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Who donated the System to Edi Rama?

2026-09-22 17:14:00 / POLITIKË ALFA PRESS
Who donated the System to Edi Rama?

Today, Edi Rama controls political power and the opposition constantly denounces the distortion of elections, the use of administration, pressure on voters and inequality in the race. But before we ask just what Rama has done to the elections, we must ask another question: Who built the system with which these elections are held?

The answer takes us back to 2008.

Sali Berisha and Edi Rama changed the Constitution and the electoral architecture of Albania overnight with a political dirty trick. The system with 100 deputies elected in single-member districts and 40 proportional mandates was replaced by regional proportional, with 12 multi-member districts. The justification at the time was to eliminate the deformations of the old system and the “Dushku” phenomenon.

But after 18 years, we have a political obligation to ask: What did the 2008 system produce?

In the first attempt, in 2009, the coalition led by Berisha only won 70 seats, even though Berisha was the Prime Minister and managed and controlled the elections himself. So, it did not manage to get the 71 votes to govern. To create a majority, Berisha needed an agreement with Ilir Meta, his political opponent. Then came 2013. Then 2017. Then 2021. And 2025. The right not only did not return to power, but its electoral map shrank. 

It is enough to compare 2021 with 2025.

In Shkodra, the DP's margin over the SP was around 15.7 points in 2021. In 2025 it shrank to around 2.4 points. In Lezha, the DP had around 47.4% against the SP's 38% in 2021. In 2025 the two forces practically came to a draw. In Dibër, from an almost equal race in 2021, the SP went to around 56.7% in 2025, while the DP coalition around 37.1%.

In Durrës, the SP's advantage widened, from around 50.3% to 41.4%, to around 53.4% ​​to 37.5%. In Tirana, the SP remained at around 48%, while the main opposition dropped from around 39.1% to 34.5%. In Elbasan, the gap widened sharply, from around 55.2% to 37.1%, to around 61.4% to 27.8%. In Korça, from around 48.9% to 40.8%, we went to around 55.9% to 32.6%.

In Berat, the SP went from about 56% to 60.7%, while the main opposition from about 30.4% to 27.3%. In Fier, the difference becomes dramatic, from about 52.8% to 37.3% in 2021, to about 64.4% to 23.5% in 2025. In Vlora, from about 57.9% to 31.5%, to about 60.4% to 24.5%. In Gjirokastra, from about 53.8% to 30.7%, to about 64.3% to 27.1%.

While Kukës remains one of the districts where the right maintains its lead, although the vote configuration has changed significantly.

These figures do not prove that the electoral system is the sole cause of the right's losses. There are political, organizational, candidacy, participation, electoral administration, and many other factors.

But they prove one thing: The problem is much bigger than a pair of elections.

And here begin the questions that Sali Berisha cannot avoid indefinitely: Why did you change the system in 2008?

What did the right gain from it?

Why don't you demand a radical change in the electoral system today?

Why are you entering elections again with a system that itself denounces it as part of a process that does not guarantee the vote?

And above all: Do you really believe that the right can take power with these rules?

If the answer is YES, it must explain how. If the answer is NO, it must explain why it continues to enter the elections without placing changing the system and guaranteeing the vote at the center of the political battle.

Even Edi Rama cannot hide behind the law. Having a system written in the Constitution and the Electoral Code does not automatically mean that you have a fair competition. Rama must be held accountable for the power he exercises today.

Berisha must answer for the system he accepted yesterday and the strategy with which he seeks power today. One benefits from the system. The other complains about the system. But the 2008 system bears the political signature of both.

That's why Albania doesn't need another Rama-Berisha bargain over election rules. It needs a system where votes have as much equal weight as possible, mandates reflect the political will of citizens as accurately as possible, and election administration is not the property of parties.

Because elections are not won the day the votes are counted. Democracy is won or lost the day the rules of the game are written. And after 18 years, the question remains:

Sali Berisha, why did you give Albania this system and why don't you want to change it?

Edi Rama, why is it so convenient for you to keep him?

Albania is still waiting for these two answers. /AGORA

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