As the country is engulfed in massive protests demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Edi Rama, below we bring you a glimpse of what his former associates, with whom he shared common paths in politics, think. The historic leader of the Socialist Party, the late Fatos Nano, has described Rama as a wealthy freemason who is unstoppable.

"I am very sorry, it pains me that the adventurism of this enriched freemason, Edivin Rama, in Albania is not being stopped by anyone today," Nano said. Meanwhile, former SP vice-chairman Servet Pëllumbi has stated about Rama that the latter does not refer to and addresses programs for the left. "He who says he is a leftist, declares that he has done it for the leftists. He does not refer to those strata that are leftist and require a leftist program, given their own socio-economic situation," he said.

Meanwhile, former minister and former SP MP, Arta Dade claims that the SP is a paralyzed force, without democracy, where only one person commands. "Now I see that nothing is happening. It is a paralyzed force, without internal democracy, only one person commands, it is a one man show," Dade says. Former SP MP, Koço Kokoëdhima, has also criticized the government in time, who has made accusations against the Rama government.

"Who speaks on behalf of the state budget? Those who, with the greatest greed, destroy the state budget. With PPP, they buy them from the private sector for 20 times. These for 1 million dollars, buy 20 million dollars. These have set the most terrible prices on the planet. They commit the most unprecedented robberies on the budget.", said Kokëdhima. Meanwhile, Ben Blushi, who has never been sparing towards Edi Rama, was once harsh. "Do you know how Edi Rama's 1 days in power are divided? 100 days of selfies, 200 days on the plane, 300 days in the stadium and 400 days in prison. He dedicated more to prisons," said Blushi.

Former minister Arben Malaj is also critical, stating that it is better to eat dry bread than a $1,000 steak.

"It's better to eat dry bread like we used to eat, than a $1 steak. It's better to drink apple juice in Vermosh, than to drink 33 euro wine," said Arben Malaj. Meanwhile, former Deputy Prime Minister Arben Ahmetaj has previously made shocking testimony regarding Rama's power and allegations of his links to crime. "I, at least naively, have not been able to see the return of state structures to the function of one man, the head of the organization. Today, Albania is in the hands of crime. Political coordinators have been replaced by crime coordinators," said Ahmetaj.

Former Socialist MP Spartak Braho has also been consistently critical and harsh towards Edi Rama. In his last appearance to the media, Braho called Rama an extremist and neo-fascist. Braho said that the Socialist Party has deviated from the former party, emphasizing that the Socialist parliamentary group does not have the representation and values ​​it once had, highlighting names with contributions such as the professor who passed away a few days ago, Servet Pëllumbi.

"It was a great honor to meet and talk to Servet Pëllumbi. He contributed to the reform of the PSSH, from the ALPSH to the social democratic party, and this party would not have been created if it were not for this generation of activists who supported the PS. At the 10th Congress, Professor Servet did not want to be elected, and even pressured Nano after being proposed as party chairman by a delegate at the time, he said no, I will not take this position if Servet Pëllumbi, Spiro Dede and several others were here. He accepted with all his heart. But to tell Servet Pëllumbi… Yesterday he found the day to call Servet Pëllumbi a Marxist, Leninist and Communist? Shame. I have hung up on him, he forgot the reflections he published in '91, some notes, scribbles where he presented himself as a right-wing extremist, a neo-fascist, but come on, the young man has crossed over to Western sectarian currents. And now he is ashamed to mention it to him. But you can't call Servet Pëllumbi a Marxist-Leninist. A borrowed accusation and he used it. But the use of this phrase yesterday was utter cynicism. Shame on him. The parliamentary group of the SP? I don't know it at all. I've been out of the SP for 4 years, but no one knows them, the people don't know them, where they speak, what they follow, there is no opposition, there is no debate", says Braho.