“This December 11 is a broken birthday due to the most cherished value being trampled after putting personal interest above the interest of the Democrats, the interest of Albania, the national interest. But we know that not every birthday goes the way we want, yet we draw lessons from this and move forward. With an open heart, for anyone who has made a mistake but who has genuine motives, with the determination to tell anyone outside our political ranks, outside our political family or who is weaponized within our political family by those who want the Democratic Party split up, you will not succeed, we are united and we will continue united through to the end of our mission, the victory of the Democratic Party, the victory of democracy, the victory of Albania “, declared Basha.

The Democratic Party head described the journey of the Democratic Party as a journey full of challenges nurtured by the most beautiful dreams of the December movement students.

“Some of them have been with us from the moment of our birth, as the first driving force against a barbaric and dictatorial regime, which compromised everything, which tried to conquer not only every space but also the mind, soul and character and destroy it. That impoverished the consciousness of the nation by banning literature, music, art that was not in line with the anti-values of the dictatorship. Surviving this madness is not just luck, it is an indicator of the courage and instinct of survival in this noble nation, of every Albanian, of every Albanian woman. Leading the way out of this abyss, the way out of this protracted transition, was and remains the sacred mission of the Democrats, the sacred mission of the Democratic Party”, declared Basha.

“But, brothers and sisters, no one and nothing can deny the Democrats and Albanians the pride in the great things we have done for this country, from the fall of the dictatorship, to NATO membership, from the unwavering stance for the freedom of Kosovo and the rights of our brothers and sisters in North Macedonia, from the break with the African –like backwardness the communist dictatorship left the country and let us remember today that all these achievements bear the stamp of the Democratic Party and Democrats, sacrifices of the men and women of this political family that we commemorate and before whom we bow down “, added Basha.
According to the DP head, no achievement would have been possible without the support of Albania’s allies.
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