"5 Minute Rally", citizens explode against Rama's propaganda for Vlora: Drinking water is mixed with feces

Prime Minister Edi Rama's attempt to present a positive picture of Vlora has brought a harsh reaction from citizens.

 In a Facebook post where Rama promotes the so-called "May 11 Team", which according to him is on the ground to listen to citizens' concerns and to "repay the moral debt of 9 mandates", citizens' comments show a completely opposite reality.

"You have closed all the offices for the people, you have left them out!" - writes a citizen, accusing the government of erecting barriers between institutions and the public.

She criticizes the system of locking the door for citizens and the introduction of guards who "protect employees from the people."

Another citizen addresses Rama in harsh tones: " Send the mechanics to the streets where the sidewalks are occupied by illegal services. No one is held accountable. You feel like you're in Mumbai!"

But it is Vlora that seems to have angered citizens the most.

"Vlora has become Kabul, it has been torn to pieces! Drinking water is mixed with feces, poverty is rampant, canals are opened and closed every day!" - writes one commentator.

Someone else describes the city as "Colombia, chaos and nothing more!"

The problems are not limited to Vlora. From Tirana, citizens denounce the depreciation of newly invested roads and sidewalks, calling them dangerous for bicycles and electric scooters.

In stark contrast to the softened language of official propaganda, citizens in the comments do not spare their anger towards the government and the prime minister, reminding them that connecting with communities is not done with speeches and photos on social media, but with concrete action and real solutions to everyday problems.