"Don't throw checkers"/ Strong clash between Artan Fuga and Skënder Gjinushi

2025-03-06 13:40:00, Politikë CNA

"Don't throw checkers"/ Strong clash between Artan Fuga and

Fierce debates took place at the meeting of the Academy of Sciences between academician Artan Fuga and the president of the Academy, Skënder Gjinushi.

Discussions have begun regarding the annual report where Fuga has criticized Gjinushi, saying that overpriced projects have been carried out and all of them have gone into the hands of a person who does not have the physical ability to accomplish all that is required.

He also called for transparency and self-criticism.

According to Fuga, the Academy should not close in on itself and the report should not be presented in a propagandistic manner.

Excerpt from the debate between Fuga and Gjinushi

Fuga: Today, science is not measured by what it requires in terms of budget, but by what it provides and in terms of social contribution and measurable results. Here we only have what we spend and what we want. I think we do not have access to the details that are given about the projects and it seems excessive to me that even the most honorable person should have 7 or 10 projects worth thousands of euros in a year. But how do you implement them?

Gjinushi: Who? If you're not talking like that, you're talking about colleagues. Which one?

Fuga: Let me finish.

Gender: Which one?

Fuga: I won't mention names here.

Gjinushi: Observations become concrete and not theories. However, do the theory and you will get answers

Fuga: If you want, I can make you a report about some projects, where some projects are overbilled in my opinion. These are my observations.

Gjinushi: Say one, say it. Say it while you're saying it. Don't throw a tantrum here.

Fuga: Please maintain etiquette.

Gjinushi: No no, pranks are the most serious violation of ethics

Fuga: Maintain ethics. Let me speak. I don't know the word shashka in Albanian, could you explain it to me?

Gjinushi: The checkers are the broçkullas

Fuga: Aha… But what are the broçkullas?

Gjinushi: Your usual discourse

Fuga: But who am I?

Gjinushi: The one everyone knows

Fuga: Thank you Mr. Chairman. This is ethics.

Gjinushi: You don't come out to discuss but to philosophize. In a strange way, you act like you're raising problems and you're not able to say who the problem is.

Fuga: Thank you for your criticism.

Gjinushi: The worst ethics is when you talk nonsense

Fuga: For you, those who criticize are enemies

Gjinushi: What you said is not criticism, it just shows how accurate the report is

Fuga: Okay, okay, I'll give my opinion.

Gjinushi: Do you still have an opinion?

Fuga: I think I have but the thought of the thought is not your thought

Gjinushi: Thinking about thinking is stupid

Fuga: Thank you, I don't get into that ethics.

Gjinushi: Now tell me one last joke.

Fugue: What is checkers?

Gjinushi: You're a philosopher, don't you know chess?