OPEN LETTER/ Come to the dialogue and listen to me speak, otherwise I will cut off your scholarships, you will rot in prison. Please!

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2026-10-23 19:47:00Pikëpamje SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Edi Rama has not made an extraordinary discovery today. Ramiz Alia made the same discovery when students were protesting. Sali Berisha made the same discovery when he was prime minister and the people were protesting in front of the Prime Minister's Office. Just like them, Edi Rama, during the protests, has discovered that Albania is full of criminals. According to him, criminals have even started to engage in politics: they are demanding the resignation of the government and posing as students. The Prime Minister is so worried that he has temporarily left government affairs and has taken over the position of director of the Criminal Police.

In a public appearance, Rama read a list of 45 people detained during the protests, indicating their ages, initials and criminal records. For some he mentioned previous convictions, for others police records, while some he presented as suspects of financing from Iran. According to him, this proved that the protest was not a student protest, but an organized crime activity.

The Prime Minister did not explain how he had obtained these police records and why he had decided to use them publicly against the protesters. A police record is not a court conviction. Even a person who has been convicted does not lose the right to protest. Furthermore, a previous conviction for theft or a traffic violation is irrelevant to the demand for the government's resignation.

This way of acting by Rama immediately reminds us of Sali Berisha. After January 21, when four demonstrators were killed in front of the Prime Minister's Office, Berisha talked about umbrellas-guns, pens-guns and attempted coups. Instead of providing explanations for the murder of the four citizens, he tried to convince the public that the demonstrators posed a great danger to the state.

Edi Rama, who once denounced these methods, now acts in a similar way. Berisha spoke of umbrellas and pens with guns, while Rama speaks of drones with explosives, criminals and financing from Iran. Both try to present the government as a victim of the protesters, instead of responding to their demands.

But the most interesting part is Edi Rama's relationship with crime. Listening to today's speech, one got the impression that organized crime in Albania exists only to overthrow the prime minister. As if during all these years, criminals have stayed away from elections, administration, tenders and people in power.

The history of Rama's government shows something else. Accusations of the involvement of people with criminal connections in the elections and their relationships with high-ranking officials have been continuous. Several important officials have ended up before the justice system. Accusations have even been raised against people who coordinated relations between criminal groups and politics.

The case of Vlora Hyseni makes today's appearance of the prime minister even more serious. The head of the State Intelligence Service, appointed during Rama's government, has been put under investigation for supporting the perpetrator of the crime and revealing secret acts or data. According to the data from the file, she also took care to turn off the state's radars so that "the chickens wouldn't find anything". While Rama is worried about a protester who has obstructed road traffic, the head of his secret service is being investigated for leaking state secrets. This means that people connected to the crime have obtained information that should have been protected by the state. However, the prime minister seems much more interested in the criminal biographies of those protesting against him.

Of course, whoever commits crimes during the protests must answer to the law. But this is decided by the prosecution and the court, not the prime minister on TV. If there is evidence of criminal financing or interference from Iran, it should be passed on to the justice institutions. Reading a list of initials and criminal precedents simply shows that he is running out of imagination and borrowing the methods of his predecessors.

Even if all 45 people mentioned by Rama were found guilty of the crimes attributed to them, this would not invalidate the demands of thousands of other citizens. The protest has political demands related to corruption, the concentration of power, the way of governance and the responsibility of the prime minister. These problems do not disappear by reading the criminal files of some participants. Moreover, he must understand that even a person who has problems with justice is a citizen of the republic who enjoys constitutional rights and has the right to protest. Even a prisoner has the right to protest.

After more than thirteen years of governance, Edi Rama cannot explain the state of Albania with the biographies of 45 protesters. During these years, he has been the one who has led the government, chosen ministers, appointed heads of institutions and had responsibility for the functioning of the state.

Today, the Prime Minister showed that he knows in detail the criminal records of the people who are demanding his removal. It would have been much better for Albania if he had shown the same care in getting to know the people he chose to lead state institutions.

After all these years in power, Edi Rama must be held accountable for the people he appointed to the government and not for the people who have come out to demand his resignation.


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