Baze: Berisha’s rule is a biological question

Tirana, July 8  – TemA publisher and analyst Mero Baze has described the country’s main opposition party as a defunct political entity serving the personal interests of former Prime Minister Sali Berisha and his family, urging the public to disengage from debates over its future.

Speaking on MCN TV’s “Të Paekspozuarit,” Baze said that the Democratic Party (PD) has lost all relevance for Albanian society and functions solely as a private instrument under Berisha’s control. He suggested the party is no longer political in nature but “biological,” dependent entirely on the aging former leader’s presence.

“There is no longer any point in discussing the Democratic Party,” Baze said. “It is now a personal asset of the Berisha family, detached from any public or ideological mission.”

Berisha, 80, who once served as Albania’s president and later prime minister, has come under increasing scrutiny amid ongoing legal challenges and his party’s internal collapse. Despite losing elections and facing mounting criticism, Berisha continues to lead the PD, which he reclaimed after a power struggle with former party head Lulzim Basha.

Baze noted that the party’s leadership has willingly allowed Berisha to override its own statutes, characterizing this acceptance as a sign of total subservience.

“He claims divine legitimacy,” Baze said. “When someone says they are sent by God, politics can no longer address the issue. It becomes a matter for biology.”

Baze predicted that the Democratic Party would likely dissolve alongside Berisha’s eventual exit from public life, as other political forces fill the vacuum. He concluded that the party, once pivotal in Albania’s post-communist transition, now serves only to block political renewal and hinders democratic rotation.

Berisha, sanctioned by the United States for alleged corruption, denies all charges and remains a polarizing figure in Albanian politics.