Edi Rama spoke today about the protest, during a meeting of the Socialist Party Group and the cabinet.
"Today I want to talk to you about what we saw and heard during the month of June, where the boulevard was filled with all categories and ages and when a rare bird became a symbol...
"I have brought with me today two documents that embody my reflection in front of the mirror of the Flamingo Boulevard and are open to be read, analyzed and changed in order to best fulfill the purpose. The first is the strategic document for the turn that the fourth mandate should make. The second is an annex on how the SP should support the turn of the fourth mandate," said Rama at the beginning of his speech.
"Each of us has thought that bad word at least once when our spirits have been on the tip of our noses in working relationships with the people... we have thought that they are ungrateful."
I want to say from the beginning, straight to the face, to those who protested against the mayor, who took to the boulevard during June, and to those who have protested silently, alone or with others, in Albania and abroad, not only during June but after the elections... you are not ungrateful but the new measure of our standards.
Here I am sharing a little about those who were voters, supporters, members of the Socialist Party, those who were state employees and in the afternoon they would go out on the boulevard. Those who voted for us came out and joined the other even when the protest was raging against me, because its absorbing force was more imposing than my figure. Those from the administration came out because the new Albania that we have built does not live in the shadow of the old one when people were fired from their jobs by force…
"They gathered there in such large numbers when the crows and ravens had not yet raised their heads, because they were driven by a deep need to convey a stronger message than party affiliation," Rama said.