Prime Minister Edi Rama has reacted to what is being labeled the "Flamingo Revolution", accusing organizers and protesters of manipulating public opinion and using environmental issues for other interests.
In a post on social media, the head of government targeted bloggers, influencers, and activists who, according to him, are exploiting the protests to gain attention and followers on online platforms.
He also accused protest participants of offensive language and intolerance towards different opinions, claiming that comments directed at socialists gathered in Elbasan prove that the protest has lost the environmentalist character it claims to represent.
At the end of the reaction, the Prime Minister reiterated the message that the projects will not be withdrawn despite the objections.
Rama's reaction:
MANDATORY NOTE
So when you gather with the Square Circle, with bloggers and influencers who come to the boulevard to get followers and flattery on the podium, and with all kinds of nonsense around and fight with imaginary traitors, against imaginary projects, to protect nature from imaginary destruction and to save flamingos from imaginary death, this is the "New Albania", "Albania of Albanians", "Albania that is not for sale", while when others gather you give yourself the right to insult, insult, spit on them, as you do with all those who dare to express a different opinion on their pages and they must take back the fury of the most anti-environmentalist language possible????
These attachments are just some of the remnants of your mouth, addressed to the socialists of Elbasan today, which I am attaching to this note for all those who mistakenly think that there is any environmentalism left in that protest that was inspired by the feelings of many, assuring all good and concerned people without distinction that the Zvërnec and Sazan projects will never stop, but will become examples of national pride, new engines of an economy worthy of a European Union country, exemplary reflections of sustainable development and destinations that the whole world will see with admiration??????????????????????