TIRANA, May 11 /ATA/ – Main opposition Democratic Party (DP) leader Sali Berisha said on Monday that an opposition protest on May 8 delivered what he described as a powerful message of public revolt against the government.
Speaking at a weekly rally outside the Prime Minister’s Office in Tirana, Berisha said Albanian citizens had shown they would not surrender.
He said tens of thousands of people gathered on the capital’s main boulevard last week to express their discontent and demonstrate that they remain “the hope of this country.”
“I have deep and boundless respect for the tens of thousands of citizens who filled Tirana’s boulevard on May 8 and became the reflection, the moral force and the true image of Albanians everywhere,” Berisha said.
Berisha said the protest was intended to send a message to “every free citizen in Europe and the world” that Albanians would not accept what he called a regime that turns elections into a farce.
He also accused the government of using legal proceedings against opposition leaders during the election year to intimidate political opponents and influence the electoral process.
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