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Everyone is misreading this protest.
2026-07-23 13:46:00 / IDE
There is a huge misunderstanding in the way this protest is being interpreted. In its discourse, the majority considers it a protest against the government organized by segments of the old opposition, while for the opposition it is a protest of citizens directed against this majority.
Meanwhile, the truth is that the protest has nothing to do with either one, but is trying to produce something completely different, a new model of political representation.
For this reason, the establishment is trying at all costs to treat it as a continuation of the usual conflict between the SP and the DP. Because the moment the protest is put into that framework, it loses its reason for existence and turns into an ordinary episode of Albanian politics.
But unlike classic protests, this protest is not built around a leader. It has not come to the streets to promote a political figure or to prepare the next rotation. It has tried to build legitimacy on some concrete demands, shifting the debate from the individual to the cause. This is the first and perhaps most important change.
The second change is related to representation. The protest is not seeking to be the new opposition. It is trying to present itself as the voice of citizens who no longer feel represented by either the government or the traditional opposition. This is precisely where its political potential lies, but also its greatest danger. If it manages to maintain this identity, it gains a legitimacy that the parties no longer have. If it loses it, it becomes a protest like all the others.
Even the method of organization is not common. Instead of a strong and short explosion, continuous pressure has been chosen. What is required is not a one-day spectacle, but the gradual consumption of political authority. It is a strategy that is not measured by the number of people in an evening, but by the ability to keep the crisis of legitimacy alive.
The narrative has also changed. The protest is no longer just about a decision or a specific project. It has expanded the debate to the way the state functions, to the relationship between citizens and government, to the crisis of political representation. In this sense, it is not only challenging the government. It is challenging the model on which Albanian politics has been built in these three decades.
This does not mean that the protest has won the battle. On the contrary. It is facing its most difficult test. It must maintain its civic character, organizational discipline and programmatic clarity. Because these are the elements that distinguish it from the protests that have passed without leaving any trace.
Because now, the question is not whether this protest will bring down the government or not. The question is whether it will manage to produce a new alternative of political legitimacy. If so, then Albania will not be facing an ordinary protest, but the beginning of a transformation of the political system. If not, then it will end like many other protests, becoming part of the endless cycle of conflict between the majority and the opposition.
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