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Debated with Rama in Divjaka, the farmer: The Prime Minister's arrogance killed me
2026-02-04 21:02:09 / POLITIKË
Lili Biti, a few days ago, became the most famous farmer in Albania after a debate she held with Prime Minister Edi Rama.
The 61-year-old says that he has been involved in agriculture in Divjaka for 35 years and on a land area of 10 hectares, he cultivates field vegetables in both seasons. For him, agriculture is his passion and the family economy with which he raised his two children.
" Without state help, we cannot survive. I have 8-10 hectares of land that I plant with various vegetables, whatever you can see in the market, beets, flowers, carrots ," says Lili Biti, a farmer.
Lili emphasizes that he did not seek to block imports, but rather to protect the agricultural production of Albanian land.
" The Prime Minister listened very well that I did not ask for the customs blockade, because that is how he answered me. I asked that when imported goods enter the state be a regulator, if the farmer has goods here, he should raise the reference at customs, as happens in the region. But here the opposite happens. There are 4-5 large traders and they compete with us ," adds the 61-year-old.
The farmer says he was not bothered by the opposition to his idea, but by the prime minister's high-pitched tone towards a 61-year-old farmer.
What struck you most about the prime minister's reaction?
" Arrogance killed me. Sit down, sit down, I still didn't speak, then I spoke as I felt ," he adds.
But the disappointment wasn't just from politics; in those moments, Lili also felt abandoned by his fellow farmers.
" I left the meeting, you did a good job of speaking up. Where are you? I felt like... I was offended that no one stood up ," the farmer emphasizes.
Meanwhile, the farmer is facing an uncertain market, as he is selling at a price that does not even cover production costs.
Biti further adds, " This is red cabbage, how much are you selling it for at the moment and where is it going? I am selling it for 15 lek and it is going to Bosnia, Montenegro, the Czech Republic, it should have been sold for 50 lek to be of interest to the farmer. I am losing 3,000 euros here ."
Farmers' crops compete with imports in quantity and price, as a farmer in the region pays several times for the same area of land./ TopChannel
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