Berisha calls for civil disobedience against government as court ruling intensifies crisis
Sali Berisha, leader of Albania’s Democratic Party, has called for a national protest to be held in Tirana on November 26. The demonstration, which Berisha claims will be the largest the country has seen, is aimed at challenging what he views as the increasing autocratic tendencies of Prime Minister Edi Rama’s government.
At a press conference on Friday, Berisha framed the protest as a necessary response to what he describes as a “dictatorship,” stressing that civil disobedience is the only viable way to break free from this system. “On the 26th, there will be another national protest, the strongest one Albania has ever known. All of Albania will be in Tirana,” he stated.
The call for the protest follows a ruling by the Albanian Constitutional Court that overturned a travel ban imposed on Berisha but maintained a requirement for him to appear in court regularly. The decision has sparked a strong reaction from Berisha, who accused the court of being complicit in what he described as a government-led “coup.”
“The Constitutional Court has become part of a broader effort to seize parliamentary power,” Berisha said, adding that the court’s decision undermines basic freedoms.
