A few hours after the Freedom Party Presidency decided that he would run on the open list of the Tirana district for the "PD-Greater Albania" coalition, Ilir Meta reacted from prison through a post on Facebook.
Meta states that the Presidency's proposal was for him to run on the closed list, but emphasized that it was a personal request to run on the open list, as he sees this as an important step in the political battle he is leading.
The PL leader further states that great victories can only be achieved thanks to extreme sacrifices, so he demands maximum commitment from his supporters for these elections despite the difficult conditions they face.
He also remembers the 2005 race where, after splitting from the SP and founding the LSI, he competed in the majoritarian system, emerging triumphant in Tirana.
ILIR META'S REACTION:
I thank the Presidency of the Freedom Party, which initially proposed me to be a candidate for MP on the closed lists, but which last night approved my request that Ilir Meta, even in extreme conditions of isolation, will be a candidate for MP on the open list of the Tirana District.
The Freedom Party (LSI) and Ilir Meta were the first to advocate open lists. Ilir Meta, along with several colleagues, went on a hunger strike in 2008 against the constitutional changes that introduced closed lists and killed true parliamentarism.
Ilir Meta in 2005, for all those who have lost their memory, even though he had the opportunity to become an MP through the proportional system, made an important political act by placing himself only in the majoritarian one because for me, unblocking the country's European process was more important than simply guaranteeing a mandate as an MP. I did not create a party to become an MP but to guarantee political rotation and to unblock the country's European integration.
Even today, for all those who have their eyes on my forehead and saw my criminal kidnapping and who know where I am, I say to them that despite being in extreme conditions of isolation, it is my duty to lead the Freedom Party by my example and to fight with all my might to show everyone that this is a battle that first and foremost requires extreme sacrifices to be won and not petty short-term calculations by those who think that politics is narrative or perception.
Ilir Meta, with his example from cell No. 5, shows that he fights for great causes and that he does not betray the causes he believes in.
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I thank everyone for their understanding and support in this historic battle for the victory of the "DP-Alliance for a Greater Albania" coalition, which is our major goal. VICTORY! (A2 Televizion)
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