The leader of the Democratic Party of Albania, Sali Berisha, declared today at the opposition protest that February 20 remains one of the most important days in the country's history, remembering the toppling of the statue of Enver Hoxha in 1991.
Berisha said that 35 years ago, thousands of citizens gathered in Student City marched towards Skanderbeg Square, in an act that he described as the pinnacle of civic courage and a moment of liberation from the 46-year communist dictatorship.
In his speech, Berisha added that none of the protesters at that time would have thought that, 35 years later, according to him, the country's powers would once again be concentrated "in the hands of one man", Edi Rama.
“February 20 is the day on which, 35 years ago, tens of thousands of citizens gathered in Studenti City, in support of the student liberators' strike to free the country from the cult of Satan, at the call of Rajmonda Bulku and numerous protesters, set off towards Skanderbeg Square surrounded on all four sides by armored cars, machine guns, snipers, in a battle that marks the peak of the courage of Albanian citizens. In a peaceful battle that will always shine in the history of the democratic revolution that overthrew the statue, the cult of Satan, Enver Hoxha, the Albanian Hitler of the post-war, the regime that in 46 years nationalized, persecuted, imprisoned, executed, and made more Albanians miserable than any occupier they had known in all of history. Eternal honor to the brave men who, like lions, rushed upon the statue of the dictator and liberated Albania from the 46-year dictatorship. 35 years ago, all those who were in "They would never have thought that 35 years later, they would find themselves in front of a regime that was certainly not the same, but unfortunately very similar in many aspects. They could not believe that 35 years later, the country's powers would be in the hands of an unparalleled criminal after Enver Hoxha. The country's powers would be in the hands of a traitor who would blacken national history for acts of treason. The man who would plunder Albania like no other in its history," said Berisha.
"35 years ago, those men and women who stepped over armored vehicles, snipers, and machine guns for a free vote and human dignity could not believe that 35 years later, the electoral farce of the one they overthrew would return," said Berisha.