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On the podium set up in front of the Prime Minister's Office, on the 39th day of the civic protest, activist Ilir Xhemalaj delivered a strong speech, accusing the government of losing touch with the real problems of Albanians, while spending emergency funds on activities that, according to him, are not a priority for the country.
He emphasized poverty, immigration, and the difficulties that Albanian families face every day, calling the use of public funds for Kanye West's concert unjustifiable.
" The reserve fund was created for citizens' emergencies. Tell me, is there a greater emergency than a mother who cannot feed her child? Or a young person who is forced to leave the country for a living? Or a pensioner who has to choose between bread with cheese and his medicine? Here the question arises, what is this prime minister doing to this people? Albania is asking for help everywhere, it has poured out into the open! ", said Xhemalaj.
According to him, the protest is not against music or the organization of events, but against the way citizens' money is used, while social problems remain unresolved.
" The Prime Minister chooses to take the emergency money and give it to a spectacle! We don't want to know how much the spectacle cost, but how much the loss of hope of this generation cost! A state is a state when no mother cries for the bread of her children, when young people do not abandon their country! We are not protesting against music, but about the state of the country! Against a government that steals our taxes for music! Albania has money, but it is stolen! ", he said.
At the end of his speech, Xhemalaj declared that a government's priority should be the well-being of citizens and not the organization of spectacles, while calling on the prime minister to step down.
" Our country's priority is that these young people do not leave, that pensioners come out to enjoy life like any pensioner in the world. Prime Minister, resign, because you no longer represent this people! Rama, resign! ", concluded Xhemalaj amid applause from the protesters.
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