At the height of the protests that have been ongoing for 23 days in Albania, the Vetevendosje Movement has officially reacted by denying any involvement as a political entity in their organization or support.
The position was made public by the member of the General Council of this political force, Enver Dugolli, who explained that any support coming from individuals associated with this movement is purely personal and not politically organized.
“Vetëvendosje has nothing to do with this protest, we, some activists or some people, exponents, simply stand in solidarity with the citizens’ legitimate demands, their legitimate concerns, and that’s it, so it’s not a question of Vetëvendosje from Kosovo or from any part having any special role in this protest,” said Dugolli.
At the same time, Dugolli has also responded to the statements of Prime Minister Edi Rama, who in his recent reactions to the protests also mentioned names and supporters of Vetëvendosje. According to him, the language used by the head of the Albanian government “does not do it any credit” and that he is trying to avoid the essence of the problem, instead of being accountable to the citizens.
“I think the language used by Rama for Vetëvendosje does not do him any credit either, I’m just repeating it once again, he should communicate with the revolted citizens of Albania, Tirana, all cities and the diaspora, so he should communicate with them and give an account, and reflect on their demands.
“There is no need to interfere or take any example from Vetëvendosje or any statement by any Vetëvendosje official because I said everything has to do with solidarity, that is, with the Vetëvendosje officials or any political entity that has to do with solidarity with the demands that arise from this protest, that revolt of the citizens,” he said, according to Koha.net.
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Recall that in one of his recent comments on the protests, Rama also mentioned members and supporters of the Vetëvendosje Movement, describing some of them as involved in what he called a “soup of devils.” However, he drew a distinction between them and Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti.
“I cannot, nor under any circumstances, hold Albin Kurti responsible for any of the Vetevendosje sallahanas who have been involved in this mess of hell,” Rama wrote.