President, Don’t ‘Wash Your Hands’!

Even Pilate thought that by remaining silent, he would save himself. But Pilate was not innocent. In every society, laws reflect the values that society embraces. If a law is just, it stands on moral foundations, on irreversible truths, and on a proper understanding of human nature. But when laws are built on fluid ideologies crafted by the globalist left, they become the most dangerous tools for the silent transformation of society. Prime Minister Rama called the Gender Equality Law “very noble,” elevating it to the rank of a European civilizational achievement. Yet, when a “noble” law must be defended with arrogance, labeling, contempt for protesters, and rhetoric in the style of “let the dogs bark, the caravan moves on,” Rama’s false nobility masks evil through the arrogant language of political moralizing. The current form of the Gender Equality Law is neither neutral nor innocent, nor “European” as the Prime Minister presents it. The law is at the core of the ideological agenda of the left, long promoted in international circles funded by transnational foundations like Soros, with the clear aim of dismantling traditional concepts of biological sex, family, and theistic anthropology. The ontological truth in Genesis that “God created man in his image; male and female he created them” (Genesis 1:27) reveals that gender cannot be a social construct but is an essence engraved in human nature. The Gender Equality Law seeks to relativize this truth, erasing natural differences and replacing them with fluid identities defined by momentary feelings. As Roger Scruton warned: “When truth becomes relative, ideology replaces reality.” This is precisely what such laws do: biological reality is replaced by ideological reality, and a new social, psychological, and ethnocultural paradigm is imposed. Politics then becomes the new moral authority. President Begaj, at the end of the legal deadline, may remain silent. But Albania does not need this silence! He can approve, return, or remain silent — these are the three legal options for the president regarding bills passed by the Albanian Parliament. Yet, silence during the twenty-day deadline automatically enacts the law. If the president remains silent on such a momentous act, it recalls Pontius Pilate, who, instead of defending justice, chose silence: “I am innocent of this righteous man’s blood” (Matthew 27:24), leaving the decision for Christ’s crucifixion to the Judean clergy of the time. But Pilate was not innocent. He became part of evil through inaction. Similarly, the president, by not acting, gives the green light to the most debated law of recent years. Silence is not neutrality; it is passive collaboration. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the Christian martyr who challenged Hitler, wrote: “Silence in the face of evil is evil. Inaction is action. God will hold us accountable.” Through silence, President Begaj ignores protests from hundreds of citizens, petitions signed by tens of thousands, families, religious communities, professors, and parents demanding that the law not be enacted. Silence is more than irresponsibility — it is an effective tool to dismantle collective morality. Hannah Arendt, in her analysis of totalitarianism, formulated the concept of the “banality of evil,” explaining that “evil is not performed by demons, but by bureaucrats who say: I am just doing my duty.” By remaining silent without public explanation, the president acts in the same manner: a neutral figure allowing processes to flow, believing it will save him. Yet this is exactly the essence of the banality of evil: failing to oppose it. Pilate was no less guilty than the crowd demanding the crucifixion. The crowd shouted; Pilate remained silent. History judged him. History will judge the president not for what he did, but for what he did not dare to do. These are the final hours that can elevate a president to the status of a respected statesman or condemn him to the bounds of pragmatism and shame. There are four fundamental reasons why the president’s silence is inherently wrong. Silence legitimizes evil! Inaction enshrines an ideologically distorted law into the legal framework of the country. Silence becomes a seal, betraying the constitutional role! The president is the guardian of balance and institutional morality, not the government’s notary. When a law contradicts the values of the majority, the president is the last brake. Silence delegitimizes this role. Silence represents the moral abandonment of society. While citizens protested with signs reading “There are only two genders, male and female,” the president should have listened to their pain. But he shut himself in the sterile tower of the presidency. Silence sets a dangerous precedent. Tomorrow, any ideological law could pass unopposed because the president has demonstrated that fear outweighs duty. This is the moral darkness through which nations slide toward liberal-faced autocracies. Thousands of citizens gathered to oppose the law, defending family values, biological identity, and children’s right to grow free from gender ideology. Rama reacted with contempt, dismissing the protests as insignificant and saying: “Let the dogs bark, the caravan moves on.” This phrase is not from a democratic leader but from an ideologue who sees people as numbers, a valueless entity, background noise. Leaders like this often call themselves “noble” and their opponents “dogs.” A law that must impose silence to pass cannot be noble. A law against the majority’s will is anti-democratic. The Gender Equality Law is neither noble nor innocent. It is a cornerstone in the leftist ideological project to reshape humanity and the family according to anti-human and countercultural models. By remaining silent, the president does not stand with the people, social morality, or freedom. He stands with fear. And fear is the window through which darkness enters. Bonhoeffer was right: “Inaction is action.” Even Pilate thought silence would save him. But history judged him. History will judge the president not for what he did, but for what he did not dare to do. These are the final hours that can elevate a president to a respected statesman or confine him to pragmatism and shame.