Democratic Party leader Sali Berisha held his final campaign rally in Tropoja on Sunday, calling on citizens not to vote for current Prime Minister Edi Rama.<\/p>\n
Berisha condemned what he described as the intolerable reality of Rama\u2019s ministers living in luxury while advising Albanian pensioners on how to survive on a monthly pension of just 140,000 old lek.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019ve surely heard that old saying, that no one dies of hunger here. And I say this because it used to be true\u2014people would share their bread with one another. That was generosity, that was the spirit of charity. But for ministers to declare that things are fine in Albania because \u2018no one dies of hunger\u2019\u2014those are words that should never be spoken. It\u2019s not about dying of hunger, it\u2019s about living with dignity. It\u2019s about not having to count every bite. It\u2019s about ensuring that the men and women who sacrificed their lives for Tropoja and for Albania are not left struggling to make it through the month on their meager pensions.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s about making sure they don\u2019t have to beg for medicine because they can\u2019t afford it. It\u2019s about ensuring that our youth, our children, can build their dreams here in Albania\u2014not dream about how to flee from Tropoja and the country.<\/p>\n
Instead, these officials insult the Albanian people with remarks like \u2018no one dies of hunger here.\u2019<\/p>\n
Or take the ministers\u2014dressed up like princesses from sultanates\u2014telling Albanians that pensioners are doing just fine. That you can live comfortably on 140 euros a month.<\/p>\n
This disconnect, this abandonment of the people due to looting\u2014because thieves, in justifying their theft, come to despise their victims. They think, \u2018They deserved it.\u2019<\/p>\n
And so do the ministers, saying \u2018You deserved it.\u2019<\/p>\n
Friends, within our first 100 days in office, we will give a definitive answer: every Albanian will receive a minimum living wage of 200 euros.<\/p>\n
Today, 560,000 pensioners live on less than 172 euros a month. All of them\u2014whether they receive 60, 100, or 170 euros\u2014will get 200 euros in our first 100 days of governance,\u201d Berisha stated, among other things.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Democratic Party leader Sali Berisha held his final campaign rally in Tropoja on Sunday, calling on citizens not to vote for current Prime Minister Edi Rama. Berisha condemned what he described as the intolerable reality of Rama\u2019s ministers living in luxury while advising Albanian pensioners on how to survive on a monthly pension of just […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":78284,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153,165,1803],"tags":[243,151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n