{"id":27830,"date":"2021-12-20T18:00:53","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T17:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=27830"},"modified":"2021-12-21T10:45:15","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T09:45:15","slug":"anti-vucic-protest-has-a-dualistic-political-nature-says-neritan-sejamini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/anti-vucic-protest-has-a-dualistic-political-nature-says-neritan-sejamini\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Anti-Vucic protest has a dualistic political nature,\u2019 says Neritan Sejamini"},"content":{"rendered":"

Editor-in-chief at Euronews Albania, Neritan Sejamini, commented on tonight\u2019s massive demonstration in Tirana against the Serbian president, Aleksandar Vucic and the Open Balkan initiative, by deeming it \u201ca protest with a dualistic political nature\u201d.<\/p>\n

According to him, on the one side, this protest is against Vucic and the Open Balkan initiative, and on the other, it holds many other implications, which entice Berisha to show everyone the \u2018real opposition\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are using this event to achieve two main goals: one goal serves DP\u2019s internal politics and the other serves the outrage against the Open Balkan initiative,\u201d \u2013 said Sejamini.<\/p>\n

Euronews Albania\u2019s editor-in-chief added that although the protest is indirectly against the current Rama administration, the only way to bring him down from power is through general elections.<\/p>\n

\u201cIndirectly, this is a protest against Edi Rama because he is the one that has backed up this initiative. If they\u2019re protesting against Vucic, they\u2019re protesting against Rama, who has supported Vucic and left Kosovo out,\u201d \u2013 he said.<\/p>\n

Moreover, the protest according to Sejamini was intentionally kick-started at DP\u2019s headquarters, which on the symbolic realm meant that this is the true Democratic Party, which is different from Basha\u2019s, who has been widely accused recently, of having given up on important causes.<\/p>\n

Sejamini also added that the protest has a strong symbolic connotation, which means that it will make headlines in the international arena, including Kosovo.<\/p>\n

According to him, the Open Balkan initiative created one large economic market and this would be beneficial for all countries of the Western Balkans. He also argued that in the short-term, developed countries will benefit more, referring to Serbia, but in the long run, everyone will benefit.<\/p>\n

To illustrate this, Sejamini brought up the example of Albania\u2019s trade relations with Greece and Italy after 1990, arguing that in the beginning, it was only these two countries who benefited from the relationship through imports, but nowadays, Albania has begun exporting thus creating a balancing effect.<\/p>\n

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