Student protests in Serbia against the rule of Aleksandar Vučić have raised questions about whether a similar movement could take shape in Albania as well. Analyst Ben Andoni assesses that, despite the similarities between the protests in Belgrade and Tirana, our country lacks the organization and authoritative figures that could give direction to the protest.
“The protest there turned into a movement, while here it has slid into semi-anarchy”, Andoni said on ”Report TV”, stressing that in Serbia students organized through university plenums and kept the opposition away from directing the protests.
According to him, another important difference is the absence in Albania of representatives of the academic community who can articulate the demands of the protesters and win public trust. Referring to the Serbian case, Andoni underlines the role of academic figures who gave voice to the problems of students and to broader issues of the state.
“We do not have individuals of this kind who hold moral and scientific authority,” he stresses, adding that Albania also lacks the involvement of technocrats who could steer the movement toward concrete demands. “They called on technocrats, but here they are nowhere to be seen,” Andoni concludes, describing the organization and the absence of representative figures as the main obstacles to repeating the Serbian scenario in Albania.