In Albania, Public Sector Political Hires are Undermining Democracy
Drini ImamiTiranaBIRNJune 26, 202607:49The current protests reflect frustration with a clientelist system that rewards party loyalty over merit and uses the public administration to distribute privileges and resources to supporters. Albania has been experiencing large-scale protests for over three weeks. The immediate trigger was a controversial tourism development project in Zvernec associated with Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of Donald Trump.
- ▪Drini ImamiTiranaBIRNJune 26, 202607:49The current protests reflect frustration with a clientelist system that rewards party loyalty over merit and uses the public administration to distribute privileges and resources to supporters.
- ▪Albania has been experiencing large-scale protests for over three weeks.
- ▪The immediate trigger was a controversial tourism development project in Zvernec associated with Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of Donald Trump.
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| Publication time | Fri, 26 Jun 2026 05:49:49 +0000 |
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Drini ImamiTiranaBIRNJune 26, 202607:49The current protests reflect frustration with a clientelist system that rewards party loyalty over merit and uses the public administration to distribute privileges and resources to supporters. Albania has been experiencing large-scale protests for over three weeks. The immediate trigger was a controversial tourism development project in Zvernec associated with Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of Donald Trump. But the demonstrations reflect a much deeper frustration with what many citizens perceive as a corrupt and clientelist system that serves a small political and economic elite rather than society as a whole.
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