Basha: DP was divided because of Berisha's personal interests

2023-05-29 20:10:00, Politikë CNA

Basha: DP was divided because of Berisha's personal interests

Photo montage - Lulzim Basha and Sali Berisha

Lulzim Basha, who clashed with the democrats and divided them after excluding Sali Berisha from the parliamentary group, today tried to remove the responsibility from himself.

Pretending to have forgotten the agreement and meetings with Balla and the conflict it created between the democrats, Basha said that the PD is in this situation today because of Berisha's fault.

He stated that the historic leader of the democrats split the DP for personal interests and sent the right to lose the elections on May 14.

According to him, if Berisha had withdrawn, PD would have had a different result today.

"In order to see how we can come together, we need to understand why we broke up. We parted for loot, for personal interests? Not at all, we were separated for beliefs, for values. My belief has been and remains that PD must stick to the values ??it has announced. The alliance with the West is inalienable, part of the alliance with the West is the fight against corruption. We have accepted a standard, when one of the most important factors of the West, take a position towards an individual in politics, we also take a position towards that individual. This was the standard we set with Vangjush Dako and Tom Doshi.

We had an unpleasant moment when something like this happened to the historical leader of our party. I didn't rush to tell him that's the standard, goodbye, as I'm sure he would have done if the position had been reversed. I asked him, as I have asked him for 9 years, with respect, with the respect and gratitude that we are taught to treat the elderly in the place of honor, to reflect for the good of his political family. I had faith that he would do it, and in the end when it didn't happen, I made a decision not for myself, not for my interests, but for the interests of the Democrats. It was a difficult decision, but as May 14 proved, it was right.

Think if he had withdrawn, he would have left the DP free, today we would have the mayor of Durrës, we would have a different result than the one on May 14, we would have great hope from the result that would come Albania, but we don't know that anyone put their interests first. Because of his personal problem, he decided to lead us to this path where we are. How can it be climbed? There is no mechanical ascension, Democrats must unite around values. Even if there was a mechanical climb, this does not make us winners, we must unite around values, anyone who understands the truth, an instrument to change Albania, will become with us. We must be convinced that what is good for Albania is also for DP", said Basha./ CNA.al