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<\/p>\nEmiljana Ulaj, para disa dit\u00ebsh b\u00ebri betimin si an\u00ebtare e K\u00ebshillit t\u00eb Bashkis\u00eb s\u00eb Uest\u00e7esterit n\u00eb Nju Jork. Si\u00e7 njofton gazetari Burim Goxhuli, zonja Ulaj erdhi n\u00eb Shtetet e Bashkuara n\u00eb mosh\u00ebn 10 vje\u00e7are.<\/p>\n
Familja e saj ishte persekutuar gjat\u00eb regjimit komunist n\u00eb Shqip\u00ebri, nd\u00ebrsa u largua nga vendi m\u00eb 1997, pas kriz\u00ebs s\u00eb shkaktuar nga skemat piramidale.<\/p>\n
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Dit\u00eb m\u00eb par\u00eb politikanIa shqiptaro-amerikane nga radh\u00ebt e Partis\u00eb Demokrate, Emiljana Ulaj, b\u00ebri betimin p\u00ebr postin e an\u00ebtares s\u00eb K\u00ebshillit t\u00eb Bashkis\u00eb s\u00eb Uest\u00e7esterit n\u00eb Nju Jork.<\/p>\n
Zonja Ulaj \u00ebsht\u00eb emigrantja e kat\u00ebrt dhe e dyta me origjin\u00eb shqiptare, pas Vedat Gashit, q\u00eb siguron nj\u00eb vend n\u00eb k\u00ebshillin me 17 an\u00ebtar\u00eb t\u00eb k\u00ebsaj bashkie. Ajo \u00ebsht\u00eb gruaja e par\u00eb shqiptaro-amerikane q\u00eb merr k\u00ebt\u00eb rol n\u00eb Uest\u00e7ester.<\/p>\n
\u201cIshte nj\u00eb dit\u00eb e madhe dhe emocionuese, shum\u00eb dometh\u00ebn\u00ebse p\u00ebr mua si nj\u00eb emigrante, refugjate q\u00eb erdhi n\u00eb k\u00ebt\u00eb vend n\u00eb mosh\u00ebn 10 vje\u00e7are, pa njohuri t\u00eb gjuh\u00ebs angleze, t\u00eb cil\u00ebs m\u00eb von\u00eb iu k\u00ebrkua q\u00eb t\u00eb futet n\u00eb gar\u00eb p\u00ebr an\u00ebtare bashkie dhe q\u00eb u zgjodh n\u00eb at\u00eb rol. Kjo do t\u00eb thot\u00eb shum\u00eb dhe flet mbi at\u00eb se sa i mrekulluesh\u00ebm \u00ebsht\u00eb ky vend, q\u00eb u jep k\u00ebto mund\u00ebsi emigrant\u00ebve. T\u00eb gjith\u00eb t\u00eb shtypurit kudo n\u00eb bot\u00eb mund ta d\u00ebshmojn\u00eb k\u00ebt\u00eb. Un\u00eb mendoj se Amerika \u00ebsht\u00eb nj\u00eb fener ndri\u00e7ues, q\u00eb n\u00ebse jeni i p\u00ebrndjekur kudo n\u00eb bot\u00eb, \u00ebndrra juaj \u00ebsht\u00eb q\u00eb t\u00eb vini k\u00ebtu. Sepse ky \u00ebsht\u00eb vendi ku nuk ka r\u00ebnd\u00ebsi emri i familjes suaj dhe e kaluara juaj. N\u00ebse punoni mund t\u00eb arrini\u201d, thot\u00eb zonja Ulaj n\u00eb nj\u00eb intervist\u00eb p\u00ebr Z\u00ebrin e Amerik\u00ebs.<\/p>\n
Familja e zonj\u00ebs Ulaj u largua nga Shqip\u00ebria m\u00eb 1997, kur vendi ishte zhytur n\u00eb nj\u00eb kriz\u00eb t\u00eb thell\u00eb, disa vite pas r\u00ebnies s\u00eb diktatur\u00ebs komuniste. Ajo dhe familjar\u00ebt e saj q\u00ebndruan si refugjat\u00eb n\u00eb Itali p\u00ebr gati nj\u00eb vit, para se t\u00eb fitonin azilin n\u00eb Shtetet e Bashkuara.<\/p>\n
\u201cNj\u00eb m\u00ebngjes, nj\u00eb familjar i n\u00ebn\u00ebs sime trokiti n\u00eb der\u00ebn ton\u00eb n\u00eb ora 5 dhe na tha se nj\u00eb anije po largohet drejt Italis\u00eb. Na tha se n\u00ebse duam t\u00eb largohemi, duhet t\u00eb ikim tani. Familja vendosi q\u00eb t\u00eb largohej at\u00eb m\u00ebngjes. U larguam papritur. Ishte nj\u00eb koh\u00eb kur gjith\u00e7ka ishte e frikshme. Shkollat ishin mbyllur. Kishte tanke n\u00ebp\u00ebr rrug\u00eb. Njer\u00ebzit blinin arm\u00eb, q\u00eb t\u00eb tjer\u00ebt t\u00eb q\u00ebndronin larg sht\u00ebpive t\u00eb tyre. Ishte nj\u00eb koh\u00eb e pasigurt dhe e frikshme\u201d, thot\u00eb zonja Ulaj.<\/p>\n
