34th anniversary of the first pluralist newspaper/ Berisha: We will never stop fighting for free speech

2025-01-06 20:53:00, Politikë CNA

34th anniversary of the first pluralist newspaper/ Berisha: We will never stop

The head of the Democrats, Sali Berisha

On the 34th anniversary of the founding of the first pluralist journalist in Albania, the Chairman of the Democratic Party, Sali Berisha, said that Rilindja Demokratike, in addition to being the organ of the opposition party, was also an organ of free thought.

"RD was announced as an organ of DP, but the newspaper was an organ of free thought, intellectual and universal thought," said Berisha.

Chief Democrat Sali Berisha, in his speech, also addressed the censorship that affected even the largest nation, America, which, according to him, received a fatal blow in the elections of November 5, 2024, with the victory of Donald Trump.

"Censorship received a fatal blow on November 5. In Albania, it is hypocritical to talk about free speech, as it is followed by prison terms," ??emphasized Berisha.

The leader of the opposition, Sali Berisha, accused Prime Minister Edi Rama and his wife, Linda Rama, of being enemies of free speech.

"Edi and Linda Rama are enemies of free speech. 36 years from that time, his son signed Tik Tok hanging on a rope", said Berisha during the ceremony of the 34th anniversary of the founding of the newspaper Rilindja Demokratike.

"Today, after 36 years from that time, his son signs Tik Tok hanging on the rope.

The most severe act of censorship that can be undertaken.

The most severe act against free speech. A platform which has a massive use today, but I must admit that, like Twitter, after it was bought by Elon Musk, there is no censorship. There is no Tik Toku censorship.

But since there is no censorship, Edi Rama, like his father, signs to hang him on the rope. Imagine what his concept of free speech is.

It is no coincidence that 10 years ago Mrs. Rama would invite journalists to an unprecedented act to wish her a happy new year, this was a very noble gesture, journalists deserved respect. He invited them to the presidential palace.

But what did the Sultana of Surrel say to them; in those articles, those poison needles you take to my husband. And the goal, therefore, was macabre, to announce the journalists' articles as poison for her husband.

I wouldn't stop at giving a character, but where they are inseparable from free speech and their attitude to criticism, then you can't help but classify them as fierce enemies of free speech."

34th anniversary of the first pluralist newspaper/ Berisha: We will never stop

During his speech, the chairman of the Democratic Party, Sali Berisha, called on the democrats and free and honest citizens to never stop fighting for free speech. At the ceremony of the 34th anniversary of the Democratic Renaissance, Berisha said that "the extreme left today is the worst that has ever existed in all forms" and we should never stop fighting for free speech.

"Today we gather to remember together a historic event of free speech, of the free Albanian press, the establishment of the first journalist, let's say oppositionist, but actually the journalist of free thought, of free speech, the Democratic Renaissance .

The Democratic Renaissance is the product of the passion, talent, energy, but also the courage of a group of journalists, intellectuals who welcomed the decision of the Democratic Party to have the opposition journalist, its own newspaper.

In fact, it was undoubtedly announced as an organ of the DP, but it was an organ of free thought, it was an organ of intellectual thought, it was an organ of universal thought in function, at the service of all areas that came in that period, censored , controlled." /CNA