Prime Minister Edi Rama has reacted harshly through the social network X to yesterday's protest that moved towards Rinas airport, stating that it has long lost its original purpose and has turned into a movement that is harming Albania's interests.
In a long message on X, the head of government emphasizes that "this protest no longer has anything to do with Sazan or Zvërnec," arguing that the documentation of the process and the government's approach are in line with the public interest and the best international standards.
"This protest is hitting Albania's image and the tourist season," Rama writes, while warning that cancellations of reservations and road blockages could have economic consequences for thousands of families who live from tourism.
The Prime Minister reserves the strongest criticism for the organizers of the protest, whom he describes as "evil minds and evil hands," accusing them of diverting the protest towards extremist acts and blocking the free movement of citizens.
The head of government dedicates a special part of his response to the young people participating in the protest. He expresses regret for those who, according to him, have been deceived by the idea of an "imaginary revolution."
"I hope they wake up from this chaos as soon as possible and detach themselves from the evil minds and evil hands that have taken control of the protest ," Rama declared.
Finally, the prime minister also attacks public figures who have supported the protest, describing them as people who believe that "the sea has turned sour" and that the government is falling.
According to Rama, the only beneficiaries of this situation will be the government itself and the Socialist Party.
"When the fog clears, the Socialist Party will emerge bigger and stronger at the center of the Albanian political scene," he concludes.
Full reaction:
Protesters are free to peacefully protest for whatever they want, however they want, and for however long they want, but without wanting to moralize, I have no choice but to say:
1. This protest no longer has any connection to Sazan or Zvërnec, because all documentation of the process and the entire documented approach of the government clearly show that the government is up to the public interest and international standards and best practices.
2. This protest is damaging Albania's image and the tourist season, feeding the negative and false perception of a country that is environmentally unfriendly, inhospitable to foreign investment, and unsafe for tourists.
Hotel reservation cancellations and road blockages herald an economically negative season for many, many families and people who have direct or indirect links to the tourism industry value chain.
3. This protest, which reaches and degrades into a crowd led by evil minds and evil hands towards the airport road, blocking thousands of people from their free movement on the streets at night, has within it precisely that great evil of extremism that inspires online bullying and the merciless disruption of the rhythm of life of the majority.
4. Pity for the young men and women who were disappointed by the blind march towards Rinas with the taste of their freedom and independence and in the name of an imaginary revolution, until they realized for themselves what a stupid thing they had done by going behind the scenes infiltrated by destructive forces, inside or outside, who are doing their best to harm Albania as much as possible. I hope they wake up as soon as possible from this chaos and detach themselves an hour earlier from the evil minds and evil hands that have already taken control of the protest.
5. This protest has also exalted many well-known figures in the public sphere. With their shallow minds, they have joined it in various ways, on the boulevard or on social and media channels, with the idea that the sea has turned sour, the government is drowning, a new hour has come for the spoons in their generations. But if there are real beneficiaries of this protest, they are only two: the Albanian Government, which will definitely learn the lessons it needs from the honest part of the protest, by properly addressing the legitimate concerns of that part, and the Socialist Party, which when the fog clears will severely disappoint all its opponents, appearing bigger and stronger at the center of Albania's political scene.
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