As the government and the Socialist Party Parliamentary Group are expected to meet on Friday at the Brigades Palace, the analyst says the prime minister needs a political team ready for a “360-degree war”
As the Socialist Party talks about a cabinet reshuffle at Friday’s meeting at the Brigades Palace, analyst and security expert Ilir Kulla believes that Prime Minister Edi Rama does not simply need a change of names, but a political team to cope with the situation created by the protests and the tense political climate.
Invited to the podcast “Të Pashoj”, Kulla said that Rama has made changes to the government several times, but according to him, the problem does not lie in replacing ministers.
” No, now is the time to see what changes he will make. Because it is not just a matter of changing names. Rama has changed many names. Rama knows one thing very well, that if it were not for Rama, they would all be unable to lay eggs and would leave within a day. So, Rama is their strength, but Rama is also their weakness. So Rama knows it very well and must create a team and a squad that will be ready for war. Yes, a 360-degree war ,” said Kulla.
According to the analyst, if the prime minister aims for a real refresh of the government, he should return to the Socialist Party and the people who have supported this political force over the years.
” The point is that, in order to make a completely political name for himself, Rama must return to the party. Because half of those people who have come out in the streets, in the last elections voted for the Socialist Party. These people must go down to the grassroots and the grassroots look them in the eye and say: ‘You lied to us once, twice, three times, four times, five, six, seven times’. These stories about opening chapters or making reforms no longer have any impact on the grassroots ,” he said.
Kulla also brought an example from his political experience during Fatos Nano’s government, saying that citizens are not convinced by statistics or achievements announced by the government, but by the solution to their daily problems.
” I remember the period when I was close to Fatos Nano and we were campaigning in Korça. We were proud of the reforms that the government had made, but the villagers would say to us: ‘Sir, I have my own problems. Do you have anything you can do to solve this problem for me today?’ This was also one of the reasons why we lost the 2005 elections. Politics is not measured only by the reforms you say you have made, but by the ability to provide answers to people’s problems ,” declared Kulla.
In conclusion, the analyst said that the prime minister’s main challenge is not only the composition of the new cabinet, but how he will rebuild the relationship with the party and the citizens.
” The problem is with which instrument Mr. Rama will return to dialogue with his party, with which instrument he will dialogue with the people who are in the square and who represent the people, and above all with which people he will govern ,” concluded Kulla.