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Dështimi i Shqipërisë për t’u shkëputur rrënjësisht nga diktatura e saj brutale komuniste ka shtrembëruar kujtesën për të kaluarën dhe ka dëmtuar tranzicionin e saj nga shoqëria post-totalitare në një demokraci funksionale. Autor:   Altin Gjeta   |   BIRN  |   Tiranë Email Pinterest Facebook Twitter More Printo Muzeu “Shtëpa me Gjethe” | Foto nga : LSA Ky mars shënoi 30-vjetorin e fillimit të Lëvizjes Studentore që i hapi rrugë rënies së regjimit komunist hoxhist, i cili sipas studiuesit Neil Kritz i Institutit Amerikan për Paqen, ishte një nga regjimet më staliniste dhe më të mbyllura në botë. Për rreth gjysmë shekulli, regjimi komunist në Shqipëri ndërtoi dhe qeverisi nëpërmjet Sigurimit të Shtetit, një nga aparatet më shtypëse në botë. Në fund të viteve 1980, ai numëronte rreth dhjetë mijë persona të rekrutuar zyrtarisht, ndërsa më shumë se 1/3 e popullsisë së rritur ishte pjesë e rrjetit informativ të shërbimit famëkeq. Nën drejtimin politik të elitës komuni...

This March marked the 30th anniversary of the first multi-party elections in Albania that followed the fall of the communist regime, which, according to Neil Kritz, researcher at the American Institute for Peace, was one of the most tightly closed regimes in the world. For about half-a-century, this brutal regime built and ruled through the State Security Service, known as the Sigurimi in Albanian, one of the most oppressive secret police apparatuses in the world. By the late 1980s, it is estimated to have recruited tens of thousands of people, while more than one third of the total population formed part of its extensive information network. Under the leadership of the communist elite, the Sigurimi is estimated to have executed more than 6,000 people, investigated, persecuted, imprisoned for life and interned in inhumane prisons and camps thousands more, while instilling fear in every corner of Albania. This half-century-long regime transformed Albania into a massive detention camp. T...

  From:   Altin Gjeta   12-05-2021 at 20:26 Nearly three weeks ago Albania held the 10th general elections since it embarked on its democratic transition in the beginning of the 90s. The ruling Socialist Party, led by Prime Minister Edi Rama won a thin majority, though sufficient to form a new government in September when the tenure of the new parliament kicks off. This will make Rama the only incumbent Premier to win a third term in the history of post-communist Albania.  However, Rama’s victory is set to foreclose the fragile democratic life and struggling – and finally tear down the democratic façade upheld by the international community throughout Albania’s prolonged transition. In a great part, it is the international community who has nurtured the old and corrupt elite’s grip to power through its actions and non-actions only for the sake of security and stability of Albania. Brussels and Washington’s policy, the most influential international players in Tirana,...