The example of Serbia became the focus of a clash between Belind Këlliçi and Migen Qiraxhi as they discussed the path the Albanian opposition should take to remove Edi Rama from power.
Këlliçi warned of the risk of fragmenting the opposition, citing the Serbian model and claiming that the creation of several small parties was being pursued.
“Soros is doing this to fragment the opposition, to make it 8 parties like in Serbia,” said the deputy leader of the Democratic Party.
Qiraxhi offered a different perspective on developments in Serbia, stressing that opposition parties there stepped back to make room for students.
“In Serbia the opposition left the students to fight alone and did not run in the elections,” said the activist.
The reference to Serbia brought to the center of the debate a fundamental issue: the relationship between political parties, student movements and civic protests, as well as the space that should be given to actors outside the traditional structures of the opposition.