Lawyer Spartak Ngjela says the lack of sustained mobilization in other cities across the country is one of the reasons Prime Minister Edi Rama does not feel threatened by the protest movement. “Political change needs a rational chain, not a disconnect. What is happening here? Why is Rama so calm? Because there are no chain protests in Durrës, Shkodër, Gjirokastër,….”, Ngjela said.
The lawyer also addressed the role of the international community, stressing that peaceful protests are part of democracy and do not constitute grounds for opposing the civic movement. According to him, the situation would change if the demonstrations were accompanied by acts of violence.
“The international factor does not stand against democracy. They speak against violence because they would be forced to strike the movement. But if there is no violence, they are with the uprising and the demonstrations because that is their philosophy. If violence is created here, they immediately come out against it”, Ngjela said on “Report TV”.
According to him, the use of violence by the government to disperse protesters could create serious political consequences for the prime minister. He said such an intervention would put Rama in a more complicated position, although the lawyer does not expect the prime minister to choose this path. “If the party or the government disperses them with violence, Rama will have a hard time. But Rama will not do this”, Ngjela concluded.