When children come out to protest, Edi Rama should ask himself what he has done to Albania

2026-10-16 10:52:05 / IDE NGA NEVILA DERVISHI

When children come out to protest, Edi Rama should ask himself what he has done

There is a moment when a protest ceases to be simply a clash between citizens and the government. A moment when it takes on a much deeper meaning than slogans, stones, smoke, or clashes with the police.

This moment comes when children appear on the street.

In these three days of protests, Albanians have also seen this scene: children amidst the anger of adults. It is a reality where dissatisfaction is not only being expressed by those who have been facing and knowing politics and oppression and oppressors for years, but also by the generation that has just begun to understand what it means to live in this country.
And this is a reality that should not pass as another episode in the chronicle of protests.

What happens to a society when even the generation that should be busy with school, play, and their own dreams ends up on the path of protest?

A child does not experience the state through economic statistics, integration reports or speeches about the government's successes. He sees it through family life, conversations at home, the concerns of his parents and what he sees around him every day. He listens when adults talk about injustice, about hopelessness, about leaving the country and about a future that seems increasingly uncertain.

When these concerns leave homes and end up on the boulevard, Edi Rama cannot claim that it is just a matter of an ordinary and old political battle, or of foreign agencies that do not want the best for Albania.

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