By Desada Metaj
The leader of the Democratic Party, Gazment Bardhi, has given another boost to the stupid protagonism of the President of the Republic in his confrontation with the Constitutional Court on the issue of the November 9 election decree. By listing several alleged violations of Bajram Begaj, the Democratic Party has taken the flag to dismiss the president, since according to Bardhi he also received a salary from a hospital while he was in office as President. This may be true as much as it may be that the arrears were transferred to his account when he was president, while the invoices were issued when he was not in office. The fact is that the asset declarations of every politician who is behind bars today have been transparent and the ILDKPI network usually involves third-party officials who do not know how to fill out the extremely complicated asset declaration form. But even if Begaj has committed some administrative violation due to the incompetence of his staff, his biggest blunder as acting president is his inability to rise above political interests and orders to implement the Constitution.
No one who has followed the public activity of President Begaj claims that the latter has the ability to make a decision in the legal (or political) field without being guided by those who have placed him in that chair. In other words, the decree for the November 9 elections and yesterday's accusations or pressure on the Constitutional Court have Edi Rama as the scriptwriter and director. The Prime Minister clearly seems determined to hold local elections in Tirana on November 9 and for this, he certainly cannot spare the captain of the Rilindja army. Of course, no one should feel sorry for Bajram Begaj who has been demoted to this position. Not that his predecessors were of admirable integrity, but coming from politics, at least they knew how to maneuver and not look ridiculous in pain. Bajram Begaj certainly does not deserve to be President of the Republic, but at least the reason for his dismissal should be sought in his relationship with the only book that is probably worth reading from beginning to end — the Constitution.
The rest of the quarrelsome opposition's taunts only cause more chaos in the perception of public opinion and actually hide the imposition that it makes on the President to keep Sonila Bejte in the Constitutional Court, as the favorite of the DP, even though her mandate has ended. Just as Bajram Begaj, alias Edi Rama, does not want to keep Holta Zacaj in office in violation of the Constitution or to prevent the oath of the elected member Asim Vokshi on behalf of Nureida Llagami. These bargains with a clear background of political interests are also the real reason for the chaos and sterile debate about the alleged principles in defense of the Constitution. If the DP does not understand that the obstacle to coming to power is not Bajram Begaj, but Edi Rama, perhaps it is better to start a logical course as a parliamentary group. A political party that lost the elections on May 11 and has not yet conducted a serious analysis seems more ridiculous than Bajram Begaj when it asks the latter to be serious and step down. Today, most Albanians understand that Bajram Begaj has not prevented the opposition from either defending the Constitution or winning the elections. The problem has another name: it is called Edi Rama, or the drug regime with which the opposition likes to both fight and flirt. And as long as the flirtation is present, every battle for Bajram Begaj's second salary is a tit-for-tat that leads nowhere, except to newspaper headlines. While the real battle, the one for the Constitution, is the only one that can bring it to light. But if the Constitution is torn to pieces for the "dress" of proper nouns that he wants at all costs in the Constitutional Court, then the joke starts at the Presidency headquarters, but ends at the Shqupi headquarters — where they are cheering in chorus to celebrate Eid, because they can't do anything to Rama.
