The leader of the Democratic Party, Sali Berisha, has invited young people to become the faces and messengers of the opposition campaign to win the May 11 elections. At the conference "Electoral Campaign and Communication", Berisha asked young people to convey the DP's electoral program to every door and to every citizen, which is for reducing poverty, reducing taxes, increasing salaries and pensions, reducing energy costs for citizens and businesses, and supporting businesses.
Excerpt from Berisha's speech
Doubling salaries and pensions, this is also a magnificent act. Where do we base this talk about a Great Albania? We base it because we have achieved many magnificent moments. But they still did not create what we say, a Great Albania. No, Great Albania will be an Albania that will not know extreme poverty. We have found its key. What is the key? We will return the money to the Albanians. The money collected from their income, a good part will go to salaries and pensions. We do not tell pensioners that we will not put money in your fund because Albania is collapsing.
Albania will collapse if you leave them in a miserable state. So we will establish a living wage. No Albanian will receive less than 200 euros. Pensions will increase. The minimum wage will be 500 euros. The average wage will be 1200 euros.
The maximum salary will not be affected because the difference between the average salary and the maximum salary is deeper than in any other country that I know of on the planet. Because that's how they did it in their mindset. But again, this is not Great Albania. This is Albania beyond pain. Great Albania is Made in Albania.
Will we make Albania a hotel or a country that produces goods everywhere for its citizens, that will return fabulous wealth to its citizens? Albania has world wealth in its underground reserves. It has some of the most fertile land that can be made. It is a country with more water than any country in the region. They destroyed Albania's production. They destroyed it by setting standards that do not exist anywhere in trade. They destroyed its production with narcoeuros.
Every week, export companies are closing due to the 35 percent drop in the value of the euro. And what is the euro? It's the narcoeuro! Imagine, from 2023-2024, exports fell by 32 percent. Thousands and thousands of Albanians lost their jobs and were forced to leave the country. Is it possible to protect them? Absolutely.
The government protects the exchange rate, compensates for the exchange rate that drugs have lowered against the euro, and compensates exporters for the amount the euro has fallen, and hundreds of jobs are not lost and production is not blocked. So, Made in Albania will be a matter of national pride.
It will be the main generator of your employment. It will be the place of your success. Your startups will be supported in every way for their success. Albania will be the country with the lowest taxes in Europe. Albania will have the lowest energy price and will become a regional energy superpower. Albania has extraordinary potential for energy production from the sun, water, wind and gas.
All of these are potentials that have been blocked until today due to corruption, arbitrariness, and the lack of a justice system. We will return strongly so that Albanian citizens can buy energy as cheaply as possible. Energy for businesses will be reduced, it will go down from 24 lek to 6 lek.
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