Invited on the morning show “Kafe Shqeto”, Juxhin Gjoni, member of the Brain Gain department, commented on the lack of political education in the country. He criticized the behavior of Albanian voters who, according to him, continue to support a government that has forced them to emigrate.
Gjoni called the electoral will of the diaspora incomprehensible, comparing it to voting trends in Europe, which this year shifted to the right. He criticized the government’s approach toward emigrants, calling the offer to return home a mockery of citizens’ real needs.
“We don’t want coffee, we want jobs,” he said, emphasizing that Albanians need dignity and the conditions for a good life in the country. He stressed that the Democratic Party has the duty to inform citizens and represent their voice both inside and outside the country.
In the end, Gjoni highlighted the importance of international lobbying, adding that the current government understands this well and practices it.
Juxhin Gjoni: I believe that our whole problem comes down to political education.
I think we are still stuck on the idea of: “Give me the vote for someone of mine, help me…”
Because it makes no sense when a government has taken me away from my country, from my home, has pushed me into emigration, has put me in a dinghy, and yet I still come back to give it my vote, and take the dinghy again, my brother takes it, my sister takes it.
So it’s something that is inconceivable, it’s something that I find very difficult to understand — the will of the Albanian people, especially from the diaspora.
Again I say it, Europe turned the vote 180 degrees this year, turned it toward the right-wing parties because they see problems with immigration, they see problems with the economy, they see problems with development.
Here in Albania, what are people waiting for to change their vote? I truly don’t understand it.
I say it personally — the Prime Minister says, “Come back,” okay, I want to come back, what do you give me?
He says, “Come because we have better coffee than in Belgium.”
We don’t want coffee, we want jobs, we want to have a good life in Albania, we want to have dignity — dignity doesn’t come in Europe because we have beautiful mountains.
The Democratic Party must inform, it is our duty, it is the duty of our political brothers to see the reality.
They can write whatever they want, they can read it however they want, we have the duty to inform, we have the duty to bring our voice here in Albania.
We also have the duty to lobby in America.
If you don’t lobby today, it is very difficult. Rama knows this, Rama lobbies.
I see in these last two days they say: “No, it’s the opposition’s fault, the doctor’s fault, etc.”
But how can it be the opposition’s fault when the government promotes MPs who only insult, promotes MPs who only do patronage work, and bring nothing logical to the youth?
