{"id":42643,"date":"2022-10-17T21:29:26","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T19:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=42643"},"modified":"2022-10-17T21:36:36","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T19:36:36","slug":"gjekmarkaj-breaks-the-silence-why-did-i-choose-not-to-speak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/gjekmarkaj-breaks-the-silence-why-did-i-choose-not-to-speak\/","title":{"rendered":"Gjekmarkaj breaks the silence: Why did I choose not to speak?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Democratic Party MP, Agron Gjekmarkaj, revealed during an interview for Euronews Albania\u2019s \u2018NOW\u2019 why he did not comment on the political situations that have happened recently.<\/p>\n<p>Gjekmarkaj said that when faced with the inability to do good in these times of political upheaval, he preferred to at least refrain from doing evil.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I didn&#8217;t have much to say. Or anything I could say was a trial that could be turned against myself, so I preferred to remain silent in a time of turmoil that engulfed the DP. Unable to do good, I preferred not to do evil. I have taken a step back in order to see the events in development, to meditate on them and after a few months to draw my conclusions&#8221;, he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/programs\/now\/2022\/10\/17\/edi-rama-bought-you-off-agron-gjekmarkaj-responds-to-his-critics\/\">\u2018Edi Rama bought you off\u2019, Agron Gjekmarkaj responds to his critics<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Democratic Party MP, Agron Gjekmarkaj, revealed during an interview for Euronews Albania\u2019s \u2018NOW\u2019 why he did not comment on the political situations that have happened recently. 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