The collapse of the "Weaving" Initiative continues

2025-07-24 10:01:00, Politikë CNA

After only one mandate received as a coalition in the May 11 elections and numerous debates about who that one MP would be in the next legislature, the "disintegration" of the "Thurje" Initiative continues.

Another member has left Endri Shabani's party.

Member of the "Thuje" Initiative, Klajdi Pllaha, has announced his departure from the party through a post on social media. Pllaha said in his response that he chose to leave the party because idealism no longer exists in the "Thuje" Initiative or it has been overshadowed by personal ego.

Further, Pllaha declares that his commitment to the municipal council of Korça Municipality will continue, but he will no longer represent any political party, he will be independent.

Full reaction

A wise friend once told me: "For the same reason you join a party, you leave it for the same reason."

In 2021, when I first got involved with the Weaving Initiative, I knew little about it, but I entered with idealism, because I believed in the purity of young people who wanted to change the system. I represented it in three elections, increasing the result and maturing politically, without losing idealism and purity.

Now is the time to break away from this movement, because the events of the last elections showed that this idealism has been lost in this party, or at best has been overshadowed by personal ego or political immaturity. Perhaps one day a deep and honest reflection will occur from the two leaders of the coalition, but for the moment, I can no longer represent the Weaving Initiative.

However, I do not regret these five years of commitment. First, because they have made me meet other idealistic young people, who unfortunately, one after another, have left the Initiative. Second, throughout the entire time I have not felt involved in the party's decision-making, so I have always been closer to the citizens of Korça than to the party itself. And I am sure that all those who have voted for me have put their trust in Klajdi, not the party.

My political commitment will continue, as in the last two years in the Municipal Council, to be the voice of the citizens of Korça – now and officially as an independent, as I have always felt.

And, despite everything, I remain positive, believing that idealistic and characterful young people will never be lacking in Albania, not even in politics. In the meantime, let's continue to strengthen the civic voice./ CNA