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"Down with dictatorship, long live free Albania!"/ Police fine him for protest, Arben Kola turns the minutes into a statement against the government
2026-11-08 22:15:39 / AKTUALITET
The fines imposed by the State Police on protesters in Tirana are also producing an unusual form of protest: That within the police reports themselves. One of them bears the name of Arben Kola, who, in the section where the offender has the right to give his statements, has chosen not to write any justification for the fine, but a direct political message.
"I disagree, it is contrary to the Constitution of Albania. Down with dictatorship. Long live free Albania!", Kola wrote on the form filled out by the police officers.
A response that transforms an administrative document, drafted to ascertain a misdemeanor, into another space for protest. At a time when the government has decided to ban even the right to protest, Kola has found his own way to respond to the decision: The words "Down with the dictatorship" and "Long live free Albania", written in his own hand on the official document.
Normative Act No. 5, adopted on October 28, 2026, provides for a fine of 5 thousand lek for each person who participates in blocking roads during a rally, when as a result the circulation of vehicles is impeded. The police have begun implementing this act, imposing administrative measures against protesters in the capital.
But, while for the government these measures are presented as a way to guarantee circulation and public order, for protesters they have become another reason to oppose the way the right to protest is being treated after the violence that has been waged since October 13.
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