Activist Luçjana Kokaj read a statement agreed upon, according to her, with all groups participating in the protest, emphasizing that after 106 days of resistance, citizens will not retreat.
Kokaj said that today "a group of protesters, a part of Albanians from the diaspora, faced police violence and repression, like a Zvërnec, which brought us and is keeping us on the streets for 106 days. This police and state violence cannot be ignored. But it must be punished with the highest force, not only because of exceeding the powers and violating police rules, but also because it is being used as an attempt to intimidate citizens."
Kokaj stated that the protesters continue to stand in front of the Prime Minister's Office, despite fatigue and pressure.
"We will not be silent, we will not be afraid and we will not retreat, the more they try to divide us, the more we will be together ," she said.
Among other things, the activist also warned of an escalation of civil disobedience, stating that protesters will demand the blockade of public institutions and especially Parliament.
"Let me read a statement that has been agreed upon with all the groups that are in the square. For 106 days, citizens have been standing in front of a government that believes that time, fatigue and pressure will silence their voice. We are here in front of the same government, showing that this is a pure civic and political resistance.
Today, a group of protesters, a part of Albanians from the diaspora, faced police violence and repression, like a Zvërnec, which brought us and is keeping us on the streets for 106 days.
This police and state violence cannot be ignored. But it must be punished with the highest force, not only because of exceeding the powers and violating police rules, but also because it is being used as an attempt to intimidate citizens.
For 106 days our position has been clear, our strength is the unity of citizens, revolt and resistance. We will not be silent, we will not be afraid and we will not retreat, the more they try to divide us, the more we will be together. Change does not come from violence, but from people who no longer accept the unacceptable.
We are demanding that the people be decision-makers, not through violence, but through citizenship. We are and will continue to block public institutions and especially the Parliament, which together on one day is the executive and the legislative branches. Two institutions that do not represent us.
We must be aware that relocating the protest would be a great relief for Rama, who in these 13 years has been trying to show that only those around him are sinners, that he behaves like the owner of this place, and that there should be no protests in front of the Ministry building.
"That's why we are here and we will be in this square, in front of the Prime Minister's Office, until Edi Rama and his government, the corrupt political class, leave," said Luçjana Kokaj.