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By Michael Sheppard and Vudi Xhymshiti
In Washington, a short amendment, just two pages long, has introduced Edi Rama's government into new political territory.
Republican Congressman Joe Wilson, from South Carolina, has proposed that the US Secretary of State, in coordination with the Director of National Intelligence, submit to the relevant Congressional committees a classified report on narcotics trafficking in Albania and the Albanian government's role in facilitating it. The document also calls for an examination of political repression by the Albanian government.
In Washington parlance, this is not yet a verdict. But it is something more serious than a political statement. It is a request that the American diplomatic and intelligence apparatus access a dossier that mentions drug trafficking, power, and political repression in Albania.
The amendment, dated June 25, 2026, is titled “Business in the Balkans.”1 It does not only deal with Albania. In the rest of the article, it also requests an unclassified report, with a classified annex, on Russian and Chinese influence in Serbia, including the exploitation of corruption by malicious foreign actors.
This places Albania and Serbia on the same horizon of American concern, not as identical states, but as spaces where corruption, crime, Russian influence, and politics can affect the strategic interests of the United States.
For the Albanian reader, the importance of this document lies in the distinction between public accusation and institutional mechanism. A congressman can accuse. But when an amendment requires a report from the State Department and American intelligence, the matter moves from rhetoric to state procedure. If approved, the report must be submitted within 180 days of the law's entry into force.
Wilson is not an incidental voice in American policy on the Balkans. He is one of the most vocal supporters of Kosovo, a member of important committees on foreign policy and security, and part of American political circles that view the region through the filters of NATO, Russia, China, and organized crime.
The amendment comes after two years of heavy reporting on Rama’s government. In June 2024, the Italian show “Report” on Rai 3 aired allegations of suspected links between Albanian politics and organized crime.2 Former Deputy Prime Minister Arben Ahmetaj, who fled the country and is accused in Albania of corruption, alleged that criminal groups were obtaining contracts through front-runners, laundering money through construction, and having connections to the government.
Rama i ka mohuar këto akuza dhe i ka cilësuar kundërshtarët e tij si të pabesueshëm. Por skandali i inceneratorëve, ndërtimet e mëdha, investimet strategjike, akuzat për pastrim parash dhe zgjerimi i ekonomisë së betonit kanë krijuar një klimë ku pyetja nuk është më vetëm ligjore. Është shtetërore.
Në gusht 2024, raportimet mbi planet e Jared Kushner për zhvillime turistike në Sazan dhe Zvërnec hapën një tjetër front. Qeveria e paraqiti investimin si zhvillim. Kritikët e panë si shitje të bregdetit dhe dobësim të ligjeve që i mbrojnë zonat natyrore. Vjosa-Narta nuk është tokë e zakonshme. Është ekosistem i rrallë, strehë për flamingo, breshka, pelikanë dhe specie të mbrojtura.
Më 23 maj 2026, një gardh në Zvërnec e ndezi protestën që më pas u quajt Revolucioni Flamingo. Fillimisht ishte një revoltë lokale kundër rrethimit dhe makinerive të rënda. Më 30 maj, pas sulmit ndaj një protestuesi nga siguria private, çështja doli nga laguna dhe hyri në zemrën politike të Tiranës.
Nga 31 maji, protestuesit nisën të mblidheshin çdo mbrëmje në sheshin Skënderbej dhe të marshonin drejt Kryeministrisë.
Thirrjet “Shqipëria nuk është në shitje” dhe “Rama ik” e kthyen një konflikt mjedisor në aktakuzë politike kundër një modeli qeverisjeje.
Më 3 qershor, policia përdori ujë kundër protestuesve paqësorë. Efekti ishte i kundërt. Më shumë qytetarë dolën në rrugë. Familje, studentë, të moshuar, aktivistë dhe emigrantë të kthyer e kthyen bulevardin në një skenë të gjatë mosbindjeje qytetare.
Në ditën e 23-të, Dritan Goxhaj e lexoi një deklaratë në emër të protestës. Kërkesat tashmë shkonin përtej Sazanit dhe Zvërnecit. Ato përfshinin dorëheqjen e Ramës, qeveri teknike tranzitore, referendum për ndryshime kushtetuese, reformë zgjedhore, kufizim të mandateve të kryeministrit dhe shfuqizim të kuadrit ligjor për investimet strategjike.
Kështu, amendamenti Wilson mbërrin në një moment kur Shqipëria nuk po përballet vetëm me një krizë proteste. Ajo po përballet me një krizë besimi. Në njërën anë është qeveria që flet për turizëm, modernizim, NATO dhe Bashkim Evropian. Në anën tjetër janë qytetarët që shohin beton, polici, mungesë transparence dhe një shtet që duket më i shpejtë për investitorët se për publikun.
Më 3 korrik 2026, Rama pritej të jepte një intervistë të drejtpërdrejtë për KRONIKAT E BARUTIT. Ajo ishte konfirmuar nga zyra e tij. Një ditë më parë, më 2 korrik, zyra e shtypit e kryeministrit njoftoi shtyrjen3, duke përmendur ndryshime të paparashikuara në agjendë dhe zhvillime të lidhura me NATO-n. Zyra premtoi se intervista do të zhvillohej brenda korrikut.
Pyetjet mbeten të hapura. Për trafikun e drogës. Për rolin e qeverisë. Për represionin politik. Për Sazanin. Për Zvërnecin. Për raportin me Kosovën. Për afërsinë me Serbinë. Për një shtet që kërkon Evropën në fjalim, por akuzohet se e përjashton qytetarin në praktikë.
If the amendment is approved, Albania will no longer be just the subject of domestic debates, Italian broadcasts, or boulevard protests. It will be the subject of a classified American report.
And this, for the Rama government, is a serious change. Because classified reports are not written for the public. They are written for the state. And when the American state wants to know if an allied government has facilitated drug trafficking, the silence becomes louder than any protest./ Baruti Chronicle
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