The “Loyal Presence” initiative, presented as an engagement by Socialist MPs in the field, has once again left three well-known SP figures out of the public spotlight. This Friday as well, Elisa Spiropali, Fatmir Xhafaj and Erion Braçe did not publish any announcements on their social media about meeting points with citizens.
The rest of the group has published its engagements
According to information made public online, MPs from the SP parliamentary group have been deployed in the field as part of “Loyal Presence” and have posted their meeting points with citizens on their social media.
In this publicly curated picture, the absence of announcements from the three MPs stands out for the second consecutive time, after the same observation last Friday as well.
Spiropali without any meeting announcement
There appears to be no post on Elisa Spiropali’s profile about any field engagement during this Friday.
Her latest Facebook post is an updated profile photo, not an announcement of a meeting with citizens.
Xhafaj posts from the committee, not from the field
Fatmir Xhafaj also did not publish any meeting point as part of the initiative.
His latest post is related to the meeting held a day earlier by the parliamentary committee he chairs, leaving his participation in “Loyal Presence” this Friday without any public reflection.
Braçe posts about garbage in Selitë
Rather than promoting meetings with citizens, Erion Braçe’s latest Facebook post was a denunciation at midday over the failure to collect garbage in Selitë.
In his case as well, there was no announcement of a meeting point or field activity as part of the initiative announced by the Socialists.
The absence of announcements does not necessarily prove a physical absence from the field, but it does show that the public version of “Loyal Presence” is not being presented in the same way by all MPs.
Precisely when a political initiative seeks to present itself as direct contact with citizens, gaps in minimal online transparency remain as much a part of the story as the posts themselves.