FLASH
Shkruar nga Enver Robelli
Not even a week into the protests, the Albanian prime minister started talking nonsense, for example yesterday in Tivat: “God, sex and the EU are unpredictable.” Good. At least predictable are the team's corrupt affairs, the successive scandals, the belittling and mockery of critics.
The people who are flooding the squares of Albania to express their dissatisfaction with the government over the way it intends to manage the country's resources deserve to at least be heard. Their concerns are legitimate!
But all these people should be careful and distance themselves from some hooligans, who are zealously spreading conspiracy theories - as if this entire investment aimed at southern Albania was orchestrated by a "global Jewish network."
Almost all the capital that is intended to be invested is from Muslim countries - although capital as such has neither din nor iman. The fact that such absurd narratives about "global conspiracies" penetrate the public sphere so easily is a desperate testament to the failure of the school system. This should worry every politician, every citizen, every educational, scientific and cultural institution. This speaks volumes and also speaks badly about the quality of the media system, which often commercializes even the most indisputable truth in the name of clicks and photos.
Equally absurd seems to me some pseudo-revolutionary and quasi-anti-colonialist rhetoric of some activist (or activist), who, after receiving a scholarship from the capitalist world, had the opportunity to socialize, be educated and grow up in the West, returns to Tirana or Prishtina, plays the role of a certain Rosa Luxemburg and with a straw of rye aims for nothing less than the overthrow of the world order, including the “liberation of Palestine”. Albania’s resources are not protected by this rhetoric. They are completely different issues. They cannot be mixed.
Fortunately, most of those taking to the streets are not like that, and that is the positive side of these protests. In a few days, these creative people have made it clear to an arrogant government that winning elections does not mean making decisions over people's heads and without consulting anyone.
Not even a week into the protests, the Albanian prime minister started talking nonsense, for example yesterday in Tivat: “God, sex and the EU are unpredictable.” Good. At least predictable are the team's corrupt affairs, the successive scandals, the belittling and mockery of critics.
These protests finally unmasked a false opposition, which is being held hostage by a discredited political figure. This opposition still operates with the lie that behind every civic concern lies Soros. It does this out of anger because it is not the mistress of the protest, but the destroyer of causes. Because it has experience in this field.
The arrogance of the government has for years created a gap between politics and citizens. The loss of trust has led tens of thousands of people to emigrate (this also applies to other countries in the region).
Democracy lives on the participation of citizens in public affairs. Democracy remains alive when faced with critical demands from citizens. It only works if there is pressure from below. Democracy does not work automatically. It requires commitment and responsibility - against arrogance, snobbery, delusions of grandeur and self-importance. All of these often appear disguised under the guise of power. But there comes a moment when people get fed up - self-importance!
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