Aulona Bylykbashi, a deputy with Albania’s Socialist Party, said the protest outside the Ministry of Education began as a peaceful gathering. She argued that it later turned violent, including assaults on officers from the State Police. Bylykbashi said the presence of the Berisha family in the square showed the demonstration had been captured for the interests of the Democratic Party leader. Her comments framed the unrest as a politically directed event rather than an ordinary public protest. The intervention placed the ruling Socialist Party and the opposition on opposite sides of the dispute over who controlled the demonstration. The excerpt gives no independent account of the clashes or the extent of any injuries. It also does not specify what action the government took after the protest.