Basha: PD Won’t Come to Power Through Oligarchs – Main Interview Points

Opposition leader Lulzim Basha, invited to an emission of Ylli Rakipi’s “Të Paekspozuarit” together with journalist Andi Bushati and analyst Fatos Lubonja, called out the relation between corrupt politics and a corrupt juridical system, stating the “the justice system is the daughter of the a corrupted politics. Corrupt and incriminated politicians need corrupt judges that can be blackmailed.”

Basha emphasized the importance of empowering citizens to clean up the calcified political class: “the only way to remove the oligarchs, the autocracy, and to release the economy and decision making is from being held hostage, is to empower citizens.”

He also further elaborated on the party reforms he has been initiating lately, stating that he intends to remove the influence of the oligarchs on the internal politics of the party, and through the reform of the party to lay the foundation for a reform of the government and the country.