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Rama and Berisha in sync in the fight against SPAK, while Basha in Munich
2026-02-16 14:00:40 / IDE
There are moments in politics when opponents seem like sworn enemies, but history shows that they are often simply two sides of the same coin. Today, more than ever, Edi Rama and Sali Berisha are speaking with the same voice when it comes to SPAK.
Rama's attacks on SPAK are no longer implicit. Today we saw the true face of Edi Rama when he spoke with nerves and gritted his teeth against SPAK. The fact that justice has entered the heart of the Prime Minister's Office, when investigations affect close people, his rhetoric immediately changes. The Prime Minister, who once proclaimed the justice reform as a personal triumph, today openly threatens the institution that was born precisely from that reform.
On the other hand, Berisha is not far behind. His attacks on the former head of SPAK, Altin Dumani, are continuous, harsh, filled with accusations and insinuations. The rhetoric is the same: justice is being captured, it is political, it is being commanded. Are you saying that being prime minister or former prime minister makes you immune from the law? Are you saying that a vote is a certificate of innocence? Are you saying that a vote justifies theft?
Lord Acton would write that: “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” When power feels threatened, it no longer defends principles, but itself. This is precisely where Rama and Berisha meet. One in office, the other in opposition, but both with the same concern: uncontrolled justice. One afraid of the approaching investigations, the other of the burdensome files. The fight against SPAK thus becomes a silent synchrony between them not for principles, but for political survival.
Meanwhile, on the other side of this political reality, stands a figure who chose a different path. Lulzim Basha was the only high-level politician who publicly and clearly sided with SPAK from day one. He made difficult decisions that weighed heavily on his shoulders to confront a system. He declared political war not only on Rama, but also on Meta and Berisha, placing justice above electoral calculation. Today, he is no longer in active Albanian politics, but in the meantime he is invited to international forums such as the Munich Security Conference, one of the most important events in diplomacy and global security.
In the international arena, weight is not measured only by formal mandate, but by credibility and political profile. An invitation to such a conference is not a matter of protocol, but of credibility. It is related to how you are perceived in relation to democracy, the rule of law and strategic positions.
His early and public support for SPAK has created a profile that is read abroad as a principled stance, regardless of the political cost at home. The irony is strong and clear, domestically justice is attacked; abroad the model of the politician who supported him is appreciated even though today he is without a mandate as an MP and is one of us.
Aristotle wrote that “The law must rule.” In Albania, it seems that our historical problem in this hybrid democracy has been precisely this, the political power has wanted to rule the law. Today, SPAK is the test of whether this cycle will be broken or not.
Rama and Berisha may seem like eternal rivals, but when it comes to justice knocking on the door, they are in sync. Equal in nerve, equal in attack, equal in fear.
In the end, justice is either for everyone or it is for no one. The moment the government starts treating itself as an exception to the law, then the problem is no longer institutional, it is moral.
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