Analyst Preç Zogaj, drawing a parallel between Hungary and Albania following the opposition's major victory, stated in a television interview that in Hungary, an alternative emerged that united all of Orban's opponents. According to Zogaj, in both countries, the opposition-minded population is a majority, but in Albania, the main opposition party has 250,000 fewer votes than four years ago.
"I think the secret of the major upheaval in Hungary can be expressed in one word: alternative. The alternative is the leader. The Hungarian people were the same four years ago, and they were the same four times when Orban won, but there was no alternative. Orban did everything to win the elections; the OSCE-ODIHR listed violations as in Albania, such as state capture, misuse of public funds, and Russia's hybrid warfare. Yet Hungary had an alternative; the rest is just talk. This alternative secured victory in two steps. It emerged two years ago in the European Parliament elections, gaining 27 percent of the votes and forming a group. The opposition saw that a leader had emerged. The parties, except for one left-wing party, said this figure could gather a majority. Albania resembles Hungary in having more opposition supporters than government backers. In a country, if the backroom exists, the citizen who desires change is the master. I am telling you that the myth of Rama's invincibility is a myth of comfort. In 2021, the opposition was 37,000 votes away from the Socialist Party, and even those votes were due to vote trafficking. If there is an alternative. But in Albania, the alternative is blocked by the largest opposition party. The opposition in Albania, since the 2021 elections, after four years of documented consumption and corruption under Rama, Berisha's opposition, together with Meta, receives about 250,000 fewer votes," said Zogaj.