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Tirana "boils" with protests, Rama exhibits sculptures
2026-06-15 23:01:17 / POLITIKË
As thousands of citizens have been protesting for 16 days demanding his resignation, Prime Minister Edi Rama appeared this Monday in Basel, Switzerland, where he is participating in the "Parcours" exhibition.
The exhibition also featured one of Rama's sculptures, a bronze work made based on drawings created in the Prime Minister's Office.
Footage of the prime minister in Switzerland was published by former anti-drug officer Dritan Zagani, who has been living with political asylum in Switzerland for years.
In the video shared on social media, Zagani uses harsh language towards the prime minister, accusing him of ignoring the situation in the country and the citizen protests.
According to him, while citizens are demanding justice and political change, Rama is promoting his artistic activities in Europe and appearing disconnected from the reality being experienced in Albania.
"So, people, my Albanians, the square of Tirana is burning, thousands of Albanians are demanding the rule of law, while the drug trafficker has gone on a tour of Europe and is touring us with his art."
The artist without art or art without an artist, this filth of this garbage that is here. And he has met some more slanderous than himself, pseudo-artists.
"This is your glorious leader and mine, unfortunately. And we are together unfortunately here ," says Zagani.
Zagani left Albania after publicly denouncing former Interior Minister Saimir Tahiri's ties to Moisi Habilaj's drug trafficking group.
In parallel with the trip to Switzerland, the prime minister has also toughened his rhetoric towards the protesters.
In a lengthy reaction on the social network X, Rama described the protests as manipulated by "evil minds" and "bad hands", while he accused the participants in the march towards Rinas airport of falling prey to an "imaginary revolution".
The head of government stated that the young people who joined the protest later realized "what a stupid thing they had done," following, according to him, people infiltrated by destructive forces.
In his post, Rama claims that the protest is no longer related to the initial causes and that it is damaging Albania's image, the tourist season and the investment climate.
He warned that cancellations of reservations and road blockages could have economic consequences for families who live from tourism, while accusing the organizers of violating the free movement of citizens.
Despite criticism and calls for his removal, Rama expressed his conviction that the only beneficiaries from this situation will be the government and the Socialist Party.
According to the Prime Minister, after the political "fog" dissipates, the Socialist Party will emerge even stronger on the Albanian political scene, while its opponents will remain disappointed.
Protesters are free to peacefully protest for whatever they want, however they want, and for however long they want, but without wanting to moralize, I have no choice but to say:
1. This protest no longer has any connection with Sazan or Zvërnec, because all the documentation of the process and all...
— Edi Rama (@ediramaal) June 15, 2026
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