Speaking on journalist Rudina Xhunga’s “Flasim Shqip” podcast, Rama said he had not initially understood the purpose of the protests and needed time to interpret the signs and developments surrounding them.

“I did not expect it and did not understand it immediately. I had to start following the signs and analysing them. There were several moments that helped me understand it fully, and then, of course, I accompanied that with reading and realised that this is the phase we are in,” Rama said.

He described the development as a positive change and “an official or people-stamped change of Albania’s season,” but said it also posed a major challenge because of growing public impatience.

“The further the country progresses, the less inclined citizens are to look at what has been achieved and the more inclined they are to demand more,” Rama said.

“That is the paradox of success,” he added, describing the shift as a major transition.

Rama also spoke about the role of algorithms in the protests, saying a narrative had been created and amplified by what he described as an “army of non-real soldiers” developed in technology laboratories.

“Behind them are the operators, the forces that send them into battle,” he added.

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