TIRANA, September 3 /ATA/ Head of the Democratic Party Parliamentary group Gazment Bardhi reacted through a post on social networks regarding the increase in food prices in Albania.
Bardhi stated that, according to the data he refers to in his post, food prices in Albania have increased this year 5.2 times more than the European Union average.
He also raised concerns about the social situation, claiming that 30% of Albanians are threatened by hunger.
“The government has remained silent,” Bardhi wrote in his post.
The head of the DP Parliamentary group also listed some of the opposition’s demands for coping with the economic situation, including the immediate abolition of VAT on food, free education and while pushing for a living wage.
Bardhi attached to his reaction criticism on the government for the lack, according to him, of measures to ease the economic burden on citizens.
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