Clashes broke out outside Prime Minister Edi Rama’s office and the headquarters of his Socialist Party, with demonstrators setting fire to a Rama poster with Molotov cocktails.
The unrest also spread to the area in front of the Interior Ministry and the office of the mayor of Tirana, who also belongs to the ruling party. There were further confrontations between demonstrators and security forces. According to the police, ten officers were injured.
The protesters accuse Prime Minister Rama’s ruling Socialist Party of corruption, nepotism and trying to silence the opposition. “Join us, this is civil disobedience,” protester Erges Eskiu said over a loudspeaker. “Everyone left and right, pensioners and students, parents, you have all been robbed.”
They also protested against the house arrest of opposition leader Sali Berisha, who is accused of corruption during his time as prime minister. Berisha denies any wrongdoing. The imprisonment of the opposition politician is considered politically motivated.
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