🇪🇺🇦🇱 We are proud to announce @MarianaKoceku1 , Albanian MP, as our special guest at the European Democratic Party Congress in Athens!
Independent Member of the Albanian Parliament, Marjana has become a supporting voice for the Flamingos movement and #Albania’s young protesters within the country’s institutions. She has brought their demands to Parliament, denounced the violent repression of protests by Edi Rama’s government, and called for concrete answers to the aspirations of Albania’s younger generations.
The Final Countdown has begun. It’s Time for Europe.
📍 Athens | 24 October
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Kryeministri, në samitin e sotëm në Mal të Zi, nuk dha fakte kur foli për protestën e studentëve. Por u dha municion militantëve të tij.
Shikojeni tabelën e tij. I krahason protestat e sotme me ngjarje të viteve 2010–2019 në Europë, pa kontekst, pa periudha të sakta, pa thanë çka ka ndodhë realisht. Tu sjellë shifra të së kaluemes sikur të ishin të ngjarjeve të fundit.
Nji numër pa kontekst nuk ka si me qenë argument, por spekulim.
Studentët nuk kërkojnë shumë. Thjesht kërkojnë nji qeveri që nuk i gënjen. Nji qeveri që nuk i rrah. Nji qeveri që paratë e dijes nuk i çon për me shpërblye ata që i rrahin.
Nji qeveri demokratike i jep llogari rinisë. Nuk e mbulon dhunën me statistika.
Sot duhet të ishte seancë e jashtëzakonshme për me iu çu shqiptarëve nji zgjidhje. Anulimi, debatet pa esencë dhe shtyrja e seancave asht shmangie kushtetuese dhe thellim i krizës politike në të cilën ndodhemi.
The continued use of rubber bullets and police violence against protesting students further exposes the government’s complete failure and reveals its calls for dialogue as nothing more than a political farce, rather than a genuine path towards solutions.
All the sanctions the government is threatening to impose on protesters violate fundamental human rights and freedoms. Unless, of course, the government has replaced the judiciary.
Police violence cannot answer political questions. You can’t disperse a protest, and you cannot disperse an entire generation’s frustration. Albania’s students are demanding a future, not a confrontation. Silence cannot restore public trust.
#Albania#StudentProtests
Today, the Prime Minister brought chairs outside his office for dialogue, while the seats in Parliament remain empty.
The very institution meant to hold the government accountable has suspended its work when the country needs it most.
I call on the Speaker of Parliament to urgently convene a session and summon the Prime Minister to answer for the current crisis.
The students have made their demands clear. Political dialogue belongs in Parliament, not on chairs outside the Prime Minister’s office.
Parliament cannot abandon its responsibility when the country needs it most.
🇪🇺🇦🇱 We are proud to announce @MarianaKoceku1 , Albanian MP, as our special guest at the European Democratic Party Congress in Athens!
Independent Member of the Albanian Parliament, Marjana has become a supporting voice for the Flamingos movement and #Albania’s young protesters within the country’s institutions. She has brought their demands to Parliament, denounced the violent repression of protests by Edi Rama’s government, and called for concrete answers to the aspirations of Albania’s younger generations.
The Final Countdown has begun. It’s Time for Europe.
📍 Athens | 24 October
📺 Join us in Athens or live on our YouTube channel and be part of a global alliance for democracy.
I have visited hospitals and police stations where students and minors were reportedly left unconscious for hours without medical assistance. Families were denied information about their whereabouts. These allegations demand immediate, independent investigation.
For five days, I have witnessed deeply disturbing scenes in Albania. Students and minors with broken legs, head injuries and fractured skulls. Young people beaten, hospitalised and left without adequate protection. This is happening in a country aspiring to join the EU.