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2025-10-11 10:23:00, Opinione Ardi Stefa

There comes a moment in the existence of every party when the applause ends, the banners turn dusty, and only the echo of itself is heard in its offices. It is that awkward moment when, for the next elections, they begin the “search” for candidates, and end up in some cafe with people who don’t even know why they are there. Then the big question arises: when a party no longer finds people to run, is it still a party or just a nostalgia with a logo?

In Albania, for years there have been parties that do not represent anyone, but nevertheless enter the elections with names that barely fill the candidacy list. Not because they believe in any program, but because someone has told them "we must be present". Presence for the sake of presence is a political caricature. Often, this "presence" does not hinder the work of the government, on the contrary, it serves as a decoration of democracy.

When this "presence" comes from the largest opposition party, the party we founded as the hope for change and the aspiration towards Europe, then it is no longer a political caricature, but a TRAGEDY!

The Democratic Party has reached the point where the question is no longer when we will win, but do we still know why we exist.
The DP today pretends to be in opposition, pretends to oppose, pretends to be in revolution, pretends to be...
And it is in the race to give a facade to a rotten democracy, to do honor to the power that it cannot challenge.

In fact, for years now, you have been doing honor to your opponent. When you have no structure, no ideas, when you have no potent political figures or honest people to represent you, every candidacy is a gift to the government. Meanwhile, the government wins thanks to the "opposition candidates."

Therefore, it is fair to say openly: the DP is no longer the opposition, it is a tool in the hands of the system it once swore to overthrow; it is no longer the fault of manipulation, but of silent collaboration.

I say this with pain and not at all cynically: If the largest opposition party is unable to find a respected name in a single city, it no longer has any political or moral reason to exist.

In politics, existence is representation, and existence without representation is like a pie shop that can't sell pies, but still keeps its shutters open, out of nostalgia.

An opposition that goes to elections just to justify its existence is outrageous.

It's time to accept the truth, and even in the DP it's too late: the DP no longer has a political identity, nor moral credibility. There are only people who are concerned with keeping the shutter open for nostalgia, for interest, or for a job in a municipal council.

The DP is not kept alive by nostalgia: "We used to be."

It is not held by memories from the tribunes of 1990-1992, while today, in 2025, there is no one to come out for an honest speech.
The DP is no longer losing elections. The DP has lost its meaning. And this is the only loss that has no return.

At this point, perhaps the greatest honor such a force can do itself is to lower its shutters with dignity, before it becomes the shame of every election list.
Better one less party, than a party we founded to bring about change to serve as a tool of power.

Perhaps the most honest, political, and democratic act that the DP can do today is precisely this: to lower the shutter, stop its own comedy, go on a "political detox," and then, if there is anything true left, start over.
Because better an opposition that revives after silence than an opposition that turns into a caricature.

In a democracy, closing a party that no longer represents anyone or anything is an act of cleansing, not a tragedy. The tragedy is keeping it open, simply to maintain some title and seal that is of no use to anyone. The tragedy is when you are no longer an alternative, but an alibi./CNA