The partial elections for the Municipality of Tirana have sparked internal tensions within the Socialist Party. MP Erion Braçe has reacted after the decision to replace him from leading the electoral campaign in Unit 5, a decision taken at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Rama.
In a message sent to his associates, Braçe calls the decision "insulting" and "unfair," adding that he will not accept such treatment: "Simple, I am not one of them, I am a socialist!", he writes.
The MP emphasizes that during his work in Unit 5, together with Delina, they faced and corrected the problems that had affected the local socialists, who, according to Braça, felt "lied and deceived, abused and forgotten, violated and despised."
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GOOD EVENING! I hope you all are well!
It was important for me to communicate with you and I would like to say a few words to you, leaving no room for the misunderstandings that are now starting to cause harm;
This afternoon, an organizational meeting was held, on the eve of the early elections for a supplementary term for mayor of Tirana!
According to this meeting, I, who led the campaign for the political elections in Unit 5, will no longer lead the campaign in this Unit; also Delina, who was in this unit for two years and with me in these elections, will no longer be here, creating a huge representation gap, AS ALWAYS IN UNIT 5.
Now I want to say a few words to you;
When they removed me from Divjaka - not the people, but the leaders in Tirana, unable to justify what they were doing without any principled reason but simply as personal will, they told me "we need you in Tirana and especially in Unit 5"; convinced that this was also a futile way out, I said "I don't want to be an MP, I will campaign in Unit 5 without being on the list, I have an obligation to the socialists in that unit"; they told me "no, because without being on the list, no one will gather"; I said "let's try, will the socialists gather or not"; they told me "go there, get the mandate and then do whatever you want"!
When I came among you, I learned not only the situation but also what had been done to the socialists in Unit 5 - lied to and deceived, abused and forgotten, violated and despised, separated and kept deliberately like this;
Together with Delina, we tried to heal one of the open wounds in the body of the Socialist Party, face to face and eye to eye, even vetoing the expulsion of the author and authors of this whole situation; not only among socialists but also among the people after liberation; We worked together, a little more and a little less, but together and with one goal, the VICTORY OF THE SOCIALIST PARTY; time was not enough for everything, but we did our best and managed to deepen the difference with the DP, the closest rival party, and remove the second deputy of the UNION party, the left based in Unit 5; with a heart without spending a penny to buy and humiliate the people with the filthy price of a vote!
I also benefited from this, I was re-elected as a deputy with the most votes in the Tirana municipality, the most votes in Albania - without Vore, the most votes in the Diaspora; I AM VERY GRATEFUL TO YOU FOR THIS, EVERY SOCIALIST IN UNIT 5 AND EVERYWHERE IN TIRANA; I am a survivor - they brought me here to lose and you yourself saw how unfair and dishonest everything was with everyone against it; I am a deputy today thanks to the socialists.
I am indebted to them!
Precisely to repay this debt, I have been working since February - when I started work before the elections and until today - a little while ago, after the elections, YOU STAND AWAY FROM YOUR HEAD, to be like in the campaign street by street, neighborhood by neighborhood, square by square, dealing with what are the problems of the people - water, electricity, roads, sidewalks, garbage, public spaces, parking, kindergartens, gardens and schools and answering the phone to each and every one of you, yes and yes, but also to everyone else who lives in the unit or even wider in Tirana;
I am very proud of this, above all that everything we said and shared with people in the campaign for PUBLIC SPACES was immediately taken up, is being implemented to some extent in the territory and is at the center of an effort to turn it into reforms;
I'm telling you today - maybe it's the day - I have been facing serious threats every day for my every act in correcting the clientelist, unequal and corrupt behavior of IMT inspectors in the territory;
Yes, no problem, I'm for this, to carry these on my back without complaining anywhere; Meanwhile, for everything else, including banal things like those bins in Selita to important things like legalizations in Selita and everywhere, I have found a wall erected in front of me, doors that close and the responsible person deliberately kept quiet and connected not only to the chaos in the Tirana municipality, the strong disregard for the duty of Unit 5 everywhere, but also connected to me; during the campaign I understood, they were ordered "don't help him", but this after the elections is shameful behavior and in the enduring tradition of disregard for Unit 5, its representatives!
After all, the ASSEMBLY has just begun and everyone will understand what honor, respect, and work mean in relation to the people's vote; whoever has obstructed it until now and whoever obstructs it in the future will be an example!
On the other hand, today's act is unjust in relation to everything I have done as a leader and deputy in unit 5, it sufficiently reflects the suspicion towards me and my behavior in the elections - this is disgusting but worthy of a fine for the one who did it and the perversity in human relations - I'll leave it at that and I'll spare the truth until the end, which is infinitely offensive!
I want to tell you that I reject this act!
Of course, I'm unlikely to do what these people did against me; I'M JUST NOT THEM, I'M A SOCIALIST!
That means, I WILL CAMPAIGN CORNER BY CORNER OF UNIT 5, AS I KNOW HOW, STREET BY STREET AND EYE TO EYE WITH THE PEOPLE'S SOCIALISTS, SHAKING HANDS AND FIGHTING FOR JOBS!
Because for me, names don't matter, IT'S ENOUGH THAT THE SOCIALIST PARTY IS IN THE RACE - regardless of who speaks on its behalf, AND HOW LONG IT WILL BE VALUED FOR THE PEOPLE!
GOOD NIGHT EVERYONE AND SEE YOU ON THE ROAD!!
