On Saturday afternoon, The Basha appeared near a gas station to be self-filmed and divided for a message of solidarity with the greatest concern (perhaps after the war in Ukraine) of Albanian citizens today; oil price.
In his video message, Basha calls on the Government to lower taxes it imposes on oil, especially what it calls the "Rama" tax, which is about 24 leks.
"I make a repeated call to the government to take measures by removing rama's fuel tax, 240 dollars per litre and taking other additional measures to stabilize in these difficult days the price of fuel which has a direct effect on basic goods and services for all citizens". Basha declared.
There's nothing wrong with this. As opposition leader, as he claims to be, his job is to raise the concerns of citizens in the government he often accuses of being captured by oligarchs.
But the country chosen by Basha to self-film shadows suspicion that even the leader of the PD himself is captured by oligarchs. From north to south Albania, it is known who owns the most fuel points. They are the companies Castrati and Gega, both accused of oligopolis in this market.
So widespread are their fuel retail outlets that to find a point that is not controlled and does not have their logos and colors you have to travel for miles and have luck too.
'Fate' seems to have been with The Oblast during the video message. He found an anonymous fuel retail point and from there blamed the government, along with the government indirectly, and the anonymous fuel point that Albanians are 'ripping' off.
Gega's castrate, according to the implied message forwarded by the head of the PD, has no responsibility for the price increase, despite the two co-controlling over 70 percent of the fuel market in the country.