TIRANA, June 30 /ATA/ – Prime Minister Edi Rama on Tuesday took to the social media to share a message from a citizen urging him not to resign, alongside what the sender said was a strategy document circulating in WhatsApp groups linked to the ongoing anti-government protests.
The strategy document in WhatsApp groups argues that Rama’s resignation should be the protesters’ first and non-negotiable demand, while warning that holding snap elections without first installing a technical government would benefit the ruling establishment.
Sharing the message, Rama mocked what he described as the protest movement’s “imaginary leadership.”
In the accompanying message, the citizen told Rama not to consider resigning, despite claiming not to be among his supporters.
“I’m telling you this as someone who doesn’t support you, but after finding myself among all sorts of self-proclaimed intellectuals in these WhatsApp groups, I’ve realised that you are the lesser evil. Looking at these delusions, it is clear they are interested only in taking power,” the citizen wrote.
The WhatsApp message shared by the citizen said the protest movement should focus exclusively on securing Rama’s resignation rather than pursuing specific legislative changes, arguing that legal reforms could be reversed while leaving the prime minister in office.
It also argued against holding immediate early elections, saying there would be insufficient time for new political forces emerging from the protests to register and compete. Instead, it called for the establishment of a technical government to oversee a transition period of nine to 12 months before elections.
The document further urged protesters to formally notify the president and the diplomatic corps, including the U.S. and EU embassies, of their plans through an official submission, arguing that this would help present the movement as pursuing constitutional and legal change rather than street unrest.
It also called for launching legal initiatives through Albania’s Central Election Commission and Constitutional Court, including proposals to amend the Constitution and the law on referendums, while advocating the use of population census data as the basis for organising new elections.
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