Democratic Party Chairman Sali Berisha issued strong accusations against Prime Minister Edi Rama during his speech at the “Renewal Forum” in Kukës. The opposition leader declared that the current government is encouraging the mass departure of Albanians and is turning the country into a territory controlled by organized crime.
“In some respects, Albanians have never had in their history a regime that seeks at any cost to undo the Albanian nation in Albania. It seeks to expel Albanians en masse from Albania, it seeks to finally turn Albania into a drug plantation and a fiefdom of Europe’s most dangerous mafia,” Berisha said. During the meeting, the Democratic leader praised citizens’ resistance and their participation in anti-government protests, describing the June movement as one of the most important moments of civic mobilization.
“You stood firm, you stood firm with your vote like a light, as evidence of the unvanquished citizen. But you stood firm, you stood firm, and in June we saw the most powerful hurricane of Albanians in their history,” he declared.
According to Berisha, the protests showed that dissatisfaction with the government extends beyond the ranks of the opposition, including citizens who had previously supported the majority. He devoted particular attention in his speech to young people, especially students and high school students in Tirana, whom he congratulated for their courage and participation in the demonstrations. “In this movement, in which Edi Rama used the greatest atrocities, the truth is that students and high school students gave him the sentence: political death without appeal!”, Berisha stressed.
In conclusion, the DP chairman described the period of protests and opposition mobilization as an important chapter for the country. “Yes, yes, but friends, these have been the six most positive months among the most positive in our national history,” he concluded.