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100 days

2026-09-07 17:47:46Pikëpamje SHKRUAR NGA LUTFI DERVISHI
100 days
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That handful of activists who came out on May 31st in front of the Police Directorate in Tirana, to protest what had happened the day before in Zvërnec, most likely did not think that the 100th day would still find them in the square.

Neither the government, nor the media, nor I believe even futurologists had thought of this.

It was hard to predict that 100 days later we would have daily protests, international attention and the diaspora in the squares. Today we see the European Commission talking about the project, suspended works, Chapter 27 related to protected areas and the Prime Minister himself opening, within his latest Review, a “Flamingo” column.

It is true that none of the five demands of the protest have been met. But that does not mean that the protest has no balance.

The largest and longest-lasting movement since the fall of communism has changed something more difficult to measure than the number of demands met: the relationship between government and citizens and the latter's awareness of the power they wield. (It would be hard to imagine that we would have protests and decisions by municipal councils of municipalities that are expected to be wiped off the map, against territorial reform.)

The movement has created, first of all, an unprecedented phenomenon: the daily protest. Until May 30, protests in Albania generally resembled wedding invitations: the date, time, and place were set, and after two or three hours everyone returned home.

The Flamingos broke the SP-PD duopoly on political protest and proved that you can create political pressure even without headquarters, without branches, without deputies, without funds, without patronage, and without the machinery of a party.

Also, for the first time in 35 years, we are not only expecting economic remittances from the diaspora, but we are also seeing political remittances. People are not only sending euros to Albania, but they are bringing their voices to Tirana and protesting in the cities where they live.

But perhaps the biggest change is in the awakening of society, in response to the "drop that spilled the beans", and the elimination of the "pocket-hazers": "the people spoke with their votes", "we will see it at the ballot boxes".

The narrative that reduces the citizen to a voter, treating him like a sheep who votes once every four years and is then left to bleat freely on Facebook and in cafes, has taken a serious blow. The citizen refuses to wait in silence for 1400 days between two elections, paying "European" prices with a "Balkan" salary.

Without these 100 days, it is unlikely that we would have BESA, Pranina Besnike, Pasqyrë Albania today, and especially the Friday afternoon meetings at 5 pm, where the government comes out to listen to the problems it has itself created over these 13 years.

Above all, this protest brought Albania into a positive light on all five continents. There was a wave of admiration for Albanians in foreign media and social networks, the archetype of the Albanian as a pimp, hawk or trafficker was forgotten.

It is true that the Protest did not overthrow the government, but its credentials fell to the lowest point. Its PR and spin doctors failed successfully and above all, “Flamingo” has changed the environment, changed the citizen, his expectations and, without a doubt, has challenged the belief that only one person rules this country.

Will this movement remain a protest agency? Will it produce political representation? Will it transform into something else? Or will it one day dissolve and people will leave the square?

Today, this matters less than anything else. Even if people leave the square, the problems that brought them to the square are there, visible to everyone, and, just in case, we now have Pasqyrë.


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