Legaliteti
| Legaliteti | |
.svg) Flag of the Legaliteti |
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| Secretary General | Abaz Kupi |
| founding | 1941 |
| resolution | 1945 |
| headquarters | Mat ( Albania ) |
| Alignment | Monarchy , nationalism |
From 1941 to 1944, Legaliteti was the third most important group in the Albanian resistance against the occupation forces of the Axis powers . Unlike the communist partisans and Balli Kombëtar , the Legaliteti movement founded by Abaz Kupi continued to cling to the fled King Ahmet Zogu , whose (exile) government recognized them as the only legitimate Albania, hence the name of the group.
The legaliteti mainly included officers and civil servants from Zogu's reign. The movement had greater support in the Mati area and in the Dibra region , as the former king's extended family was based there and had a large clientele. In addition to the Italian occupation forces, the Legaliteti supporters fought since 1944 against the communist partisans, who were slowly gaining the upper hand in central Albania at the time. In doing so, they partly worked together with the puppet government set up by the German occupiers.
After the communists came to power, many legalists were shot. Some of them, including their leader Abaz Kupi, were able to flee to Italy by boat at the end of 1944.
After the end of the communist regime, a small right-wing splinter party was founded in Albania , which referred to the traditions of Legaliteti and adopted their name ( Partia Lëvizja e Legalitetit ). The party's main goal was to restore the monarchy with Leka Zogu as king. In the political turmoil of the lottery uprising in 1997, the party managed to hold a referendum on the reintroduction of the monarchy. However, the Albanians decided by a large majority for the republican form of government. Since then, the Legaliteti party has ceased to matter.
literature
- Robert Elsie: Historical dictionary of Albania . (= European historical dictionaries. 42). Lanham 2004. ISBN 0-8108-4872-4 , p. 260.