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Finally, a little dignity!

2025-10-10 14:56:09Pikëpamje SHKRUAR NGA ADRIAN THANO

The Constitutional Court's decision to suspend the decree on the elections in Tirana, although delayed, is a symbolic turning point. 

An important state institution finally raises its head and decides to play its role.

It is a cold shower on political arrogance, a reminder that the separation of powers is not a luxury, but a necessity. Especially for our village, where we have experienced the mentality of submission and servility before.

This mindset is still a painful reality today, rustic in form, that reveals how small we have become as a society – not from a lack of knowledge or laws, but from a lack of character.

Imagine that whole parade of men and women in expensive suits and poor vocabulary, who come out of their homes every morning and fill the state offices; heads of institutions, ministers, deputies. Swaggering outside, shaking their heads in fear inside; obedient students who don't even know what they represent.

A single eyebrow raised from above is enough, and this entire "ruling" class slides like on ice, without thought, without dignity, without any effort to really be at the height of the function. Behind the carefully cut suits hides the provincialism of power without merit. A village yard with one or two roosters that boast in a row, while the others wander around, taking a bite from the table of power.

This is so pathetic and so far from a modern republic that even he who today amazes the world from Tirana with his glittering reception scenes once loved. But here inside, he himself has become the great inspirer of this tiny culture of applause.

There is neither citizenship, nor maturity, nor responsibility in this behavior.

What can you say when this also includes the head of state? The president decreed the election date without even waiting for the review of Veliaj's appeal, even though the Constitution is clear about the suspensive effects of an appeal. It was a hasty, not to say shameful, action.

This is not a triumph for Erion Veliaj – he still has a long way to go – but a victory of the law over arbitrariness. Institutions are not there to fulfill the wishes of the next head of the Executive, whoever that may be today or tomorrow, but to preserve the rules of the game, to create precedents that stand the test of time.

If we had more decisions like yesterday's by the Constitutional Court, perhaps we would have even more confidence. And less disgust for the state. Disgust is the most serious long-term consequence of a state that mocks itself and its citizens with facade institutions that only carry big names, but not the weight they deserve.

Look at the wave of online support for the judge's killer to understand the level of this disgust. It arises when citizens no longer see the meaning of rules and when the law is only applied to the weak.

The state can be serious, dignified, and just – even when there is pressure, even when the stakes are high. This makes a difference, not only in law, but in hope.

In the end, the democracy we passionately called for 30 years ago is not sustained by votes alone, but by trust. In a country where that trust has become as rare as water in the desert, every righteous act is a point that matters.


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