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Berisha and the smallness of a mayor, in front of the Abdixhiku medel
2026-04-26 16:37:55 / EDITORIAL
There is a moment in politics when time is no longer measured in years, but in the way a leader responds to himself. And in this inevitable reflection, Sali Berisha seems increasingly smaller, not from a lack of history, but from the weight of the past that prevents him from building the future.
He continues to exclude, to denigrate, to narrow. The party, once a space of debate and representation, has been reduced to a closed mechanism, where a different voice is treated as a threat and not as a value. Instead of a political organism that produces ideas, we have a structure that behaves like an ATM of personal power, where loyalty is rewarded and opinion is punished. Fear and paranoia have become the daily language of his leadership.
On the other hand, Lumir Abdixhiku represents a different approach. Not perfect, but different. An attempt to break out of the cycle of exclusion and build a culture of rapprochement. The idea of bringing figures like Vjosa Osmani closer together is not just a tactical move, but a signal that politics can also be about unity, not just division.
On the same day, two reflections on leadership
On the same day, Sali Berisha continued the ritual of attacking Lulzim Basha, the leader who in 2021 chose the future over the past, the interest of the party and strategic allies over personal interest. Time proved him right. Berisha and those who followed him today have brought the DP to the most critical point since its creation.
And as if that weren't enough, in the same spirit of exclusion, the attack also shifts to Ervin Salianj — a figure who yesterday was useful to Sali Berisha in the battle against Lulzim Basha, while today, as soon as he dares to step out of line, he is declared an enemy and labeled without sparing. It's the same cycle: Use, exclude, denigrate.
On the other side of this picture, Lumir Abdixhiku chooses a different path. He proposes as a political partner precisely the strongest opponent, Vjosa Osmani, and tries to bring her back to a common project. Not because it is easy, but because it is necessary. Because politics is not the art of exclusion, but of construction.
Here lies the essential difference: One seeks the success of the party by expanding it, the other seeks personal survival by narrowing it more and more every day. One looks ahead and tries to unite, the other looks behind and tries to hold hostage.
Abdixhiku seeks to put grudges behind him, soften divisions, and restore the party as a real alternative to Albin Kurti's rule. And this is no small feat in a political reality where personal conflicts often replace national projects.
In the end, the difference is clear: A leader who closes in to survive and another who opens up to build. One who sees enemies everywhere and one who seeks allies. And right here, in this simple but essential difference, lies the answer to what Albanian politics needs today: Less fear and more vision./ Alfapress.al
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