“Whoever sows hunger, will rebel”! Citizens protest against rising prices

Activists announced that they will start the protest at 18:00, while it is expected that in the following minutes, more citizens will gather in the square.

Citizens take to the streets after two months, for the same reasons that came out for several days in a row during March. Commodity prices, affected by the post-war crisis in Ukraine, but not only, have risen Even more. According to Instat figures, inflation in May reached 6.7%, thus reaching a record figure, the highest in 20 years.

““Tax the oligarchs, not the citizens.” ““Why do you pretend to live in a normal country?” “Knife in the heart, the price of nutella”,“No more trampling, no more sacrifices”,“We want rights“, Are some of the calls of the citizens.

Activist and pedagogue Arlind Qorri, during the interview given the day before for “Talk”, invited the citizens to participate in the protest, because due to the wrong policies of the government, they pay more for the products and services they receive, a situation that is aggravating every day more and more their pockets. We must protest the reasons why Albania is in this crisis, said the activist of the Political Organization.

“Today, many Albanians do not manage to buy milk, oil and other basic foods, because they do not have enough money, because their salaries are very low, pensions are very low, economic aid is ridiculous. Meanwhile, prices are only rising. “Between April and May, in just one month, food prices have risen by 20-30%, according to real statistics, while real growth could be even greater.”