Megjith\u00ebse kan\u00eb kaluar vite, zonja Ulaj e cila erdhi n\u00eb Shtetet e Bashkuara n\u00eb mosh\u00eb t\u00eb re, vazhdon t\u00eb kujtoj\u00eb vuajtjet e t\u00eb par\u00ebve t\u00eb saj gjat\u00eb periudh\u00ebs s\u00eb komunizmit n\u00eb Shqip\u00ebri. Ajo thot\u00eb se historit\u00eb me t\u00eb cilat \u00ebsht\u00eb rritur, kan\u00eb ndikuar n\u00eb ambiciet dhe form\u00ebsimin e saj si politikane.<\/p>\n
\u201cFamilja e n\u00ebn\u00ebs time ka qen\u00eb e persekutuar ashp\u00ebr gjat\u00eb komunizmit n\u00eb Shqip\u00ebri. Ata vran\u00eb shtat\u00eb burra t\u00eb familjes s\u00eb saj. Gjyshi im ishte burgosur p\u00ebr dhjet\u00eb vite dhe m\u00eb pas jetoi n\u00eb nj\u00eb kamp internimi pothuajse gjith\u00eb jet\u00ebn e tij, deri kur demokracia erdhi n\u00eb Shqip\u00ebri. N\u00eb kampin e internimit ai takoi gruan e tij, gjyshen time, familja e s\u00eb cil\u00ebs ishte e persekutuar po ashtu. Gjithmon\u00eb kam d\u00ebgjuar k\u00ebto histori nga n\u00ebna ime, vuajtjet e tyre gjat\u00eb atij regjimi politik. T\u00eb gjitha k\u00ebto p\u00ebrvoja, histori t\u00eb n\u00ebn\u00ebs sime, jan\u00eb n\u00eb mendjen time. Shpresoj se ka jet\u00eb pas vdekjes, q\u00eb gjyshi im, i cili vuajti aq shum\u00eb, t\u00eb shoh mbes\u00ebn e tij n\u00eb Amerik\u00eb, q\u00eb \u00ebsht\u00eb b\u00ebr\u00eb pjes\u00eb e politik\u00ebs dhe po ndihmon t\u00eb tjer\u00ebt\u201d, thot\u00eb ajo.<\/p>\n
Mandatin e saj n\u00eb K\u00ebshillin Bashkiak, zonja Ulaj e sheh si nj\u00eb mund\u00ebsi p\u00ebr t\u00eb p\u00ebrmir\u00ebsuar jet\u00ebt e njer\u00ebzve. Disa nga p\u00ebrpar\u00ebsit\u00eb kryesore t\u00eb saj jan\u00eb strehimi i p\u00ebrballuesh\u00ebm dhe burimet e energjis\u00eb s\u00eb rip\u00ebrt\u00ebritshme.<\/p>\n
\u201cShumica e njerz\u00ebve q\u00eb jetojn\u00eb me qira jan\u00eb t\u00eb r\u00ebnduar nga \u00e7mimet e larta. T\u00eb moshuarit dhe ata me at\u00eb ardhura fikse kan\u00eb jet\u00eb t\u00eb v\u00ebshtir\u00eb.<\/p>\n
T\u00eb rinjt\u00eb, pasi mbarojn\u00eb studimet nuk mund t\u00eb p\u00ebrballojn\u00eb nj\u00eb apartament.<\/p>\n
Dikur qiraja ishte nj\u00eb sakrific\u00eb q\u00eb dikush e b\u00ebnte p\u00ebr t\u00eb kursyer para p\u00ebr t\u00eb bler\u00eb nj\u00eb sht\u00ebpi. Njer\u00ebzit nuk po mund t\u00eb kursejn\u00eb dhe kjo sjell probleme tjera. Sht\u00ebpia \u00ebsht\u00eb investim p\u00ebr t\u00eb ardhmen, pensionin tuaj.<\/p>\n
P\u00ebrve\u00e7 k\u00ebsaj, ne kemi nj\u00eb planet q\u00eb duhet ta mbrojm\u00eb p\u00ebr gjeneratat e ardhshme, duke nd\u00ebrtuar burime t\u00eb energjis\u00eb s\u00eb rip\u00ebrt\u00ebritshme. Zgjerimi i transportit publik \u00ebsht\u00eb nj\u00eb \u00e7\u00ebshtje tjet\u00ebr.<\/p>\n
Po ashtu dua t\u00eb shoh mund\u00ebsit\u00eb e angazhimit t\u00eb t\u00eb rinjve n\u00eb procese, t\u00eb d\u00ebgjojm\u00eb z\u00ebrat e tyre, sepse ata do t\u00eb trash\u00ebgojn\u00eb vendimet tona, prandaj duhet t\u00eb ken\u00eb z\u00eb n\u00eb vendimet q\u00eb marrim\u201d, thot\u00eb ajo.<\/p>\n
Zonja Ulaj thot\u00eb se n\u00eb qend\u00ebr t\u00eb mandatit t\u00eb saj t\u00eb par\u00eb jan\u00eb edhe t\u00eb rinjt\u00eb e komunitetit shqiptaro-amerikan, n\u00eb ve\u00e7anti ata q\u00eb duan t\u00eb angazhohen n\u00eb politik\u00eb.<\/p>\n
