The leader of the Democratic Party, Sali Berisha , has harshly attacked Edi Rama's government, accusing the prime minister of using the parliamentary majority to approve decisions in favor of oligarchs and private interests.
In a statement to the media, Berisha focused on the decision to finance Kanye West's concert, claiming that the government used Albanian citizens' money to give it to a billionaire.
"Edi Rama used his cards to vote in parliament for the gift of money he stole from Albanian pensioners and citizens, to give to billionaire Kanye West," said Berisha, describing the concert as an attempt to dampen the civic protest that has been going on for weeks.
According to the leader of the DP, the government has also used violence against peaceful protesters, accusing the police of using chemical substances and heavy weapons during confrontations with citizens.
"He treated the protest like a war trench, using police violence, but the waves of this movement are not only not fading, but are becoming increasingly shocking for Edi Rama and his regime," Berisha declared.
Berisha also referred to Rama's statements about the fight against corruption, saying that they are untrue and that the history of the Albanian transition has had senior officials convicted of corruption.
Berisha: The week we left behind was a hot one. This week, Edi Rama used the power of his crime cartoons to vote in parliament laws and amendments to the civil code, the maritime code, with which he strongly supports the oligarchs and his criminal interests.
Edi Rama used his criminal records to vote in parliament for the gift of money he stole from Albanian pensioners and Albanian citizens and to donate it to billionaire Kanye West.
In a concert that aimed above all to extinguish or silence the most powerful peaceful uprising that Albania has known since the '90s.
In addition, he used the most brutal violence, poisonous, incendiary, and chemical substances similar to those used in the trenches of war against enemies, against peaceful protesters of the civic youth protest.
But, it should be noted that the waves of this movement are not only not fading, but are becoming increasingly shocking for Edi Rama and his regime.
Friends, those of you who followed him to the Presidential Palace yesterday saw a hypocrite, a cynic, and a bankrupt man there.
A man who de facto totally ignored the legitimate demands of the protesters that have been being made for two months.
The most basic demands of this protest are five points, the first of which is, Edi Rama resigns irrevocably, non-negotiable.
There is no more legitimate demand than that Edi Rama is not a legitimate prime minister.
Edi Rama was installed in power through rigged elections, now confirmed by all international reports.
Edi Rama remains in power after stealing hundreds and hundreds of millions of euros together with Lubi Balluku and defending him to protect himself in an unprecedented act.
And with a complete degree of irresponsibility, he told them yesterday that in the last 100 years, no official has been convicted of corruption, even though in the last 30 years alone, two former socialist prime ministers have served time in prison for the criminal offense of corruption.
But when you have no shame, you do anything and say anything.