Bushati: Rama Has Realized His Time Is Up, So He Is Behaving Like a Satrap Who Clings to Power Through Violence

Analyst Andi Bushati, appearing on the “Të Paekspozuarit” program on MCN TV, said that Edi Rama is holding on to power through acts of violence against protesters because he has realized that “politically, his time is up.”

“I think Rama has read and understood the protest very well. He is acting within the narrow room for maneuver he has left. He was accustomed to opponents who fought within the same system. Today, he is facing something that seeks to overthrow this model.

He has realized that his room for maneuver is very limited. A person with such little room for maneuver tries to behave like the leader of a minority seeking to suppress a majority. That has been Rama’s conduct in recent months. He is not an idiot when he says that CNN is a media outlet that produces fake news or that the protesters are from Iran. He does it to divide society. He is not an idiot when he resorts to violence over eggs.

But violence is the only means that can keep him in power when faced with a majority of Albanians who reject his model. Rama has realized that, politically, his time is up. That is why he is behaving like a satrap, holding on through violence to what, until now, he pretended to maintain through votes,” Bushati said.