The leader of the Democratic Party, Sali Berisha, held today what he called the first rostrum of the tour, where he met and had an open conversation with the citizens of unit no. 9 in Tirana.
One of the young people, the head of group section number 2 in Unit 9 in Tirana, told the leader of the DP, Sali Berisha, to his face that the deputies have severed their connection with the base. According to him, disappointment has also been caused by the fact that no analysis was conducted within the DP and the deputies who received poor results on May 11 were not dismissed from the party leadership.
He also added that the promotion of worn-out figures in the DP has demotivated the Democrats, and for this reason they are struggling to fill the election commissions.
"The first point is the accountability of MPs by area for failures in the campaign and elections. I thought that when the Platform started, we were all very enthusiastic that this side of the DP would take the lead. The MP who did not get the right results would be dismissed or would not be given the opportunity to continue on the path. It is very easy to stay with the salary of an MP in the opposition, but difficult when you are a simple democrat. Such an analysis would have motivated those of us who have been active. I do not know the government; we are kept by anger and the ideal that we are active with the DP. When I see that a person without good results is promoted in the DP, I, as a young person, get discouraged. This is the reason why the Democrats are unmotivated and we are barely filling the committees ," he said.
Referring to the primaries for the May 11 elections that were ignored by not including the names voted for by the DP structures on the lists, he said that the elected deputies have no connection to the structure.
"For me, the primary is the moment when a leader is elected, for example, we are talking about Unit 9, it is Edia, tomorrow it could be someone else. For me, the primary is closed there. That person must be an MP. This gives motivation. Now we deal with the structure, while the MP comes to us for six months, leaves us, someone else comes and we cannot connect with the MPs. This is my logic as a structure, not as a sympathizer," he said.
The young man further asked Berisha to value meritocracy in the DP and promote those who actually work with the Democrats, not just those who stay in the headquarters close to the president.
"I think that if there is a hierarchy in the DP, a ladder that must be climbed and respected by everyone, it would be better and would arouse more enthusiasm than when someone sits only near the center and is disconnected from the base, which is made up of those of us who are on the ground and need focus, " he said.
" Thank you for the suggestions you made... the arrival of MPs should and will be constant. We will correct it ," Berisha replied briefly.