Merkel's Germans, slap Basha: Internal Democracy Was Missing in PD

Democrat leader Lulzim Basha says the elections were massively manipulated, but a German analysis says the causes for the deep loss of Democrats are others.

The “Konrad Adenauer” foundation has prepared an analysis for elections in Albania.

Walter Glos writes in his analysis that the Socialists emerged from this election as clear winners.

“When PD, partner PEPE, it failed to present a reliable alternative to improving evil in the country, even because of the loss of forces during the 90 days of protest in the tent. Also, hardly anyone understood what the programme and what approaches were behind the so-called New Republic “, which was published for months in the tent by the DP chairman”.

The “during the time the DP dealt with itself (90 days of protest in the umbrella and parliamentary boycott), the SP and the SMI worked for weeks of campaigning, planning everything and mobilizing their voters. The public simply did not believe in a political change. The DP failed to represent a real alternative to Eddie Rama”.

According to analysis, the four factors for the DP's failure are:

-Protests in the tent and parliamentary boycott. The opposition extra-parliamentary strategy did not convince their electoral base or wavering voters that the DP is a responsible political alternative to the SP.

- The absence of teams responsible for the organisation and election battle. Instead, DP Chairman Lulzim Basha was involved in the campaign micro-management.

- The absence of internal democracy. List map only from the chairman The DP caused much unrest and contention within the party. In public, it was not understood why many prominent DP politicians, such as Topalli, Coast or Pattozi, were missing on the list. Moreover, the occupied chairman of the youth organisation and many leaders of local party organisations were also missing on the list. Likewise, even important party forums were not included in the president's decisions.

- The lack of communication in the political and financial program. The programme was drafted in co-operation with German political advisers as a clear regulatory alternative to current governing policy. But he appeared too late in public and was not sufficiently explained.

The analysis said the agreement between Edi Rama and Lulzim Basha was an important step, but it appears DP voters did not see it as a success.

Now that a race has begun to elect the new DP chairman, the analysis points out: “Mbets to see how the DP will maneuver from the current crisis to regain unity. Which chairman at last”