Even though he has been re-elected as a member of the National Council of the Democratic Party, Myslym Murrizi has not waited long to open a new front of criticism against Sali Berisha and the way the party is being run.
In a long and harsh response, Murrizi refutes one of the arguments that the DP leaders have presented as a success, the inclusion of a large number of young people in the leadership forums. According to him, age cannot be a criterion for measuring the quality of politics.
"And this 'innovation' of middle age, Doctor, that the National Council has 30 or 35% under the age of 30, you pass it off as an 'achievement', because age is a criterion for 'success' only in sports and brothels, but never in politics."
According to Murriz, politics needs people with character, integrity and civic support, not figures who are promoted solely because of their age.
"Politics needs individuals with character, with morality, and not thieves or bargainers with power, people who are not afraid of votes and who have a positive impact on voters."
The former MP also does not spare the way in which, according to him, the candidacies for the leadership forums were selected. He claims that many of the names were chosen by people surrounding Berisha, using strong language towards the DP leader's associates.
"I can even say with conviction that Berisha himself has not known more than 20 people, the others have been given to him by the eunuchs who surround him."
Murrizi also raises doubts about the way, according to him, votes are oriented within party structures, ironizing the use of WhatsApp messages.
"I'm talking about members of the National Council who are not ordered by group SMS, because for those who receive messages or voting guidance via WhatsApp, I don't believe there is a problem knowing who the candidate is or who to vote for, because they are given the message by the 'godfathers' who keep them in the 'tiro'."
At the end of the reaction, Murrizi warns that, if the Democratic Party does not break away from what he calls "political parasites" and from the system established after the 2008 constitutional changes, any attempt at renewal will fail.
"If we want renewal not to turn into rumination... Otherwise, renewal turns into rumination, and from rumination comes civic 'vomiting'."
Murriz's reaction comes just a few days after he was elected to the DP National Council, showing that the internal elections have not extinguished debates and clashes within the opposition.
