{"id":15957,"date":"2021-06-18T21:15:45","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T19:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=15957"},"modified":"2021-06-18T22:32:16","modified_gmt":"2021-06-18T20:32:16","slug":"from-political-attacks-to-her-career-linda-rama-speaks-on-the-privileges-she-has-given-up-on-since-becoming-the-first-lady","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/from-political-attacks-to-her-career-linda-rama-speaks-on-the-privileges-she-has-given-up-on-since-becoming-the-first-lady\/","title":{"rendered":"From political attacks to her career – Linda Rama speaks on the ‘privileges’ she has given up on as first lady"},"content":{"rendered":"

Linda Rama, the activist and intellectual, who has been the better half of the Prime minister of Albania, Edi Rama, for the past 11 years, was invited by journalist Ilva Tare to speak on Euronews Albania about the dynamics of her life in the harsh Albanian political arena, as well as her career and family challenges.<\/p>\n

When asked regarding the choice to analyze her public appearances thoroughly and strive to stay away from frequent apparencies, Mrs. Rama explained that this choice is intentional and well thought-out.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have been more visible until the moment, I married Edi and started to live with him. From an always professional perspective, I have been much more active, but in any way, I have had to modify something in my whole approach on public disclosure.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn order to avoid any kind of misunderstanding but also to respect the people\u2019s will, because this is the truth, they have chosen Edi to be the protagonist, they have chosen Edi to experiment in all his forms and Edi is much more beneficial to people in this aspect, so I have decided to let this arena to Edi, and it\u2019s what I have done,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

The activist added that she has chosen to use the social media network Twitter as her only social platform to communicate with the public, regarding cases she sees as most important.<\/p>\n

Even though according to Linda Rama the political and public climate that surrounds the prime ministerial family can often be very challenging, despite the mental preparation, many attacks from political opponents will still come your way.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe moment I started living with Edi, I married Edi in 2010 and it is well-known that during that period for many years, Edi was in the focus of many attacks and many accusations, which in fact, in many cases took unimaginable turns, by sacrificing and not taking into consideration women, or the deceased or even children. This was the climate and I had decided and I knew I had decided to spend my life with a man, who had a very clear political vocation and at the same time, he was a man with an expectation and ambition to become the Prime minister of Albania,\u201d declared Mrs. Rama.<\/p>\n

Mrs. Rama also spoke on the fact that despite the year-long experience in facing these attacks, Rama has been deeply concerned about the consequences of such attacks on the people closest to him.<\/p>\n

Linda Rama also spoke during her interview with Ilva Tare, about the fact that since the first day she became the spouse of the Prime Minister of the country, she decided to refuse many of the public services that were offered to the prime minister\u2019s family, with the desire to willingly choose simplicity over what are harshly seen by the public opinion, as privileges.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince the first day, in order to avoid exactly what you say, these privileges\u2026 as soon as I was given the chance, I refused the entire service team that was put at our disposal to serve the prime minister\u2019s family and I insisted that this service team be moved to the Prime ministry because that\u2019s where the prime minister spends long hours,\u201d stated Mrs. Rama.<\/p>\n

Mrs. Rama continued by saying that she still accompanies her son Zaho to school, everyday and this is one of the most beautiful parts of the day for her, which she will never give up on.<\/p>\n

Linda Rama also disclosed the fact that she doesn\u2019t have any security guards and that she has consciously decided to not accompany her husband on his international visits, apart from the case, where her presence in his visits is needed for protocolary reasons.<\/p>\n

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