A meeting held at the government villa in Pogradec highlighted not only the presence of Prime Minister Edi Rama in the city, but also an old wound that continues to linger at the doors of institutions: the property issue. According to published footage, three elderly citizens were received by the head of government, while at least one of them openly raised the unresolved problem of property.
The meeting at the government villa after the agenda with ministers
After meeting with ministers on the second day of his stay in Pogradec, Edi Rama received three elderly citizens at the government villa.
In the published footage, they are seen entering the villa one after another to meet the Prime Minister.
A direct request: a solution for property
In statements made before the meeting, one of the elderly citizens directly linked his request to the issue of unrestituted property.
He said he wanted to meet the Prime Minister to speak to him about the fact that, according to him, the property has not been returned and the issue has not been resolved. According to this position, only the intervention of the head of government can unblock the situation.
When citizens turn directly to the Prime Minister
The very fact that an elderly citizen sees the solution only in meeting the Prime Minister once again sheds light on the malfunctioning of other institutional links.
Property issues remain among the most prolonged problems in the country, while such cases reinforce the perception that citizens are forced to seek personal solutions at the top of power, rather than through the mechanisms the state claims to have established.
So far, there are no public details on the full content of the meeting or whether any concrete solution was given for the requests presented.
The event in Pogradec brings back into focus a long-standing problem: amid images of meetings and the symbolism of closeness to the citizen, it remains to be seen how effectively institutions actually function when faced with files that have been waiting for years.