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"If the US hadn't intervened, some of us would have been killed"/ Arben Malaj recounts the attack on the Prime Minister and how he met Rama
2026-05-17 21:47:24 / POLITIKË
Former Minister of Finance, Arben Malaj, invited this Sunday to the "Interview" show with Mirela Milori on Euronews Albania, explained the course of his life as an economist and politician. During the interview, at one point they stopped at a photo of Malaj who appears in front of a wall damaged by the shootings at the Prime Minister's Office in 1998.
According to him, if the United States of America had not intervened, several people would have been killed. As he recalled the moments of the shooting, he emphasized that they took cover behind concrete pillars in the building, adding that he was on the 3rd floor while the barrage of weapons began on the first floor.
"In September 1998, Azem Hajdari was murdered and there were revolts. Of course, there would be revolts in any country in the world, but to take a coffin and knock on the prime minister's door to put him in the coffin, finding him where he works, is terrible."
The Democratic Party is the only political party in the world that hijacks tanks and places them at its headquarters. I say with conviction that we were among the last, two or three of us who escaped, that if the United States of America had not intervened, some of us would have been killed.
They entered, our only concern was not to kill anyone because it was like pouring gasoline on the fire. Now they say kill the Guard because it has its own rules. The commander of the guard, a noble man, was wounded. They entered the first floor and we were on the third floor. And they started hitting the walls with volleys without looking at anything at all and we were protecting ourselves with concrete pillars," he said, among other things.
Malaj tells how he met Edi Rama: He is a victim of his own monsters
Malaj also focused on his opinion on Prime Minister Edi Rama. According to him, Rama has no knowledge of state-building and blindly trusts foreign advisors.
"I first met him physically when his father died and we went there with Nano, along with Ben Blushi. We were a group at his house to console him. Then came the moment when he entered politics. Nano had a theory for all those who criticized him, and rightly so: 'Instead of criticizing, tell me how it's done, come on'. This was the theory he always said. Even Rama, apparently, agreed.
There is also an interesting detail: the decree that was on the table to be signed by Nano had Luan Rama's name as Minister of Culture, but apparently Rama agreed and Nano said: 'I left Rama, I only removed Luan'.
"I had an opinion with Rama that I also told Nano and I am saying it publicly: for me, he has no state-building cell. He has emotion, he has charisma, but he does not know the state. He refuses to be consulted, he denigrates internal advisors and blindly trusts foreign advisors. Rama is a victim of his own internal monsters," said Arben Malaj.
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