\u201cNj\u00eb nga sfidat m\u00eb t\u00eb m\u00ebdha kur rritesh si gjenerat\u00eb e par\u00eb emigrant\u00ebsh \u00ebsht\u00eb q\u00eb, kur ke interesim p\u00ebr di\u00e7ka nuk di \u00e7far\u00eb t\u00eb b\u00ebsh, nuk i ke lidhjet e duhura.<\/p>\n
Prind\u00ebrit e mi nuk i kishin lidhjet q\u00eb un\u00eb t\u00eb gjeja nj\u00eb pun\u00eb si praktikante, ose n\u00ebse doja t\u00eb merresha me politik\u00eb, nuk dija kujt t\u2019i drejtohesha.<\/p>\n
Nuk dija me k\u00eb t\u00eb flisja, q\u00eb t\u00eb m\u00eb orientonte n\u00eb at\u00eb fush\u00eb. Prandaj, dua t\u00eb jem nj\u00eb burim p\u00ebr ta, p\u00ebrmes grupeve t\u00eb shoq\u00ebris\u00eb civile, q\u00eb ata t\u00eb ken\u00eb ku t\u00eb drejtohen, q\u00eb t\u00eb lidhen me njer\u00ebzit e duhur n\u00ebse duan t\u00eb angazhohen n\u00eb politik\u00eb, t\u2019u tregoj\u00eb hapat konkret se \u00e7far\u00eb duhet t\u00eb b\u00ebjn\u00eb\u201d.<\/p>\n
Megjith\u00ebse nuk dihen t\u00eb dh\u00ebnat e sakta, sipas zonj\u00ebs Ulaj, rreth 15 mij\u00eb nga gati 1 milion banor\u00ebt e bashkis\u00eb s\u00eb Uest\u00e7esterit jan\u00eb shqiptaro-amerikan\u00eb.<\/p>\n
Bashkia e Uest\u00e7esterit \u00ebsht\u00eb e shtata n\u00eb Nju Jork p\u00ebr nga numri i popullsis\u00eb, me nj\u00eb buxhet prej 2.8 miliard\u00eb dollar\u00ebsh.<\/p>\n
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Emiljana Ulaj, para disa dit\u00ebsh b\u00ebri betimin si an\u00ebtare e K\u00ebshillit t\u00eb Bashkis\u00eb s\u00eb Uest\u00e7esterit n\u00eb Nju Jork. Si\u00e7 njofton gazetari Burim Goxhuli, zonja Ulaj erdhi n\u00eb Shtetet e Bashkuara n\u00eb mosh\u00ebn 10 vje\u00e7are. Familja e saj ishte persekutuar gjat\u00eb regjimit komunist n\u00eb Shqip\u00ebri, nd\u00ebrsa u largua nga vendi m\u00eb 1997, pas kriz\u00ebs s\u00eb shkaktuar […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":70749,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7664,6326,6332],"tags":[29108,29109],"class_list":{"0":"post-70748","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bota","8":"category-politike","9":"category-te-fundit","10":"tag-emri-foto-iku-ne-1997-nga-shqiperia","11":"tag-sot-keshilltare-ne-shba"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jugulajm.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jugulajm.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jugulajm.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jugulajm.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jugulajm.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=70748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jugulajm.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70748\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jugulajm.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/70749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jugulajm.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=70748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jugulajm.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=70748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jugulajm.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=70748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}