Movements in the government/Këlliçi: The decline and degradation of the Socialist Party

2026-02-27 18:09:00, Aktualitet CNA

Movements in the government/Këlliçi: The decline and degradation of

Democratic Party MP Belind Këlliçi spoke this afternoon regarding the changes made in the government the day before.

Këlliçi stated in an interview for Syri TV that Prime Minister Edi Rama's new appointments are, according to him, "trustees" of Belinda Balluku, while the dismissals are "fulfilling her demands."

Regarding the appointment of Albana Koçiu as Deputy Prime Minister, the MP described her as one of the most failed ministers. He also added that this is the downfall and degradation of the Socialist Party.

"But the point is this, Edi Rama is today being held hostage by Belinda Balluku. Edi Rama, in addition to appointing Balluku's confidants to the vacant positions, has certainly fulfilled her whims to dismiss her rivals and to fulfill her political whims. So, the dismissal of Elisa Spiropali is now public and the reason is known. The reason is not her performance, for the sake of truth. I can even tell you another thing, that two weeks ago she was in the US and may be the only official of the Socialist Party who has had meetings in the US and for this reason she was apparently removed. Because you have also seen Edi Rama who is not even greeted by the guard at the gate of the US State Department, he could not have been the only representative on the peace board who did not have a meeting with any official of the US State Department, as Vjosa Osmani or various leaders of even very small countries had, but Edi Rama certainly cannot approach the State Department.

So, having said that, these are all the reasons why you saw yesterday a reshuffle of that cabinet that will now have Deputy Prime Minister Albana Koçi, perhaps the most failed minister of 34 years of pluralism in Albania, the Minister of the Interior. She is not remembered for anything. So, the decline and degradation of the Socialist Party, or the criminal organization as it is now commonly called in popular jargon, Rilindja, that it is no longer a political force, but is a structured criminal group, where all its members are today with files in the Special Prosecutor's Office for corruption, comes due to the complete political degradation of this force, and the killing of the career system within this force, the killing of meritocracy and the establishment of a deeply and capillary corrupt system, which is maintained by Edi Rama", said Këlliçi. /CNA