On the 14th day of the protest, a group of protesters marched through the streets of Tirana after staying for several hours outside the Ministry of Education. Lecturers also joined the rally, while movement in the capital took place without reported incidents in the version made public.
Departure from the Ministry of Education
Sunday’s protest began with participants gathering outside the Ministry of Education, where they remained for several hours.
Afterward, the protesters moved into a march through the streets of Tirana, turning the 14th day of the rally into another public display of opposition in the capital.
Lecturers join the march
At this stage of the protest, lecturers also joined the march, adding another presence from the academic world to the rally.
Their participation gives the development a different symbolic weight, especially since the protest’s first stop was precisely outside the institution that oversees education.
Stop outside the Prime Minister’s Office
After marching through the streets of the capital, the protesters stopped outside the Prime Minister’s Office.
There they placed a banner with a caricature showing Edi Rama and Aleksandër Vuçiç. The caricature was placed on the dialogue table that the prime minister has left near the steps of the building.
The caricature was torn up and set on fire
At the end of this symbolic action, the protest took on another visual charge when the paper with the caricature was torn up and then set on fire.
The rally, according to the information published so far, continued peacefully during this stop outside the government headquarters as well.
The 14th day of the protest once again found Tirana with a march in the streets and direct messages for the government.
The presence of lecturers and the stop outside the Prime Minister’s Office shifted attention to the symbolic clash with institutions, at a time when the demands and the official response remain at the center of public debate.