By Desada Metaj
Edi Rama was clear about only one thing today: his uncertainty about the decision he should make about Deputy Prime Minister Balluku. In a 100-minute speech (the same amount of time Trump spoke before the US Congress), Rama repeated in a drawn-out manner every accusation he has articulated in recent months against the new judiciary. Without sparing SPAK, but taking care to single out former head Altin Dumani, who seemed to be worried about the epithets Sali Berisha was calling him.
But in fact, with little change from his counterpart in the DP, Edi Rama attacked every justice structure that has not followed the government and the ministers he leads. In the end, he decided to wait for the decision of the Mandates Council, which has clearly given its verdict in two parts: one of Taulant Balla and the other of Gazment Bardhi, who have clearly stated their opinion on this topic.
The only one unclear seems to be Edi Rama, who seemed to have done "group therapy" for his MPs, who understood more than his words that the prime minister still needs time to decide what to do: hand over Balluk or capitulate to the EU.
Not in vain, today the majority leader did not mention the initiative to amend the Criminal Procedure Code as a signal to the EU that he does not intend to "break down embassies" with Ulsi's surrogate law, as he tried to show the international community all along. Forgetting, in fact, that corruption, scant investigations and corruption files have rotted the teeth of this government so much that it is better to keep its mouth shut.
By postponing his personal decision on the Balluku case, the prime minister bought himself some precious time to see if he could fix something in the chaos of the government building. He tried so hard not to talk about the elephant in the room that his eyes almost filled with tears for the former director of AKSHI who lives in a rented house and has no car. He almost committed to organizing a fundraiser in the hall to secure the life of Mirlina Karçanaj. Although someone who has read the files in that group could tell him that during the search of her apartment, items worth several million were found.
And it seemed so bad in the hall that someone could have said out loud: we gathered for Belinda and we are crying for Mirlinda.
