"Crime makes votes", "gangs beat us..." - The self-exposing dilemma of political swindling

2026-05-21 19:44:40Pikëpamje SHKRUAR NGA YLLI MANJANI
"Crime makes votes", "gangs beat us..." - The self-exposing
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For years, a part of politics has been repeating the same song: "crime makes votes", "gangs beat us", "criminals decided the result".

At first it may sound like an alarm. When repeated endlessly, it turns into self-exposing.

Because what is a party or politician hiding behind this excuse really admitting?!

That a wanted person, a suspect, or a "criminal" has more political influence, more trust, more organization, and more mobilization skills than the parties themselves, which exist solely to do politics?!

Yes, this is called political capitulation.

Parties are created to convince people, to get votes, to organize society and to win elections. Not criminals. If the “criminal” won in this race, then the problem is not only him. The problem is politics that has failed in its function.

You can complain once. You can request an investigation twice.

But when loss is always justified by "crime," then the accusation ceases to be and becomes an alibi for incompetence.

In the end, the political quackery arrives at a dilemma that reveals itself:

either it must accept that the "criminal" does politics better than professional parties and politicians; or it must accept that the people, who choose that influence over the political offer, are themselves criminalized.

And they don't have the courage to say this openly.

Therefore, they remain in ritual complaints, periodic lamentations, and permanent alibi.

But beware: logic is ruthless.

If you always lose to "crime", then either you don't know how to do politics, or you no longer have any connection to the society you claim to represent.

That's how I see this job, to be honest.


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