turned into the person who criminalized the Albanian economy and politics.
Arben Malaj’s Reaction:
“Good afternoon, Rama, in order to survive, is inciting political hatred among Albanians.
Churchill advised not to focus on the past because I don’t want to lose the future.
Rama provokes with untrue references from 1943 or 63 years earlier.
No politician, much less a party chairman, prime minister, and speaker of parliament, should under any circumstances or for any second, fuel hatred within his people.
Two recent cases are enough.
The case with MP Agron Shehaj, who represents a party that is constitutional. Rama compares the hurried obtaining of a document after an official request to, according to Rama: ‘the Ballists who would enter the chicken coop and steal chickens.’ This is the stance of a politician in panic. Rama believes that all Albanians are leftists, so he returns to wartime rhetoric.
This fuels the growth of political aggressiveness in the country, provoked only by failed politicians who, for power, even criminally pour gasoline on divisions that history has softened.
The second and biggest case is the labeling ‘Russian agent, Iranian, etc.,’ ‘chickens’ and ‘crows’ and every extreme banality against peaceful protesters and patriots.
There must be a mass mobilization to stop this fiery language of hatred among Albanians.
Rama’s political fate has been determined by Rama himself as the criminalizer of the Albanian economy and politics.
Have a good day!”, writes Malaj.
