In 1980, he publicly challenged the autocratic ruler of Albania, Enver Hoxha, claiming that ethnic Albanians in Yugoslavia were better off than people in Albania and describing his rule as brutal and dictatorial.
Godine 1980. javno je prozvao komunističkog diktatora Albanije Envera Hoxhu tvrdnjom da su etnički Albanci u Jugoslaviji bolji nego ljudi u Albaniji, a Hoxhinu vladavinu nazvao brutalnom i diktatorskom.