Actor Mehdi Malkaj has said that Albanians do not go out to protests because they are afraid of what fate they may face after it.
Invited today to 'Top Story', he stated that even when he invited people to join him in protests, such as the one for the theater, people refused, saying that they had no business joining.
Malkaj : Here is a small sentence with a first name and a last name and some filler, if they don't kill you, this won't happen. What do I need, I told them at the theater protest, they're running out of time, what do I need according to their fear. Don't lie to you, it's fear, here they play for a living, the fathers say obobo. It was Enver Hoxha who had Article 55 that said don't insult me or I'll imprison and kill you, this one says talk as much as you want, but the next day your whole tribe is fired.
On the other hand, moderator Blendi Salaj added that Albanians do not go out to protests because there is a pronounced lack of trust.
Salaj: There is no answer. There is also a pronounced lack of trust. I have gone out to many protests. I have been to the protest for the boy in Pogradec, for chemical weapons, in the protest for the theater, I have not been ashamed to go out to protest. I have not been afraid because I think about what they will really do to me, if my soul desires and takes it into account, so far no one has threatened me for going out, but I have challenged. I go out to protest when I am convinced that I should go out, with civic protests, with students but not political ones
Malkaj: What about freedom, without freedom can there be life? I always walk, now he comes on a bike and says don't go out to protest, but I don't know him, he comes out without a face.