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| Albanian opposition burning car tires on Tirana-Durrës highway |
In Albania the opposition concluded another protest this evening, which, as it happened last week, led to the blockade of the country's main national road axes. But while a week ago, the gatherings of opposition supporters were only in five key points that paralyzed the car trafffick in the axes of North, South, South and East of the country, leading to Tirana, today they spread to all 12 counties. In some cases, the opposition supporters have burned the tires in the places where they have blocked the traffic.
The head of the Democratic Party declared from the city of Elbasan that the "civil disobedience was the civil and courageous act of united citizens, to show through our unity and resistance that there is no step back in our struggle for democracy and freedom." In his speech, Mr. Basha reiterated once again that the opposition will not allow the holding of local elections, which according to him will be postponed, as the country will go, as he said, to early elections. "On June 30, we will not allow the crime to dictate elections in Albania, we will not allow electoral farce. Elections without the opposition can not have and will not have. June 30, will be the day of the unification of all Albanians to set another date for local elections and early parliamentary elections under the auspices of a transitory government without Rama Prime Minister," basha said, according to which the departure of the prime minister" is just a matter of time ".For its part, the majority also insists there is no reason to withdraw, and that local elections will be held on the date planed before.