The leader of the Democratic Party, Sali Berisha, during a meeting with leaders and supporters of this political force in Kukës, has issued strong accusations against Prime Minister Edi Rama, describing his government as a regime hostile to Albanians.
Berisha declared that Rama intends to turn Albania into "the most dangerous drug and mafia fiefdom in Europe," while claiming that the government's policies are encouraging the mass exodus of Albanians.
He also focused on the protests of recent months, claiming that they represent a broad civic revolt, beyond supporters of the Democratic Party.
Berisha also paid special attention to the participation of students and high school students in the protests in Tirana, praising their courage and commitment to freedom and dignity.
"Dear leaders of the branches of the Democratic Party of Kukes, Has, Tropoja, honorable deputies and honorable deputy of the Kukes district, honorable mayor of Has, brothers and sisters!
First, an immense gratitude to you, patriotic, courageous men and women, for your support and vote in the most difficult conditions for the Democratic Party. I tell you with my deepest conviction that that vote was first and foremost a vote for the political pluralism of Albanians, a vote for the freedom of Albanians, a vote for the survival of pluralism, freedom and dignity of Albanians, which were threatened after 30 or so years in the most brutal way, which were put in the spotlight by a regime, of Edi Rama, a regime most hostile to Albanians.
In some respects, they have never had a regime in their history that, undefined, calculated, seeks at all costs to undo the Albanian nation in Albania. It seeks to massively expel Albanians from Albania, it seeks to definitively turn Albania into a fiefdom of drugs and the most dangerous mafia in Europe. You stood, you stood with your vote as a light, as evidence of the invincible citizen.
But you stood, you stood, and in June we saw the most powerful hurricane of Albanians in their history. It wasn't just you who voted, but there were also hundreds and thousands of Albanians who had voted for the patronageists but who realized the mistake they had made and took to the streets.
Dear friends, the powerful movement, this spring, this June, was a real hurricane, the people rose with all the height of the ideal. This gave the whole world… Edi Rama… only politics and opposition, but it is the sovereign people, Albanians of all beliefs.
The man to whom every epithet, every quality is attributed, but I am sharing what the great German analyst Michael Martens, the best prime minister of the Albanian nation, says. But this movement, together with the revolt in which the unparalleled courage, the extraordinary bravery of the girls of the universities and high schools of Tirana shone like never before, have not seen the streets and squares of Tirana for freedom and dignity as was the oath of the students and high school students.
"In this movement, in which Edi Rama used the greatest barbarities, the truth is, students and high school students gave him the sentence, political death without appeal! Yes, yes, but friends, these have been the most positive six months among the most positive in our national history," said Berisha.