Rama to Spiropali: I forgave him twice, not the third time!

2026-05-13 21:04:36Politikë SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Prime Minister Edi Rama has commented for the first time on the recent internal debates in the Socialist Party, focusing on the comments and positions of Elisa Spiropali, about which he was asked directly during a conversation with the publisher of Koha Jonë, Nikollë Lesi, which is also being broadcast on Rama's Facebook page.

Asked whether tension has begun to build within the Socialist Party or whether the "cauldron" is boiling, mentioning several names such as Elisa Spiropali, Erion Braçe and Ogerta Manastirliu, Rama initially spoke about Erion Braçe.

"Now in the PS, what's going on in the PS? Is there someone like this, some faction like that, because there are some names that... I saw a status by Elisa Spiropali that was biting, written very nicely with ChatGPT I believe, because it was written very nicely; Erion Braçe who does not accept Ogerta Manastirliu. Is there a cauldron? And the 'cauldron' in the PS has started to boil a little I believe", was the question addressed to the prime minister.

Rama replied:

"I know that Erion Braçja has been who he is and says, he will remain who he is, I know that. It doesn't seem to me that there is anything new in the sense that he has been like that, that is how he is, that is how he will be and that is how he should be. He is exactly a man who is himself and there is nothing to be surprised about. He is himself. That is how he is."

In further intervention, Nikollë Lesi told him that Blendi Klosi had also stated the same thing, asking if this was a party line.

"That's how it is, that's how it is. Whoever tries to imitate it is making a mistake," Rama said.

The conversation then focused on Elisa Spiropali.

"You dealt with Erion Braçe, you forgot Elisa Spiropali," said Lesi.

Rama replied briefly:

"There's nothing to note here. What's up?"

Nikollë Lesi continued by asking whether Spiropali could be expelled, referring to her statements.

"Will she be expelled? Because she said 'exclude me. Exclude me, exclude me, exclude me'. So the prayer was just 'get rid of me' or you won't answer?"

Rama reacted with a figurative comparison:

"Who says 'come on, here I am, kill me', does he say it because he loves you or not? So they shouldn't be taken ..."

At this moment, Lesi intervened:

"He has not lost his love for Skanderbeg."

Rama continued:

"No, no, these things shouldn't be taken literally. They're completely normal as long as they don't cross that red line."

The journalist insisted, saying that, in his opinion, Spiropali had crossed the red line.

"She crossed the red line. Two red lines in fact, if you don't want to say it. Two. Two lines that she crossed, two red lines. I even heard my colleague Martin Leka say 'I had expelled her for three minutes'. That's what Martin said. I told him 'it was a mistake to expel her'. No - he said. 'I had expelled her - said Martin Leka - on the spot, in a second'. 'Yes, Rama is tolerant - he said. Not me.'"

In the end, Rama gave his most direct answer on the issue:

"Anyone can make a mistake. Anyone who has made contributions can make a mistake the second time, the third time, then they share it."

When Lesi interpreted the statement as saying that Spiropali has another chance before expulsion, Rama avoided deepening the debate:

"No, these are like the headlines of 'Koha', our first one. Because we are here for our Koha, we are not for these situations, for these, go to the doctor."


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