The debate launched by Prime Minister Edi Rama regarding the participation of protesters from Kosovo and North Macedonia in the anti-government protests in Tirana has also included MPs from his party.
Former Minister of Justice, Ulsi Manja, directly referring to Rama's clarification that Kosovo Prime Minister, Albin Kurti, should not be involved in the controversy created after the protest, writes on social networks:
"Okay Prime Minister, I agree, I'm with you, but if Albin Kurti has nothing to do with this dog's mess and there's no such thing, why doesn't his government distance itself from this shameful so-called 'diaspora'?"
The socialist MP goes further, considering the involvement of citizens from Kosovo in political efforts against the Albanian Government unacceptable.
"I think there is no greater barbarity than coming from Kosovo to overthrow the government in Tirana. Not only does it fail to overthrow it, but it gives a big hand to the enemies of Kosovo," he continues.
Manja's reaction comes after Rama published a long message, attacking the organizers and participants of the protest, objecting to the use of the term "diaspora" for Albanians in Kosovo and North Macedonia.
In his note, the prime minister argued that the Albanians of North Macedonia are a state-forming people in their own country, while the Albanians of Kosovo have their own independent state and cannot be considered a diaspora of Albania.
At the end of his reaction, Rama made a clear distinction between the protesters and the Prime Minister of Kosovo.
"Leave Albin Kurti out of this disgusting mess," he wrote, emphasizing that he does not hold Kurti responsible for the actions of Vetëvendosje militants who may have participated in the protest.
Unlike Rama, who sought to avoid involving Kurti in the controversy, the former Minister of Justice publicly raised the issue of the lack of a position on the part of the Kosovo government, suggesting that institutional distancing would be necessary if Pristina had no role in organizing or supporting the protest.