On the day when Berisha organized a voting process in the Democratic Party to return to its helm, Lulzim Basha, the former chairman, chose to give a very indirect message.
He has chosen the 38th anniversary of the Qafe Bari revolt to remind Albanians not to take freedom for granted and not to let what he calls 'remnants of communism' relativize the pain and responsibilities of the past.
"On May 22, 1984, 11 years after the Spaç uprising, in another cruel prison of the communist dictatorship, hopes for freedom and against injustice rose again. Today we respectfully bow before the heroism of the martyrs of the Qafë-Bari revolt, Sokol Sokoli and Tomë Ndoja, and hundreds of their comrades, political prisoners who bravely challenged the bloody regime from within the suffering camp, where savage violence was the only language with which the dictatorship communicated its atrocities to free people, who never surrendered to the regime. The Qafë Barit revolt is part of the political legacy of the anti-communist resistance, and together with the places of remembrance, it is a spiritual and cultural treasure that must be protected and honored so as not to let forgetfulness erase the sufferings and sacrifices that forged the spirit of resistance to the cruel regime. , not to let the remnants of communism relativize the pain and responsibilities of the past, to never take freedom for granted. Eternal glory to the martyrs of the Qafë Barit Revolt", Basha chose to write, exactly at the moment when Sali Berisha was voting for himself in the Headquarters of the Democratic Party.
'Remnants of communism' is a term that Lulzim Basha, Enkelejd Alibeaj and Gazment Bardhi have often used in recent months to refer to Sali Berisha and his action to return to the Democratic Party.