Former Prime Minister Sali Berisha, during his speech at the DP parliamentary group meeting, admitted that the "Primavere" process was not perfect. Berisha stated that the emerging issues could be used to further improve in other elections that may be held in the future.
He considered the lobbying of candidates as a normal process and said that other candidates should get used to this. Berisha said that the only thing that was not allowed in this process is the involvement of the chairman and party leaders
"By saying excellent, I can't say and I don't claim at all that these were the perfect primaries. These were primaries in which more than 200 candidates participated, all political figures of the DP, but also prominent members of civil society , also the Albanian elites who live and work in the capitals of Europe, Brussels, London, etc. In any type of variant that you analyze, the primaries are the most genuine, most institutional, fairest form of the opening of the party. In these primaries, they were accepted by self-declaration or proposal from branches or membership, all those who have met the basic criteria to participate in the competition.
I said above that these were not perfect, but the practice gained with these primaries, the problems that emerged are a precious asset for us to perfect them in the other rounds of elections. So not to withdraw from them, but to do everything so that this practice is consolidated, transparent, honest, equal for the candidates.
I want to tell you here, we are in the first steps and the sensitivities are normal, but gradually the members, DP sympathizers, reading about this process will find that lobbying, although I personally do not advise and support it, but it is absolutely a constant part of the process.
I say this because everyone who undertakes to compete must know that his rival will be able to mobilize people, groups, personalities from the party, outside the party to create the most positive impact for his candidacy and for we have to learn this. Like, people, interest groups have their right to lobby for the candidate they want. But these are the first. Of course, I do not believe that the chairman of the party should lobby, the main leaders of the party should lobby, as this would violate equality, and I assure you that in the most absolute way, I have not had any kind of bias in this race and there has not been any from the main leaders of the party. the party," said Berisha.