Former Minister of Justice, Enkelejd Alibeaj, in an interview for A2 CNN, has given a clear interpretation of the latest protest. He sees this protest as an unwritten tool to achieve the great goal of breaking the two main figures, Edi Rama and Sali Berisha. According to him, the continuity of the citizens’ presence in the square is the strongest message, because it shows consistency and determination.
Alibeaj emphasized that the signals coming from this participation are not only received by Rama and Berisha, but also by their people. The departure of figures like Spiropali or Koçek, as well as the unification of the displaced Albanians, is evidence that people have begun to see beyond Rama and Berisha. He underlines that those who take to the streets may not know what will happen tomorrow, but they know one thing that today they are not voting for either Rama or Berisha or anything that comes from them. Seen from this perspective, the protest is one that dismantles old structures and paves the way for new alternatives.
He himself called speculation a prediction where, according to him, the recent movements of SPAK have given clear messages and that when the investigations against Rama and others begin, the parliamentary majority of 83-84 votes could dissolve overnight. According to him, the MPs will feel unprotected and will start leaving, leaving the “castle” to collapse.
Excerpt from the interview:
The means to achieve the goal of this protest is unwritten elsewhere, it is the consistent continuation of the stand, because the signals this is giving have been understood by both Berisha and Rama. Any proof?
You mentioned not only Ms. Spiropali, but also Ms. Koçeku, who left. When Albanians who left come and join even those who were thought to never join, this is a strong signal that the old Rama and Berisha politicians are getting that these people’s eyes have now been opened.
Do you know what this means? That those people who have come out there may not know anything big about what will happen tomorrow and the day after. But they do know one thing: today they are not voting for Rama, nor for Berisha, nor for anything that is camouflaged behind them. And do you know what this means for the troops and camps that each one has? The troops are starting to disintegrate.
They are no longer tied to their political fate and their political career, one with Rama, the other with Berisha. They see that there is a political life and a political career beyond these two, which is that square over there. This is the great strength that such a protest has, regardless of how it will go later.
Let me give you a speculation, SPAK has made the strongest moves. From the moment SPAK starts investigating Edi Rama and all the others, do you know how this 83-84 votes that these people got a year ago will be dissolved? Overnight. Overnight they will start thinking, wait, that the fortress has fallen. These people will start leaving…