Edi Rama
Role at the time: Prime minister of Albania, in a live address on Facebook
Challenged the characterization
Response to this claim
Edi Rama's government has stolen hope from young people and should give way to a caretaker government that prepares early elections.
“I am not being challenged, the government is not being challenged, a government majority or a winning party in the elections is not being challenged, but a path is being challenged, a mission is being challenged.”
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Why we used this label
The reference point is the protest movement's demand that Rama resign over allegations of corruption in his government, together with his government's handling of the protests. Rama recasts the protests as a challenge to Albania's path toward the European Union rather than to him or his government, which disputes how the protesters frame their demand.