[Alb-Islam] English: "ALBANIA UNDER THE SHADOW OF GREECE", by Dr. Ismail Bardhi

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ALBANIA UNDER THE SHADOW OF GREECE
by Dr. Ismail Bardhi

Albania’s main problem, as a problem in itself, is the one that it still 
doesn’t want to rely on its own freedom, independence and statehood, be it 
on state or in cultural and national aspect.

It is not possible to forget last year’s turbulence and rebellion, I would 
say also the way in which democracy came: with destruction, irregularities 
and politics based on irrationality. By entering from "totalitarism" to 
"democracy" Albania experienced the shuddering of the time, by blemishing 
the national being and the state itself with non-culturism, non-religionism 
and alike. It is clear that some explanation on what is currently going on 
between the two major clans/parties are not accepted by the Albanian 
officials, but the existential facts prove that the Greek syndrome stands 
behind this scene. There is no need to say anything about the case of Fatos 
Nano and his socialism, knowing that he got his freedom by the rebels as a 
"fugitive" from prison as a criminal, by appearing afterwards on the 
political scene in the center of Greece. Naturally, here the origin of this 
person is irrelevant, but the problem remains in that that he is not 
representing the Albanian state as one from Albania, while his politics is 
well accepted and supported by non-Albanians. His main conformity with them 
is precisely where the Albanian interest is no longer Albanian or, better to 
say where the Albanian interest is at stake.


The main problem these days is that this Albanian policy is preparing for an 
interior war, for a new destruction, for a massacre of Albania. The main 
threat comes from the fact that the legal jurisprudence is not functioning, 
nor does the state with its institutions. The government arrests leaders, 
common people, and especially announces war against Albanians of Islamic 
provenience, and through lies creates nonexistent phenomena such as the 
Islamic "fundamentalism", "terrorism" and alike.

All this can naturally result in state disorder in which the Albanian 
politics will again be forced to seek for military and police help from the 
others, and Nano will surely ask it from Greece. I’m afraid to say, but from 
the theoretic aspect it could be explained that this Albanian politics of 
asking help from Greece could turn into Greek protectorate over Albania. 
Bear in mind the opening of many Greek consulates in Southern Albania, the 
games with refugees, changing Albanian with Greek names, religious 
proselytism, trade in the South with Greek currency, Greek guardians around 
Primeminister’s residence near Tirana, fact that speak in themselves about 
the great threat for the Albanian sovereignty.

This Albanian government/politics is functioning almost according to the 
Enver Hoxha’s system, by making freedom and democracy nonexistent in 
Albania. At the same time it allows the fate of Albania to be determined 
through various phone calls. In this direction the Primeminister himself 
wants Albania to become a police state in which SHIK (the secret service) 
could play havoc in the country.

It is clear that this kind of politics can become problematic for the entire 
region, especially for the Albanian state and the Albanians in general, 
because Albanians in the past, as well as today, were threatened and have 
suffered injustice by two of its neighboring countries: Greece and Serbia. 
For the moment, because of the fighting in Kosova, Serbia is not present on 
the Albanian political scene with its visible slyness, but the fact is that 
while it fights Albanians with weapons, Greece is doing it with politics.

Dr. Ismail Bardhi 
Shkup, 08.09.1998