Democratic MP Ervin Salianji has responded harshly to Sali Berisha, accusing him of having built a political culture for decades where Democrats are treated as his subordinates.
In a reaction on FB, Salianji writes that "36 years in power at the expense of the Democrats have created the mindset that everyone is obligated to be his slave," while adding that there is nothing older in politics than when a leader who has lost touch with reality tries to invent enemies to hide his fear of competition.
According to him, the problem today in the Democratic Party is not the Democrats who want victory, but a part of the leadership that has lost the people's trust and is afraid of any dissenting voice.
"I have not ended up in anyone's arms. I was and am free and I am saying what many think: they despise Sali Kutlukun for the usurpation he has made of the Democratic Party, but they only curse him at the tables," says Salianji.
He emphasizes that he has not been and will not be part of political bargaining and that he has stood up to the government, paying a personal price for this stance.
In his response, Salianji accuses the current leaders of the DP of no longer inspiring and of avoiding real confrontations. "When you have no answers for failure, you invent stories. When you have no support, you attack anyone who stands up," he writes.
The Democratic MP goes even further, accusing Berisha of making agreements with Prime Minister Edi Rama for reforms and other interests, while openly challenging him for a political contest.
"You have made the wrong calculations with me: I will dismantle you and the autocrat of the government. The Rama-Berisha regime is despised by Albanians. And since you have support, enter the race, don't hide like a coward," concludes Salianji.
In his reaction, Salianji also mentions the name of Olti Gjoka, responding to Berisha's accusations. He says that when Berisha went to prison, he did not ask to meet him, but other people. According to Salianji, these people also refused to meet him, because - as he claims - Berisha had lied to them too.
