By Ervin Baku/ Stop, my friends, this unbridled and reasonless crusade

2024-08-20 16:34:00, Opinione CNA

Ervin Baku

OFFICIAL & PUBLIC REACTION

Dear friends, acquaintances, followers and readers of the virtual space!

My appearance on Euronews Albania television, wearing a T-shirt with the identification marks and the symbol of Serbia, I did not think that it would take the value of a provocation towards the national public opinion, and even more that it would put me in front of a tornado countless insults, threats, denigrations, blackmails and even more anti-national stigmatizations.

In this tornado, they are adding bad verbal energy and especially that of threats and extreme stigmatization of names and public and patriotic personalities of our Albanian national space.

The aggressive army of extremist nationalists is being unleashed on me and my image on social networks and in the multi-option space of the Internet, turning me into the most threatened Albanian sports journalist within Albania and my national territory!

First and without any equivocation, I must apologize to all the cold-hearted and to anyone else who perceives and considers my wearing of such a t-shirt as an insult or anti-national provocation!

It was never thought of by me and I could not even imagine that such a gesture would gain the weight of nationalistic provocation or inspiration, between two nations with a long hostile history. I am a sports journalist and I only serve this professional purpose.

I just wore a sports shirt donated by the volleyball coach of Serbia at the last Balkan championship that was held in Tirana. That's all. I did not think what this would provoke! This is my mistake for momentarily ignoring the negative impact I am facing and threatened by.

But, after the apology I ask you, I have to announce to everyone that my heart and soul are a reflection of my nationalistic and Albania-loving family heritage. I have been and remain just a sports journalist who embodies my patriotism in my concrete activity.

In October 2006, with my strong lobbying, I was the first to raise the Cham issue in the European Parliament. For the first time in 62 years.

In 2008, I was the first to report from Europe the independence of Kosovo.

I defended our red and black flag in Belgrade and Strumica. I have been involved in sports all my life. And sport is peace. It's not a war. As a good connoisseur of the history of my people and my country, I am more aware of the truth that Serbia should apologize to Kosovo for the inhumane crimes, genocide, cleansing and occupation of 100 years that it has done to a large part of my homeland, Kosovo ours. As I have in my professional consciousness that sport builds bridges.

Stop, friends, this unbridled and reasonless crusade against me because of a thoughtless act, that of wearing a blouse! Stop, because your punishment so far and so massive, has exceeded and is exceeding your right, already unjust!

With confidence in your human response and with as much passion!/ CNA