Basha explodes at the government: They boast of 10 million tourists, with exiled Albanians who come to visit their families

The head of the Democratic Party, Lulzim, during a meeting with supporters in Tirana, accused the government of treating the middle class as an enemy after the tax imposed on free professions.

"They boast that 10 million tourists entered Albania last year, it is a lie of course, as he was forced to admit a few days ago under the lines. Over 60% of them are Albanians who live outside Albania and come to visit their families, or Albanians from Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Greece, or anywhere else.

The rest are low-budget tourists. Albanian tourism is not able to sustain itself and no longer create a value chain which should normally double and triple the volume of agricultural production. He had to decide once and for all the well-being of the Albanian farmer.

The Albanian farmer should have been a net contributor to the Albanian economy and not a survivor who has his head at the mercy of the state that does not come. On the contrary, the punishment comes, the fine comes, the day comes when the products, instead of being sold, are thrown away. The same thing with free professions. It is the only country that treats the middle class as the enemy, because the government fears every factor and every actor who thinks for himself who is able to express his opinion and not submit to the power and intellectual and political misery of his. For this reason, it has increased taxes on the middle class, to stimulate them to leave instead of staying here and producing value. The pensions of Albanian pensioners are not enough even for the first week of the month without the support of their family members, mainly those who live abroad", said Basha.