Prime Minister Edi Rama’s statements in the last interview for the Financial Times have brought immediate reactions on social networks.
The well-known Israeli strategist, David Zaikin, referred to one of Rama’s statements, where the prime minister argued that foreign investments are positive and that accusations of connection to crime do not stand.
In a public reaction on the X platform, Zaikin writes that he agrees with Rama only on one point: that the investments are good and that the mafia has another leader. However, he adds that during his government as prime minister of Albania, according to Zaikin, “drug money has flooded the country” and that “some oligarchs have captured tourism, retail trade and the energy sector.”
“I agree with Edi Rama: the investment is good and the mafia has another leader. But during his government, drug money has flowed in and some oligarchs have seized tourism, retail trade and energy. Albania needs new leadership and a caretaker government,” writes Zaikin.
The reaction comes after Rama’s interview with the Financial Times, where the head of government rejected the accusations of the protesters who describe him as the “Godfather of Albania” and defended the major tourism projects being developed in the country.
In the interview, Rama stated that it is not his duty to prove that he is not the “Godfather”, but for his opponents to prove the opposite.
The Prime Minister’s statements and the reactions that have followed have become part of the public debate that is accompanying the ongoing protests against the government and large investment projects in the coastal areas of Albania.
