Rama: “Because there is also a call ‘For a new agreement for “A New Albania,”‘ and I have seen that there are also lost souls here within our political family who want a New Albania—I can’t wait for them to bring us the written draft. We are ready for a new agreement for a new Albania.
But I am afraid that the draft will never come; it is just like all those flamingo silhouettes that Fatos Lubonja used to hold onto. We will be criticized, we will be attacked, but we have an obligation not to choose the easiest path, not to choose to be popular when we need to be responsible.
For a long time now, I haven’t felt like I was elected to be liked. That desire has left me. We are not here to be liked, but to be useful. Today, Albania is in our hands; it is not a hashtag (#), a flamingo dragged around just to look pretty. It is in a war with itself, and the EU is our Ithaca.
Let the sirens sing—that is their job. We have a duty to bring Albania to that shore at all costs. On this path, many others will emerge from the sides, from the front. We have plenty of evidence; thanks to the algorithm, digital mercenaries are coming even from countries you wouldn’t think you were a target of. We have no business with any of them, in the sense of being intimidated or developing a complex. This is the hardest path; it is my path, ours, the Socialist Party’s (PS).”
