On Sunday, the member of the Democratic Party will head to the ballots, but this time to choose whether to keep incumbent Lulzim Basha, or select one of the other three candidates running for the party’s leadership, namely Edith Harxhi, Agron Shehaj, and Fatbardh Kadilli.
According to a former MP of the Democratic Party, the race has not been equal so far.
“I appreciate the fact that they were able to organize a race, although there are many claims for irregularities amongst the candidates themselves, in my perception, I’ve always been in favor of having a race, even if it’s unfair”, said Lajla Pernaska.
But, regardless of the claims, Pernaska says that the Democratic Party really needed an internal competition, especially after losing at the parliamentary polls.
“This race is crucial for the current state of the Democratic Party, after receiving a strong blow from losing at the elections. And this blow from the election result makes it even more necessary to have a race to change the leadership. The responsibility of losing at the electoral race falls under the party’s leader and its presidency”, she said.
“I am referring to the race as unequal because it didn’t have that finesse typical of a democracy, which is for a leader to come down, and this is a key element undermining the race”.
Pernaska also said that the incumbent leader has “self-proclaimed victory” from the moment that he refused to resign and enter the race free of any privileges.
“He is a self-proclaimed winner because he didn’t take even the minimal steps to organize, according to the responsibility bestowed on him, to have a race that is open and with clear rules to all”, said Pernaska.
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