"DP has no figures for Tirana, Binaj could be as successful as Zelensky"/ Fevziu: Manastirliu, unifying election

2025-10-27 21:48:00, Aktualitet CNA

"DP has no figures for Tirana, Binaj could be as successful as

Journalist Blendi Fevziu has analyzed the race for the Municipality of Tirana, where candidates Florjan Binaj, who is supported by the opposition, Ogerta Manastirliu of the Socialist Party, and the leader of the "Bashke" Movement, Arlind Qori, are running against each other.

Invited to the show "The Unexposed" with journalist Ylli Rakipi, the journalist stated that the opposition supported Binaj because there was no other option to run.

"Today, the DP does not have any figure who can run in Tirana. Luçiano Boci, who lived in Elbasan, cannot be nominated as a candidate in Tirana. Bylykbashi, who lived in Durrës. Gjekmarkaj lived in Tirana, but is very connected to Lezha."

Fevziue compared him to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and said that at first they thought he was a clown but he turned out to be a successful figure.

"We have evidence that seemed ridiculous at first, but we have Zelensky's evidence. When the war in Ukraine started, one of the important PR bosses in Europe told me, imagine how terrible it is, Ukraine is threatened by Russia and has a scoundrel as President. In fact, Zelensky turned out to be a successful figure. Will it be Binaj? We don't know that. After all, Rama wasn't an important politician when he came. He had held political positions, but he was a painter."

Journalist Fevziu said that Manastirliu is a politically prominent figure as she is the longest-serving minister and Rama's choice is unified with the structures.

"While in the SP there are figures you can use, you can put Blendi Klosin, other figures, there are more people who have a connection to the city.

While Manastirliu has the structure of the SP, she has been a minister for 10 years, probably the longest-serving minister in Albania that I remember. She has administered Covid, worked as minister of education, without any major product there, because there was a pandemic in Health, that's why she was identified there. She is an important figure in the SP, among Rama's strong loyalists because she comes from the small group of Rama's Municipality. Rama has made choices to unify the party structure, to keep people who could be loyal to Veliaj connected. She is also seen as a guarantor for Veliaj's group", declared Fevziu./ CNA