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Miscalculation or hostility?

2026-11-03 10:03:46Pikëpamje SHKRUAR NGA YLLI MANJANI
Miscalculation or hostility?
Ylli Manjani, Erion Veliaj, Edi Rama (Photo generated with AI)

Erion Veliaj has now moved on to direct political accusations against Edi Rama.

It took a transfer from one prison to another and, subsequently, a visit from the Minister of Justice for this clash to take the form of a public conflict.

But I don't think it matters much whether Rama planned these "bad things" for Veliaj or not. Whether he planned them or not, the fact is that the political reaction is Veliaj's. And it is precisely this reaction that deserves to be read.

In fact, Erion's accusations seem to have much deeper roots than dissatisfaction with the cell transfer. They can even less be explained by the failure to communicate a transfer order or by Toni Gogu's visit to the prison.

Veliaj is talking about dignity, about political positions, about the failed flamingo resolution, about the Municipality of Tirana and about his relationship with the government. His political message to Rama is "go away"!

So, we are no longer simply in a debate about prison administration. We are faced with the articulation of a political position against the man who promoted and supported it for years.

The question is: are we dealing with a political calculation, a defense strategy in the face of justice, an explosion of accumulated anger, or the birth of genuine political hostility?

Is this an irreconcilable enmity? We have the right to ask this question, because Albanian politics knows many enmities that have been declared eternal and have ended in cordial friendship. Even Erioni and Rama have often played this game of enemies who reconcile in friendship...

However, as far as can be read from public developments, all explanations remain possible.

There may be a political miscalculation. The long isolation, the disconnection from the exercise of power and the need to identify those responsible for the situation may affect the way a political response is constructed. But this is a hypothesis, not a proven explanation of Veliaj's motives. In prison, every moment I ask "who did this to me"..?

There may also be a defense account in front of justice. The presentation of the conflict with political power as an important circumstance of the criminal case can serve to raise claims about the purpose of the criminal prosecution. Even the jurisprudence of Strasbourg recognizes the importance of hidden political intentions in the restriction of freedoms, especially in the context of Article 18 of the Convention. But a political conflict, no matter how severe, does not in itself prove that the criminal prosecution is politically motivated. Especially since Veliaj knows very well who Nesti Angoni is and, he is not Rama. Also, we do not know of any anger of Rama with Plarent Ndreca, Veliaj's lawyer...

It can also be anger. A human reaction to loss of power, isolation, and a sense of abandonment. Sometimes politics is not just about calculations. It is also anger. Your temper flares and you explode. Even more so when you are in isolation.

But the possibility of a political animosity with earlier roots cannot be ruled out either.

Veliaj has long been seen as one of the figures with ambitions for the future of the Socialist Party. In this context, the relationship with Rama can be analyzed not only as a relationship between the promoter and the promoted, but also as a relationship between a leader who continues to hold power and a politician who may have intended to inherit it.

Here the conflict takes on a different meaning.

The attempts to replace Veliaj in the Municipality of Tirana are a political element that may have deepened the clash. However, whether they constitute evidence of deliberate hostility or a consequence of institutional developments is a matter that requires more than interpretations. I do not believe that the name of Arbër Hajdari is an element of hostility among them…

So, miscalculation or hostility?

Perhaps the question does not have a single answer. In politics, calculation, anger, ambition, and hostility can coexist. They often even feed each other.

Where this clash might lead, no one knows.

But our political history, both distant and recent, gives us two reasons to be cautious.

First, when political animosities mix with state power, the most serious consequences can fall on the one left without power. Therefore, justice must remain outside these relationships, regardless of who is in power and who is in prison.

Second, that political hostilities are not necessarily eternal. Today's enemies can become tomorrow's friends, without feeling the slightest need to give the public an explanation.

And if, in the end, the restoration of a great political friendship depended on changing prison cells, then that would be the most Albanian part of the grotesque.

A story that begins as a conflict for power, continues as a battle for dignity, and ends as a negotiation for prison accommodation is truly ridiculous.


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