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The Washington Examiner has dedicated an article to the massive protests that have been ongoing for over a month against the government of Prime Minister Edi Rama.
The article emphasizes that the opposition to the resort project in Zvërnec was only the spark that ignited the protests, while the dissatisfaction of citizens, which has been keeping them in the squares for weeks, is related to the way Prime Minister Edi Rama governs.
The Washington Examiner writes that what protesters call the "Flamingo Revolution" represents an analogy to the revolutions that liberated Eastern European countries from dictatorial regimes.
Full article:
There is an unfortunate tendency among American analysts and journalists to assume that everything revolves around United States policy.
Albania is just the latest example of this approach. In late May, protests erupted in Zvërnec against plans by Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, to develop an environmentally sensitive area into a multi-billion dollar resort complex.
However, Kushner was just one of many sparks that ignited the protests. Another was Alex Soros, who has developed close relationships with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama to secure approval of similar projects. Also a factor was Rama’s treatment of Albania’s Greek minority, which is largely concentrated on the Albanian Riviera. On May 12, 2023, for example, Rama’s police arrested Fredi Beleri, a candidate for mayor of Himara and a member of the Greek minority. The charge? That he had spent about $100 illegally during his campaign. Albanians, according to the author, understood this as a farce — Rama wanted his people to win the election to advance his interests in real estate projects. In this context, Kushner’s proposed development was a symptom, not the cause, of the protests.
Although Albania has faded from the headlines of Western media, the protests have continued to gain momentum. Recent visitors to Albania say the atmosphere is tense and that discontent with what they see as Rama’s self-enrichment has reached a peak. Today, according to the author, Albanians no longer talk about Kushner or the United States, but about what they call the “Flamingo Revolution,” an analogy to the color revolutions that liberated many Eastern European countries from dictatorships.
Shqipëria, natyrisht, nuk është një vend komunist dhe, sipas Departamentit Amerikan të Shtetit, është një demokraci funksionale. Por, sipas autorit, kjo nuk është mënyra se si e shohin situatën shumë shqiptarë. Pas rënies së Perdes së Hekurt, shqiptarët përqafuan demokracinë me entuziazëm. Shqipëria u bë një nga vendet më pro-amerikane në Evropë, në mos në mbarë botën.
Më pas, sipas autorit, u përfshinë Departamenti Amerikan i Shtetit dhe USAID-i. Ata ndihmuan në krijimin e Strukturës së Posaçme Kundër Korrupsionit dhe Krimit të Organizuar (SPAK). Për të shpjeguar atë që ndodhi më pas, autori përdor këtë krahasim: imagjinoni sikur mafiozi Al Capone të kishte marrë nën kontroll FBI-në përpara se ajo të kishte mundësi ta godiste atë dhe mafian e Çikagos në vitet 1930. Sipas autorit, Edi Rama, si drejtues i Partisë Socialiste, e mori nën kontroll SPAK-un dhe e përdori atë për të goditur këdo që rrezikonte pushtetin e tij, përfshirë ish-kryeministrin Sali Berisha, ish-ministrin e Mbrojtjes Fatmir Mediu, ish-zëvendëskryeministrin Arben Ahmetaj dhe kryebashkiakun e Tiranës Erion Veliaj, mes shumë të tjerëve.
Sipas autorit, nuk bëhej fjalë për luftë kundër korrupsionit. Ndërsa SPAK-u, sipas tij, godiste këdo që ngrinte pyetje të vështira ndaj Ramës, kryeministri vazhdonte projektet e zhvillimit të pasurive të paluajtshme dhe aktivitete që autori i konsideron si pastrim parash në bashkëpunim me kartelet e drogës. Mekanizmi, sipas tij, ishte legalizimi i kultivimit të kanabisit. Me zgjerimin e kultivimit të marijuanës, autori pretendon se u rritën edhe trafiku i kokainës nga Amerika Latine dhe Afrika Perëndimore, si edhe trafiku i opiumit nga Afganistani dhe Turqia. Roja Bregdetare Italiane, sipas tij, ndalon rregullisht ngarkesa kokaine që synojnë Shqipërinë, ndërsa Roja Bregdetare Shqiptare nuk vepron në të njëjtën mënyrë.
Ndërkohë, sipas autorit, Rama ndoqi hapur modelin e presidentit turk Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Sipas një ish-bashkëpunëtori të Ramës, i pranishëm në një takim mes dy liderëve, Erdoğan i dha Ramës një “kurs të përshpejtuar” se si të dobësojë institucionet demokratike duke goditur kundërshtarët politikë dhe duke kultivuar marrëdhënie me diplomatët amerikanë. Autori pretendon se Erdoğan e konsolidoi pushtetin duke marrë nën kontroll autoritetin tatimor të Turqisë, ndërsa më pas përfshiu ish-diplomatë amerikanë si partnerë biznesi ose mbështeti financiarisht aktivitetet e tyre në institute kërkimore. Sipas autorit, Rama ka ndjekur një model të ngjashëm, duke shpërndarë favore në formën e koncesioneve dhe projekteve të zhvillimit të pasurive të paluajtshme.
Autori pretendon gjithashtu se Departamenti Amerikan i Shtetit e ka kuptuar gabimin e tij dhe ka hequr në heshtje Sali Berishën nga lista e personave të padëshiruar për vizë, duke e interpretuar këtë si një pranim se akuzat ndaj tij ishin të motivuara politikisht dhe jo të bazuara në prova thelbësore.
Donald Trump's critics often describe him as the "anti-King Midas," implying that everything he touches turns to bullets.
However, according to the author, in the field of foreign policy, Trump's opponents allow their opposition to him to blind them to deeper problems. In the case of Albania, the author argues that the desire to attack Kushner has led analysts and politicians to ignore more serious issues, such as the misuse of American resources, the growth of organized crime and drug trafficking during the government of Edi Rama, as well as questions about the responsibility of several former American ambassadors who, he argues, unreservedly supported the Rama government.
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