Renowned analyst Arjan Curi was invited to the show “Live From Tirana” with Ronaldo Sharka, where he commented on the protest taking place in Tirana against the Zvërnec project. Not only that, but he also spoke about the position held by the country’s Prime Minister, Edi Rama.
Excerpt from the interview:
What should be done with the protest? Where should this go?
This does two things. Either it overthrows Rama, or it does nothing, it stays as it is, a BBB, there is no middle ground. The protesters must do what every human organization in the world does, they must bring out a head. Because if they don’t bring out a head, they will be caught. Berisha waited for these people to bring out a head, they didn’t, and they have released their own. So, Agron Shehaj, Lapaj and Qori are there. If there is no head, it will turn into conflict. But it is better to have internal friction until a head comes out. If you don’t give them a new narcissist, there is no one left.
It’s like the work of bees in a hive, that if they don’t have a Queen, the hive will leave, and it always needs a Queen. Every human organism, every crowd of people, needs an alpha. It needs to be turned into a political movement and this needs to be done as soon as possible, it needs to be done now and on the boulevard. Signatures need to be collected, some kind of initiative commission needs to be appointed, they need to go to court to be recognized as a political movement. Let’s say they removed Rama, but who will solve the matter? Because if they topple Rama, who will come? We shouldn’t leave the ground empty. Will they leave it to Qori, Lapaj and Shehaj? Will they leave it to Berisha? Because it could happen that Rama gives his brains and goes to early elections and forms a co-government with Berisha, for example. The real opposition is the one on the boulevard, it can occupy the opposition seats if they cannot win power directly and Rama and Berisha are in government together.
I saw an interesting question from these bloggers that said “What do the youth of Nepal have more than us?”. In these countries, Generation Z is ahead of the middle-aged and elderly generations. In Albania, Generation Z is in the minority. More than convincing each other to get out of the cafes, which is a youth movement, they need to convince their parents and grandparents. That if they go to the ballot boxes, mom and dad will vote and grandpa and grandma will vote too. And for every young person, there are three or four elderly people. Generation Z in Albania, unfortunately, is in the minority and these other generations only know two religions, Rama and Berisha.