In the shadow of Orban: Albin Kurti, or Prime Minister Who Chooses Fear of Justice

I was reading two cases of interest where leaders convert justice into theatre or challenge it hard.

In Budapest, many years ago, an ambitious young politician whose name is now known as Victor Orban appeared as the new hope of a people disillusioned with injustice and corruption. He promised justice, equality and a new era where the law would be above all. But his story took another course: The more his power grew, the more distrust of institutions he once promised would be strengthened.

When justice knocked on his door, Orban did not honestly open it he closed with a confession to plot and propaganda that, according to him, sought to undermine his image as leader through the justice system.

This story appeared again, this time in our Pristina. In a new and adapted version of another political reality, Albin Kurti, another leader who once spoke of justice and transparency, is following the same path. No longer to build faith in institutions, but to sow fear and distrust of them.

In an improvised studio in his office he was accepting a journalist for interviewing. Victory Rexhepi.

In a recently lit studio, with a rigid attitude and a mild ironic smile, Kurt turned to the journalist and said: "Don't ask me questions from portals”. There was a moment that, more than any other answer, told everything about how he perceives the media and the truth as obstacles to challenge, not as bridges that lead to transparency.

At that moment, he was not just a prime minister in an interview, he was an actor who had chosen to play the role of the justice-free leader and untouched by criticism. During the last three interviews, except in “, I ran” that made conversation in a cafe with friends, as in a cafe on the outskirts of the city, in both other interests, Kurt had received the post of a man who doesn't explain, but who educates, doesn't interact, but speaks.

His harsh, at times disparaging Mimica was accompanied by a language that convicted reporters of all his prejudices.

Your “Your questions are simply part of a campaign to present me as corrupt”, he said in a tone charged with feeling of superiority. And so, with a little gesture of his hand, he closed any possibility of an honest debate. What remained was a long monologue on imaginary plots and a prime minister who refuses to admit that justice does not question anyone's image it questions the truth.

In this game of cold, tasteless, cold words and smiles, Albin Kurti is building a dangerous image for a democratic prime minister that a leader who, instead of helping justice, challenges him. And so he's lined up with those who used to criticize the same thing he does now.

So it was late Albania and Bosnia and not to speak Serbia. It was once Romania and Bulgaria. Only Turkey remains at the top.

Ironically, this prime minister who once criticized these states and spoke of justice as the pillar of society now sees it as a threat to his image. Because, according to him, the prosecutor's door is no longer a door opening to assist the law, but a door leading to the large scene of photographers and cameras. And here, in this theater thought by Kurti, the protagonist is not the law, but his fear. He is not a witness. He is a victim of prejudice that has not yet occurred.

Think of an ordinary citizen receiving an invitation to appear in court. How can he feel when he sees his prime minister refuse justice with challenging irony?

The citizen will think he can choose not to go too? Or, worse still, a criminal who sees such a leader as an example will not feel encouraged to invent a theory of self - protection from law?

History has shown us such numerous examples of leaders who at first challenge justice and eventually challenge society's own morality. Do you remember the case of Silvio Berlusconi, who years ago turned the court into a media circus? He walked out of court and behaved like a circus. This is a fresh reminder of what happens when leaders give themselves the right to be above the law.

At the end of the day, righteousness is not a door opened only to the weak. It's a door that needs to be opened for all the ordinary citizen and his leader. And when the door of justice becomes a theater of fear for a prime minister, then it is society that loses confidence. Because justice doesn't exist to build images it exists to build truth. And a leader who doesn't understand this is nothing more than an actor on a dangerous political show.

Finally, history has only one question for these leaders: When the door of justice knocks, do they dare open? A question that should not remain only for Kurti or Orban, but worth as much to all who in the name of justice and the people build the towers of authority on fears of institutions from Meta Berisha, Veliaj and their companions.

Because in this part of Europe, where the morality of justice is often cut off from power, the answer to that question indicates not only the force of law but also the fate of a society.