“I have fallen many times in my life, but I have risen as many times. I crushed my knees, but my heart did not allow me to give up. I did it for the first time in the 2005 election when I was the first socialist candidate to feel victorious by recognizing the win of our adversary.”

I have always done it in these years and I will continue to do it again as part of a morality that tends to find reason and justice even now after April 25, because I am convinced that the potential success of the reconfirmed government run by Edi Rama is not medals for him, but a public good, ” said Duka.

Just as , he continued, I am convinced that the failure of Edi Rama-run government does not befall the Prime Minister who holds a temporary function, but the Albanian citizen and society.

“I have followed behind Lulëzim Basha even when I did not have the same opinion, I did not consent at any moment to the decision to relinquish the mandates, nor to the boycott of local elections, although I have always respected the decision-making within the coalition. These wrong decisions cost us dearly. We can not blame the political rival for taking advantage of our mistakes but on the contrary, we must correct ourselves so as not to repeat them in the future even though I have considered those decisions wrong and I have conscientiously agreed and for that I blame myself and not others.

“I wholeheartedly want the Democratic Party and Lulëzim Basha to draw the right lessons from this defeat and win the next match. Congratulations to the winners for the next four years and may we work together for a strong and constructive opposition leading the country through the integration processes. AEP will be at the service of farmers, ranchers, agri-processors, ie at the service of all strata for which it exists as a political force. “Thank you and deep gratitude to all those who trusted and voted me, pledging that I will be with them and for them through to the end without any reservations,” Duka said
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