The head of the Social Democratic Party, Tom Doshi, has spoken for the first time about the surprising results of the force he leads in the May 14 elections. In an interview for Top Story, Doshi stated that Basha's PD supported Benet Beci in Shkodër.
"I am surprised that even today Berisha comes out and says that I bought votes. First of all, Berisha does not have a party, Sali Berisha did not appear on the ballot. Sali Berisha did not have any commissioners, Sali Berisha did not have counters. The right-wing electorate has abandoned him. They have an internal fight, Luli has a fight for Berisha to lose.
We have the case of Shkodra, since Shkodra hurts him a lot, because he guards Shkodra like a fortress, but the fact of Shkodra is that... and I am making it clear to Sali Berisha and all Albanians that in 2021 the Socialist Party has received 16 thousand votes, PSD received 9800 votes, LSI received 7500 votes. If we add them all together, there are 34,000 votes.
Plus Basha's party... because Alibeaj was in vain, one nominated there, received about 6 thousand votes. These 6,000 votes that Luli's party received were against Bardhi (Spahisa), and if we add them all together, where do they lead? Benet Beci got a result because it had all these factors with it", said Doshi.
He answered "Yes" to the question whether the official DP had supported the SP candidate. According to him, the SP had even found commissioners, since it did not have any.
"Yes. Basha's party supported Benet Beci in Shkodër. The SP found the commissioners of Lul Basha's party that they didn't even have commissioners. So, Berisha should ask for it within the group, not come to ask me or the Social Democratic Party. They don't even have commissioners behind", said Doshi, who then spoke about the result of his party.
"It is not a surprising result. The party has grown gradually. During this time we have worked with people, we have had many contacts and in these elections we have obtained a result that must be said is satisfactory. It's not that it's a surprise, but it's a breath," said Doshi.
Therefore, Doshi said that it was his votes that gave victory to the SP candidate, Benet Beci.
"Without the PSD, Benet Beci would not have won. So those are my votes. Even in 2005, in the majority I was the most voted deputy in a right-wing area with only 18% left-wing electorates.
And here it hurts Berisha because I took the right-wing electorate from him. This time too, I have increased by 3 thousand votes in the municipality of Shkodra alone. They are the right wing who came to me because they no longer believe in Berisha, they no longer believe in Basha. Lul Basha goes and makes meetings at the entrance of the palace with Taulant Balla, why did you trust him? They sold their party.
He (Berisha) tells me that I did not come out to campaign. I did the campaign with social networks. I did it with Instagram, I did it with tiktok, I did it with Facebook... He holds rallies. He remembers that the campaign is done with rallies" , said Doshi.