Vangjel Dule is the head of an old parliamentary party and has been a member of parliament in Albania for many years. Yesterday he made a rather surprising declaration. Dule clarified that in a meeting with foreigners, a representative of European diplomacy in Tirana has supported the pressure to participate in the elections using a rather strange analysis. He said to Dule that in case they register and participate in elections without the participation of the Democratic Party (PD), they could have a chance to gain more mandates at the expense of the main opposition force. The numbers of these parties would increase artificially and the country, according to this diplomat, would have an artificial opposition. Vangjel Dule clarified that this offer was not done in a private or exclusive meeting, but in a group meeting, where several diplomats were meeting with at least five opposition parties. All the parties, said Dule, reacted in unison, rejecting the strange “offer” suggested by the diplomat.
The declaration of Dule is not only baffling, but rather unacceptable for any normal country of this world. It shows how the corps diplomatique is treating the crisis; it either does not understand what is happening or is trying to shut down a momentary crisis while opening another one, long-term and overwhelming; or it is enlisted as an ally in the crisis, crossing every limit that a representative of a diplomatic representative should respect, in the country that it has been assigned to work.
Dule did publicize the name or the origin of the diplomat. He didn’t declare their level either. The chief of Albanian diplomacy and the President of the Republic should seriously consider this case. Both the corps diplomatique in Tirana and the international community have all the right to be unsettled by the Albanian crisis. They are in their legitimate right to ask the PD and its allies to return to the Parliament and to register their participation in the elections. They are in their right to ask the execution of the constitution and the implementation of all the duties that result from it. It is their right to ask the majority to enter dialogue and make all necessary efforts so that PD participation is guaranteed in the elections. It is their right to ask for a certain agreement inside the majority. They must do this through public declarations. They can do this even without making any compromise.
No international, no person or institution should be allowed to create any destructive scenario or play games to get a fake and unstable solution. Internationals could negotiate, like they have done so many times before, but always keeping all sides at an arm’s length and following only one bible: law and democracy. Attempts to favor one side and to provoke the other; by using blackmail and creating scenarios that will only worsen the situation, the internationals will lose their credibility, which is very important right now.
Because of this the President and the Foreign Minister should contact the aforementioned diplomat and demand an explanation. He should distance himself from his declarations; otherwise all of us have the right to believe that he works against this country and is seeking to put it in a downwards spiral.
