Koci: The Republic failed
11/07/2011 20:00
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Petro Koçi, leader of The True Socialist Party, rejected all the
declarations made by the Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha for a
triumph of the right centered coalition.
“The real triumph was achieved by the opposition, because the real debates have always been for the municipalities, and not for the communes or the councils. The votes for the Municipal Councils must be seen as a mechanism that was set in motion due to the candidates that headed the list of the small parties, therefore those were personal votes”, Koçi declared.
Different to Prime Minister Berisha, who claimed that the Electoral College’s decision was a historical one, Petro Koçi declared that this decision destroyed once and for all the pre-electoral agreement for respecting the rules of the game.
“The decision of the Electoral College was historical in the sense that it gave the final blow to the last hopes for building a state through agreements. The Democratic Party showed to be completely disloyal for respecting an agreement. Since the day when the Electoral Code was amended, the majority of the administration belonged to only one party”, Koçi declared.
For Petro Koçi, in face of such a situation, when justice institutions do not function or function only by following political orders, it means that the republic is doomed.
“We are witnessing the end of a republic. The country needs a new republic. We need a new political code, and also a system that works in the country. The opposition has the chance to open a new perspective for changing the entire system. We have a new republic, and the opposition has a big chance”, Koçi emphasized.
But in such conditions of tense political climate, are there spaces for a further dialogue between the majority and the opposition? Mr. Koçi sees it as very improbable, since Mr. Berisha has violated previous agreements.
“The disloyalty of the Democratic Party and the government with the agreements of 2008 gives another reason for destroying all possibilities for a dialogue. The opposition must fight and oblige the government to get down to dialogue conditions, in the interest of Albania’s progress and not for dirty affairs, on which Berisha is an expert”, Koçi added.
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