Albanian opposition disrupts parliamentary session with flares after violent protests – video
Opposition lawmakers in Albania disrupted a parliamentary session by burning flares, following weeks of violent anti-government protests called by students demanding the resignation of the prime minister, Edi Rama. Members of the opposition Democratic Party of Albania also blocked access to the podium when a law on the central bank was being voted on.
As the opposition leader, Sali Berisha, spoke at the podium before his microphone was cut off, other opposition members held photos of protesters injured by rubber bullets
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