Agron Shehaj, head of the Possibility Party, and analyst Alban Dudushi took part in a debate on the show ”Të Paekspozuarit”. Dudushi described Shehaj’s rhetoric as hypocrisy. According to him, Shehaj would behave differently if he were in Italy, while in Albania he takes a different stance toward protests and does not condemn the violence.
Dudushi: What bothers me about Agron and when I see him in his activity in this revolution? What bothers me is that if Agron were in Italy, if he were in Milan, he would face these dissatisfied people. Here in Albania he sides with the protest and shouts at the police: “Where does the protest end?” To me it seems like the same political bipolarity. On one hand, in Italy he acts like a full-blooded Italian, in Albania he acts like a second-generation emigrant.
Shehaj: I didn’t think we would make it personal. You don’t know who I live with. If you want it personal, we’ll make it personal.
Dudushi: If you went out in Italy and did this publicly, either your doors would be closed or you would face charges like this American who has been arrested now. You wouldn’t have this chance. There is nothing personal here. This is a political problem. What makes Agron unbelievable to me as a politician is that he would stand on a street corner with his cell phone and say: “Who do you think will be the prime minister of Albania?” Agron, who clashes with the police there.
Pasolini had a letter for students: “You are the sons of wealthy fathers,” and I am with the police. I don’t know what Pasolini would say today. You come from business, you enter politics as a right-winger, you can’t say a word about businesses. Agron, in Italy he knows what political class there is, and they have distanced themselves from violence. This is a position that honors the other.
The trick here is the protest, because there are many who hover around the protest, because they think that energy will lift them to the crest. These people think like Sefiria, that the big wave will carry them to shore. This protest will bring an epochal change in Albania, but I don’t know where Agron will be. Change will happen when this protest has the maturity to either force these people to stand aside or dissolve them within itself, so that they don’t have their prime ministerial ambitions.
Shehaj: Sir, when it comes to attacking me, you compare the protest with Italy. I know that representatives of the majority don’t come to clash. It is unfair that you come here allegedly wearing the analyst’s hat, while you are hardened militants of the majority.
Dudushi: For the benefits you have?
Shehaj: Family benefits. A journalist once said he suspected wealthy journalists.
Dudushi: Tell me what property benefits I have from power. This is taking things personally. Tell me now, because I will report you to court for slander and you will pay my loans for 20 years. Don’t show me your militancy.
Shehaj: Oh, you scared me!
Dudushi: This is not a threat. Tell those you have on the third floor not to write to me anymore. If you want it personal, let’s go. I don’t speak with the skeleton in the closet.
Shehaj: Rama’s friends have come to an end.
Dudushi: I won’t let you get involved with me personally or with my family. Either disclose your property benefits, or shut your mouth and stop talking, because you are not a politician.