Osman Stafa at protest: Stand firm and fight for the future! You are the eagles seeking a different Albania

Journalist Osman Stafa delivered a speech at the protest against Prime Minister Edi Rama, where he urged citizens not to back down and to continue pressing their demands for change.

During his speech, Stafa took aim at the way the ruling majority has labeled the protesters, in his view, stressing that those in the square are young people who want to build their lives in Albania, families who aim to live here, pensioners, and citizens seeking greater social support.

He also spoke about concerns related to corruption, conditions in hospitals, and the economic hardships affecting some segments of society, describing the protest as a voice for dignity and for a different Albania.

“You are facing a prime minister who calls you crows and ravens. But who are they? Are they the youth who want their future to be in Albania? Are they the young people who want to start their families in Albania? Who are the crows and ravens? Are they the citizens who demand that corruption be brought to an end? Are they the pensioners asking for their fundamental right, money to buy medicine? Are they those mothers with orphaned children who cannot make ends meet? Are they the patients who go to hospitals and find no medicines or equipment? No, no, here are the eagles fighting for dignity and for a different Albania. They are eagles seeking dignity for the future. Have you seen what luxury spending, what kind of life they live? Stand firm, resist, fight for your future. You are the most beautiful eagles of that flag that flies and demands that the future be in Albania. They do not tire of stealing, and you, like eagles, must remain in the square until the end,” he said, among other things.

Stafa went on to encourage those present to remain at the protest and not to interrupt their civic engagement, describing them as “eagles” fighting for the country’s future.