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They uprooted everything, except Rama.

2026-11-07 15:50:04Pikëpamje SHKRUAR NGA FILIP ÇAKULI

They uprooted everything, except Rama.

I believe the protest achieved its goal. Traffic lights were pulled down, trash cans were burned, the boulevard was rebuilt, and flamingos flew to warmer climes. Even the shops were barricaded with iron and sheet metal. The building materials trade should be grateful to the revolutionaries.

They uprooted everything that came their way, but they couldn't uproot Rama from his position.

The latter placed some wooden chairs in front of the offices, inviting them to dialogue. The revolutionaries set them on fire. Then he placed stone benches. They were armed with Molotov cocktails and fireworks, but they forgot to take sledgehammers. The revolution was left halfway.

They called on the people every day to join them, but the people are wiser and more pragmatic. They don't follow the violators... Then they invented a new democracy: they spoke through a megaphone in the name of the people. Like in the past, when they arrested people at midnight in the name of the people, while the people were sleeping.

"Albania wants revolution!" they shouted. But who was Albania? Those in the square, or those in the cafes who followed the revolution with coffee and cigarettes?

Apparently, the people had delegated representation without their knowledge.

And so, from tens of thousands, the revolution was reduced to a single-pointed cap. A revolution that began nationally and ended familially.

And imagine the national and international protests of the opposition, which end up with few participants. Well, they are not ashamed of the numbers of followers, they are also embarrassing us, who expect and want a strong opposition.

I can't bear to call those who replace the argument with "Edi Rama the s... slave", "Rama the scumbag", "Rama in prison, Berisha in prison" and other street slurs students. It seems to them that they are investigators, prosecutors, judges and bailiffs all at once.

They have given the decision; there is no trial. In fact, according to their principle, both Rama and Berisha should go to prison. For the latter, surprisingly, the revolution has not yet found a solution. That the opposition leader wants to privatize a "revolution" that has been going on for months, in the absence of his own protests.

I remembered a proverb: they wouldn't let him into the village, he was looking for the priest's daughter.

But it would be a mistake to confuse protest with vandalism. The government has countless scandals. Salaries, pensions, prices and living conditions are more than enough reasons to protest.

A student should think about exams, not whether they will have money for rent and food. While a pensioner should live on his pension, not calculate which medicine to leave unpurchased. Hope has also been lost, that the situation can be fixed. That the loss of illusions is normal, the loss of hope is tragic.

The government should listen to them. Despite efforts to fix some things, to have a dialogue about their demands. Let's be realistic, the government cannot solve all the problems, except its own and those carried over from previous governments.

He invented the "mirror", like Pizarro facing Atahualpa of the Incas, thinking that it is enough to show the "mirror" for reflection.

On the other hand, the opposition must understand that revolution is not made by burning trash cans, nor by swearing to represent the people. If the people do not follow you, you cannot take them hostage and force them out into the streets.

When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty, said an American president. But resistance is not about pulling out the traffic light, burning the trash can, or setting fire to the dialogue chair. You cannot seek a better state by destroying the city you live in.

In the end, the balance of the revolution is impressive: uprooted traffic lights, burned trash cans, armored businesses, charred chairs, and flamingos in exile. Responsibility for the violence is individual, because as Voltaire wrote, not a single snowflake in an avalanche feels responsible.

Rama's chair hasn't been burned yet. But with vandalism and Molotov cocktails, by opposition youth and paramilitaries, you can't remove a legitimate government.

With so much damage and so little result, perhaps they should have sought reparations from the revolution.


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