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Syri.net: Salianji, Rama's protester against the opposition
2026-01-10 20:58:58 / POLITIKË
If any of the most renowned researchers on the issue of the opposition were to find the time and opportunity to study the case of Ervin Salianj, they would easily discover that his 'identity' matches every point of their manual.
One of the most well-known, Andreas Schedler, says that electoral autocrats often use elements of the opposition not to challenge the government, but to divide the real opposition and discredit it.
Electoral autocrats hope to 'kill two birds with one stone.' They both weaken the opposition and gain legitimacy in difficult times.
For a long time, Ervin Salianja's public activity has raised more questions than hope for the opposition. Instead of his political energy being directed against the government, it is channeled exclusively against the Democratic Party.
Meanwhile, Edi Rama's government remains off target.
It is no surprise that the most vicious media outlets have made headlines and opened their doors to the opposition more than any other political actor.
Salianji has not organized any protests against the government, no gatherings in front of the prime minister's office or ministries. There is no civic action to challenge the current government. This raises the simplest political question: why not try a protest against the government, to really see how much support he has in society?
Ah, yes, the only protest he has made is the one with the baseball bat against the Democrats after he had previously called Rama's police to suffocate the opposition with tear gas.
If it claims to represent civic anger, the place to measure it is not within the DP, but in front of the government.
Even more significant is the complete silence about names and affairs that today are symbols of the government's dark connections with crime. Not a word from Salianji about Suel Çela, not one about Ergys Agas. No distancing, no denunciation, no public stance. An oppositionist who chooses to remain silent about these names, but speaks relentlessly against the opposition, objectively serves the government.
Salijanj's closed-door meetings against the Democratic Party are reminiscent of the anti-rallies organized by Enver Hoxha's volunteers in 1991, when the system was collapsing and the regime was trying to create the illusion of a 'popular opposition' to the new opposition. History does not repeat itself identically, but the mechanisms are familiar: attack the opposition from within, to weaken it and give breathing space to the government.
It is no secret that anyone who comes out to organize meetings against the DP finds an immediate willingness from Rama and the administration to fill their halls. Buses, pressure, lists, 'invitations' from directors and bosses. The question is simple: how many of those who appear in the halls and 'rooms' of Salianja are employees of the public administration? How many of them are there out of conviction and how many out of fear for their jobs?
Equally significant is the way certain media outlets treat this phenomenon. Television stations that censor or minimize the serious affairs denounced by Arben Ahmetaj against Edi Rama, open their screens and give full promotion to the anti-rallies of Salianja. This is not a coincidence, but an editorial line in function of a political goal: protecting the government by dividing the opposition.
At the end of the day, the question is not whether Salianji understands this role or not. The question is: who does what he is doing really serve? And the political answer is clear. When you only attack the opposition, remain silent about the government and are promoted by pro-government media, you have become part of Edi Rama's game.
Even worse, he is trying to legitimize a narco-regime and a narco-dictator shortly after he got out of prison.
There are rarely such coincidences in politics! /Syri.net
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