Berisha: We will turn economic growth back into well-being for citizens’ pockets

The leader of the Democratic Party, Sali Berisha, has declared that his political force will put economic growth back at the service of citizens’ well-being, putting an end to misery and dealing a decisive blow to poverty.

Speaking from the “Rostrum of Renewal” in Lezhë, Berisha criticised the current government, comparing the behaviour of the majority’s MPs to that of individuals who carry out orders without asking about the consequences. He stressed that they vote for every act and law without taking citizens’ interests into account.

Berisha pointed to the rise in the price of oil, saying that while governments in other countries intervened to soften it, in Albania the subsidy for villagers was removed. According to him, this shows a total lack of sensitivity towards farmers, who risk leaving their land fallow.

“We have reached a stage… if we descend to the psychological plane, man has all the moral values and virtues, but I tell you that man also has barbarity in the depths of his psychology. A great scholar went to a trial in which a German officer who had taken part in the extermination of several million Jews was being judged. And she said to herself, now I will see the real monster. When she went there she found a man who was blindly carrying out orders.

She found a man who, like Edi Rama’s MPs, blindly votes against citizens. No, he said, I was carrying out orders. What do these MPs do? They vote for every act, every law without asking whether you exist. Forgive me, did oil rise because of the conflict in the Middle East? It rose everywhere. In every country in the world, the government intervened to lower oil. And this one, precisely this year, took away even that subsidy from the villagers. What does this show? It shows that you have a terrible lack of feeling for the great problems of that farmer. With what will he work the land? With a plough. With his arms, or he will leave it fallow. A total disregard. We will put an end to this”, Berisha said.

He promised to restore the moral virtues that have sustained the nation, focusing on help for the poorest and the most helpless.

Among concrete promises, Berisha announced that the state burden on citizens will be halved, entrepreneurs will have fair and free competition, while the farmers of Lezhë will benefit from the same subsidy as those of neighbouring countries. The Open Balkan will be cancelled in the first week of government, while a living minimum of 200 euros will be set for every citizen.

“We will restore that moral virtue which has sustained our nation for centuries, the help that was for the poorest, the most helpless.

Whereas today we will, with all our force, turn economic growth back into well-being for citizens’ pockets.

“I guarantee you that we will base all of this country’s development once again on the ability, the mind, the creative genius of Albanian citizens. The state burden on them will be halved. Entrepreneurs will have fair, free competition. The farmers of Lezhë will have the same subsidy that the farmers of the surrounding countries have. The Open Balkan will be cancelled in the first week of government. A living minimum of 200 euros will be set for every citizen. So, one thing I assure you: we will part with misery and deal a decisive blow to poverty. I therefore invite you to prepare the DP for this great mission of renewing this blessed country, which a criminal organisation in government is ruining more and more every day”, Berisha declared further.