"I am a flamingo" - Why Rama treated Spiropali as his rival

2026-11-14 17:23:53Politikë SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

"I am a flamingo" - Why Rama treated Spiropali as his rival

Rama proposed the expulsion of Spiropali from the party, while not knowing on what legal basis he was doing this, since Spiropali is a member of the Assembly and a senior political leader. After Rama made the proposal, Fatmir Xhafa, Pandeli Majko and Erion Braçe reacted.

Rama told them that there is a precedent for expulsion from the party and it is the proceedings of 2007, when he expelled Fatos Nano. This forced analogy of Rama was also his blunder, because in 2007 Fatos Nano was exposed and joined the DP. He appeared at a press conference together with Sokol Olldashi, calling for the socialists to vote for the latter. This action of Nano was an official service to the opposing party with the SP.

Elisa Spiropali, for her part, is criticizing and demanding changes for exactly the opposite, so that the SP does not rot and becomes stronger. With the comparison made, Edi Rama seems to have lost all connection with the statute and regulations of the SP and now he no longer sees rules and political games, but only personal enemies and settling scores with a street mentality.

Another interesting moment was when Rama declared that Elisa Spiropali felt and was a flamingo. The latter, although unprepared for the speech, managed to interpret the flamingos doctrinally and politically, declaring: “If by flamingo you understand the flamingos' demand that the state be separated from the party, yes, I am a flamingo. If by flamingo you understand that persons responsible for major corruption should face justice and not have immunity, yes, I am a flamingo. If by flamingo you understand that the Socialist Party should build an Albania based on meritocracy and not on factions and personal whims, yes, I am a flamingo.”

These two moments of conflict between Spiropali and Rama, where Nano's shadow from Rama's subconscious and the wave of flamingos from his current reality were stirred, are indicators that in fact Edi Rama, both unconsciously and consciously, considers and is treating Spiropali as his rival and potential successor./ Hashtag.al


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