Ylli Manjani: What is Edi Rama "afraid of"?!

2026-02-28 13:32:23Pikëpamje SHKRUAR NGA YLLI MANJANI
Ylli Manjani: What is Edi Rama "afraid of"?!
Edi Rama

By Ylli Manjani

Fear protects the vineyard, but it does not change power.
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The theory that "Rama is a coward" and that he makes decisions out of "fear and pressure" became a myth.
Booozê millet!

Give the order, sir!
Black meliiiiiii..!

According to this theory, Rama is afraid of internationals or SPAK. Sometimes he is also afraid of his own people who sabotage him from within... He even ends up being afraid of opposition protests...
In short, the "Rama the coward" theory develops in the most diverse forms and combinations.
Meanwhile, this "coward" Rama has officially dominated political life in the country since 1999. Since that year, he has officially climbed into the machine of power and does not know how to get off, beyond the ups and downs in the hierarchy of public positions he has held.

Here is how the "coward" is on top of the horse, without a single thorn in his foot. Rama is "afraid" of everything and of many people, but fear alone is not enough to get off the horse. For some, even the "cardboard" lives in power....

Booze meliiii!
Urdhnoni, zotni...!

Meanwhile, the "coward Rama" theory, with which theorists comfort their reasoning in public analysis, becomes increasingly meaningless and illogical.

Logic dictates that a coward and someone who could be blackmailed by foreigners or justice should have left and not reigned in power, right?! Even more so in a "cardboard government" or as a "paper tiger"...

Sorry, but this is not recognizing political reality or the effect of the fear theory.
Of course, the idea that Rama, like every human being in the world, has his fears cannot be ruled out. But as a politician, fear would have removed him from his uninterrupted power of 26 years, 13 of which as Prime Minister.

So either fear dominates and the politician leaves politics because of it, or as long as he remains successful in politics, fear is not a factor.

The version that he is afraid, while continuing to successfully dominate political life, makes the fear theory ridiculous.
And in fact, that's how it turns out.
He is afraid of the EU, while he regularly eats and drinks with EU leaders.

He is afraid of America, while he has cordially met all its presidents over the years. Not to mention the countless high-ranking officials he knows and talks to.
He is afraid of the new justice system he has created himself, it is even more ridiculous as a thesis.

He is afraid of elections and, only wins them deeper and deeper, from election to election. Due to the fear of elections, he still remains the most voted politician in the country. We can debate whether or not it is by absolute vote, but that he is the most voted cannot be denied by any theory or hostility.

So, yes, there is fear, but is this "fear" that keeps you in power a good thing or a bad thing?
This is what I can't understand from the articulated theory of fear...!

Well, the idea that Rama is afraid is similar to our long-standing vain hope that "the allies will land". While we were waiting for the landing, we were fed up with the "coward" of the time...
The theory that successful leaders are cowards is in their favor. They think that it is not their fault that they are where they are and do what they do because "fear" is the fault...


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