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Shkruar nga Pamfleti
Unlike political protests that fade with the passing of days, civic mobilization is gaining ground, with participation increasing day by day and citizens standing for hours in front of the Prime Minister's Office.
Prime Minister Edi Rama's attempt to downplay the citizen protest seems to be clashing with the reality on the ground. While the head of government released drone footage and claimed that participation has never exceeded 8,000 people, the square in front of the Prime Minister's Office has shown a different picture: citizens who continue to join the protest even after it has been going on for hours and a mobilization that is gradually expanding.
Unlike traditional political protests, which usually lose participants over time due to fatigue or disappointment with the organizers, the civic protest has followed an opposite trajectory. Each day has brought more people to the square, while support has spread from Tirana to other cities in the country and to the Albanian diaspora in Europe.
Footage from recent days has shown that protesters do not leave after speeches or an hour of rallying. On the contrary, they remain for hours in front of the Prime Minister's Office, while all the while new citizens continue to join the crowd. This is also why many of the footage published at certain moments fail to reflect the real number of participants at the height of the protest.
At the center of the revolt is no longer just a controversial project or a certain decision-making. The protest has become an expression of accumulated dissatisfaction with 13 years of governance. On banners and slogans, messages such as "Rama go away", "Resign", "Edi Rama must leave" are constantly heard, but also the demand for the punishment of the entire political class that, according to the protesters, has failed to represent the interests of the citizens.
For many of them, the problem is no longer just the current government, but an entire political model that has produced mass emigration, a lack of hope for young people, salaries and pensions that do not keep pace with the cost of living, and a deep sense of distrust in institutions.
While Rama tries to convince public opinion that the protests are being artificially inflated, the reality on the ground is showing the opposite. After seven days of mobilization, participation has not only not shrunk, but has expanded. And this remains perhaps the strongest message of the protest: citizens are not leaving, but are increasing.
Shikoni manipulimin te Tema. Mero gelbaza sherbetor i rames i nxjerr sikur jane nja 500 vete gjithsej. Kjo tregon friken e madhe qe kane. Rama burg ...berisha burg.