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"We were facing a party-state"/ Këlliçi and Vokshi participate in the Assembly of the forum of center-right parties

2025-05-31 14:56:00, Politikë CNA

"We were facing a party-state"/ Këlliçi and Vokshi

The political leader of the Democratic Party for Tirana, Belind Këlliçi, and the president of the Women's Forum in the Democratic Party, Albana Vokshi, participated in the Assembly of the forum of European center-right parties IDC-CDI, where they expressed concern about the May 11 elections in Albania.

In his speech, Vokshi said that in the May 11 elections, the DP was not facing a party, but a state party linked to the most dangerous criminal groups.

Vokshi asked the assembly to support the resolution presented by her and Këlliç.

 

Vokshi's full statement

Without voting, there is no democracy.

Allow me once again to thank Mr. President Pastrana, Secretary General Antoni, Mr. Brok, who has always been by our side, even on his important days (birthdays).

Dear Luis, Teresa, Mary, Jessica, Minister Objulend from Croatia, and all the friends inside and outside Albania who supported us before and during election day - thank you.

Unfortunately, we did not manage to win. We did not face a political party - we had a Party-State. Moreover, connected to the drug cartels and the most dangerous criminal groups in Europe and America now.

Dear colleagues,

Today I stand before you as a witness to the collapse of democracy in my country. I am here to share my story with you, so that you can understand what happened there during the elections.

On May 11, 2025, what were called ‘elections’ were held in Albania. But they were neither free, nor fair, nor democratic. In fact, they were not elections at all. Albanians were not given the opportunity to choose, they were forced to vote. I am sorry to say: the elections were a farce, an operation orchestrated by a narco-state.

The Copenhagen criteria: democracy, the rule of law, human rights, and institutional stability, were not only ignored, they were suppressed.

But I don't just speak with letters, I speak from experience. I want to share with you what I have experienced.

In Vora, where I was a candidate and Political Director, the polling stations were occupied by criminals: convicted of murder and drug trafficking in Albania and other European countries. Members of criminal groups wore fake badges and openly threatened voters. Armed men collaborated with ministers and state officials.

I was insulted, intimidated and threatened constantly. My family, my daughter, were threatened by the same people I had reported to the special mechanism set up to prevent violence, electoral crime. But not only did they fail to protect me and my family, they failed to prevent any electoral crime, because the patronage network and the drug cartels were the ones who decided the vote. The police did nothing. SPAK did nothing. The Central Election Commission pretended not to see anything.

Is this the democracy we are talking about? Is this a country ready to enter Europe?

Voters were bought with pension bonuses of 100 euros and money obtained from 138 cannabis licenses. Drugs for votes.

500 million euros of taxpayers' money, used in illegal tenders and procurements, was used to buy votes.

30 candidates, in 10 regions, in over 20 municipalities were supported by drug cartels and criminal organizations. More than 20 deputies will now sit in Parliament thanks to the money of the mafia and cartels. They will represent the interests of crime, not of Albanians.

Public servants were blackmailed through patronage networks. The state, the party, and the mafia became one.

And here's the painful truth: if a citizen cannot vote freely, then he has no rights. Every other freedom becomes an illusion.

That's why we must raise our voices! As the president and secretary general said: silence is no longer an option!

If we allow a prime minister and a government supported by drug cartels to hijack democracy in Albania, then we open the door to autocracy throughout Europe.

Look at the drug trafficking routes from Latin America to European ports, they are controlled by the same criminal networks that Edi Rama has supported and empowered in order to help him win the elections.

I therefore call on this Assembly to:

Support our resolution

Condemn the May 11 elections as manipulated and invalid

 Condition EU membership on the restoration of democracy

And most importantly: send a CDI verification mission to Albania, to witness, document and confront the truth.

We are not asking for mercy, we are asking for solidarity.

Let's stand together, help us restore democracy through free and fair elections, organized by a new technical government.

The Albanian people deserve no less than that./ CNA

 





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