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The SP MP tells how he was tempted by the protest: For a moment I thought about joining, but I heard ordinary speeches

Politiko 2026-06-11 21:36:37

The SP MP tells how he was tempted by the protest: For a moment I thought about

Socialist MP Eduard Shalsi has commented on the civic protest that has been taking place for days on the "Martyrs of the Nation" boulevard, emphasizing that it contains two different realities that, according to him, do not match each other.

Invited to A2 CNN, Shalsi said that in addition to the legitimate concerns of citizens, the protest also featured offensive rhetoric, outdated slogans, and messages that he described as nationalistic or vulgar.

" In this protest, we all know that there is no single picture. So there are a variety of voices, different layers of the population and there are two axes that, in my opinion, do not match each other. One, for example, is the fact that there are very strange speeches, there is vulgar, banal vocabulary. There are old, traitorous slogans, there are nationalist articulations, there are ordinary articulations, which in my opinion conflict with a healthy part of the protesters. On the other hand, at least from the clarification of some of the speeches that we have seen, we have seen some structured, clear speeches, with real problems, with remarks that, in our opinion and in my opinion, are very fair ," he said.

Shalsi indicated that over the past few days he has held meetings and conversations with citizens participating in the protest, to better understand the reasons for their dissatisfaction, acknowledging that many of the concerns raised are real.

"I've been here for about a week, we have our friends, I have a cousin of mine who I said I love very much, I respect him very much, and I've been spending 10 days in the mornings trying to better understand these people, drinking coffee and understanding their concerns, and they are real concerns ," said the socialist MP.

He also shared a personal experience from the first days of the protest, when he found himself among protesters while walking in the center of Tirana. According to him, despite political differences, he did not face any insults or offenses.

"On the second or third day of the protest, I happened to be at the Twin Towers and because the car couldn't pick me up, I had to walk to the shalvaret and I came across, let's say, a large number of protesters. For the sake of the truth, no one insulted me. No one offended me. Someone told me that famous expression of mine. I had some friends of mine. I also saw a cousin of mine who I love very much and respect very much for the truth. So I saw faces that I would say were beautiful, so much so that for a moment I said, should I go back? Even the memory, a friend of mine, put his arm around me and said: 'Come, you too in the protest'. And I saw an environment of men, women, young people, children in strollers, mothers, daughters, so much so that for a moment I said, let me go back and listen to what these people are saying ," declared Shalsi.