Race with Basha for DP chairman?/ Alibeaj avoids the question

2023-04-24 21:53:00, Politikë CNA

Race with Basha for DP chairman?/ Alibeaj avoids the question

Enkelejd Alibeaj

DP of Enkelejd Alibeaj will enter the elections for the reformation of the party after the local elections of May 14, according to what the leader himself has declared.

This evening, Enkelejd Alibeaj was asked if he will run for president, but he avoided it and spoke about the reorganization of the DP.

Journalist Elona Meço insisted on getting an answer, and even asked him if he will compete against Lulzim Basha, but again he refused to talk about the candidacies.

Excerpt from the interview:

Journalist: Will you run as the chairman of the DP?

Alibey:Reorganization is a need of the DP after May 14. Reorganization in concept first. This requires you to define your cause, your ideology, your space of freedom. Second, it is the model, the way of organization that will be applied. They are all to be decided and applied by the leadership structure of the DP. The issue of running or not, who will run and when, has nothing to do with it. It is important to define a new way of organizing DP. It doesn't depend on how I imagine it, or my desire. This will be decided by the structures, but it will be a party that guarantees: 1. the space of freedom of political thought within the party. 2. To be based on votes. 3. To be based on the main values ??of this party 4. To be as tempting as possible for all streams of society to become part of the DP, gathering that healthy part of society. The instruments are different.

Journalist: Are you saying that you will reorganize the party and then the elections for the president will be held?

Alibeaj: I believe that what is necessary. In the situation we are in, there is a need for the party structure itself to undergo some kind of change for the better.

Journalist: I asked you the question about the candidacy, since last September, when we had the first conversation about the show "Pa Censure", you left this possibility open.

Alibeaj: Because it was not then and is not even today an issue to be discussed. I am not one of those who hides ambitions or to be shy, but I am one of those who tell the truth about what is the main interest of the DP today. The main thing is to have a DP that emerges strong from this electoral process, in the sense that it has forged its ideology, addressed its supporters and then moved on to another phase. In the next phase, everyone will participate. Anyone who accepts these anti-crime, anti-corruption, pro-West values ??is welcome in DP and will have the space to make his own career within the party. That's how I imagine it. Others in time.

Journalist: If you are going to run for the DP chairman, as I see it happening, do you consider Lulzim Basha as a rival?

Alibey: The conclusions you draw may be wrong, since I did not tell you what will happen. For me today, it is important that the PD, which in this 1 and a half year has been hit, injured, hindered, breathed away, etc., will have to come out after the elections with a decent result. After May 14, what should happen should be a reconceptualization of the way the DP is organized, and of course there will also be an election process. In the electoral process, everyone is free and this is the alpha of freedom, for anyone to run. Of course, it will be the voters, the PD structures that will determine this. We cannot be in an old system to determine who was running and who was not, as the DP actually did until a while ago. This is one of the things that will no longer happen in DP. Then, if desired, everyone will evaluate: is he capable or not, has he given or not for the PD in this truly painful and sacrificial period. I believe that the democrats will be able to judge anyone on the ambition they will have./CNA.al