On the eighth day of the civil protest against the price increase in Tirana, a 24-hour protest was announced if the government does not take the necessary measures to meet the demands.
The protest started from “Skënderbej” square where the citizens gathered to then marched towards the Prime Minister’s Office in order to make all their calls there.
Speaking at the national protest in front of the Prime Minister’s Office, the activist Adriatik Lapaj listed the demands that the citizens have for the government in order to stop the increase of prices. He urged the protesters to “keep them under pressure to fulfill our dignified demands”.
“This is a protest for dignity, for the mothers and fathers of this country for our grandparents, so that the children of the country do not leave anymore.
“In this square these citizens have managed to unite in the face of arrogance, by stopping the rise in oil prices and forcing them to lower it, forcing them to deviate from their theories.
“Therefore, courage is needed, each of you must have courage, we must stop them, we forced them to stop, to lower the price, set up boards and we will force them together to treat us with dignity,” he said.
One of the protesting citizens who spoke at the rally said that if they do not receive a response from the government to their demands, “we will not be moved from the square.”
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