FLASH
Shkruar nga Eduard Zaloshnja
In the last 36 years, only two governments have fallen in Albania...
Lutfi Dervishi is known for his concise, punchy phrases. In a recent television interview, he said: "An earthquake is more likely to occur than the government falling."
Let's delve deeper into this sentence.
In the last 36 years, Albania has been hit by several powerful earthquakes. The most devastating was the one in November 2019 – it was the deadliest in the world that year. The earthquake in September 2019 was strong, but not as deadly. While the previous ones were strong, but only caused material damage.
In the last 36 years, only two governments have fallen in Albania from the "earthquakes" of popular protests - on February 22, 1991, the government of Adil Çarçani fell, and immediately after that, the government of Fatos Nano fell on June 4, 1991. While in the last 35 years, governments have simply changed through elections...
In 1998, on September 14, we were on the verge of the collapse of the government as a result of an armed revolt instigated by Berisha – his militants seized the prime minister's office, several ministries, and RTSH. But strong American-European intervention forced Berisha to withdraw the militants, and the socialist government continued to govern, changing only the prime minister.
In 2017, after the months-long occupation of the boulevard by the Çadra e Basha, Rama was forced to give half of the ministerial posts in a technical government to the DP. However, he himself remained Prime Minister, with the Democrat Ledina Mandia as Deputy Prime Minister… That government led the country to elections, from which Rama was re-elected Prime Minister with 77 votes in the Assembly (out of 140 in total).
Lutfi Dervishi said the above-quoted sentence on the eve of today's protest by Berisha, who has set February 20 as the end of the Rama government. Let's see how accurate Dervishi's prediction will be...
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