. The Republican Party has taken the technical measures needed to compete in the 17 constituencies where elections will be repeated next Sunday. We will compete regardless of which candidates we face. There is no prior agreement with any other forces. Participation in this third round does not prejudice the statement of the Steering Committee of May 29, which the Republican Party has offered as a fair political solution to the problem as a whole. Republicans and the electorate that votes for us should take part in Sunday’s reelections, despite the disappointment they experienced in the first round. Every individual has one vote and should never give up using it, under any circumstances; otherwise, they shirk their duty as citizens. The Republican Party will continue its efforts to overcome today’s political crisis through open and constructive dialogue. The political confrontations escalating at a high level have exhausted the people and are harming the country, as well as the National Cause. The first demand the Republican Party’s MPs will make in Parliament is precisely that political debate be opened in defence of democracy. We must fight to establish our parliamentary group, as the way to advance republican politics as a whole. We hope that the severe reprimands from European institutions and the United States will help prevent the manipulation and violations that were confirmed on a large scale on May 26. But if these are repeated to any extent next Sunday, today’s authorities must understand that they are leading the country into a dead end. We urge the electorate to vote for the RP, which has always put the country’s interests first. The day will come very soon when it will be proven that the RP’s position and its alternative are grounded in today’s reality, which makes the use of politics imperative as the only means of achieving civic agreement. Voter, a vote for the Republican Party is a vote for the present and the future.

The Austrian chancellor’s spokesperson, Mr Karl Kramer, told the APA agency on behalf of Franz Vranicki that Austria ruled out the possibility of intervening or mediating in connection with the “alleged manipulations in the May 26 elections.” Austria thus rejected the request by Albanian opposition leaders for the support of the Austrian chancellery. This statement came after Vranicki received a letter from the chairman of the PSD, Gjinushi, and the chairman of the PAD, Ceka, requesting mediation by the Austrian chancellor concerning these manipulations.

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The leaders of the PAD and PSD have appeared on the scene as standard-bearers of the free vote. Violations of the free vote are serious. Something happened that struck at the foundations of democracy. It is the duty of everyone who believes in the democratic order to oppose this forcefully. The politicians of the demos should lead this effort. So far, so good. But when the Centre’s spokespeople consider themselves the purest champions of democracy and start insulting everyone else, this takes on particular significance in Albania, where the overwhelming majority of the people would regard the return of the socialists, for a number of reasons, as a national catastrophe. Did the Centre bear this in mind when it decided to enter into an open alliance with the PS? From its very foundation, the PAD—and then the PSD, to some degree over the past two years—aligned itself with the PD’s fiercest opponents. Their right to return to power is not in question. When things reach this point, it is no longer possible to speak of alliances in defence of democracy. The whole affair boils down to pragmatism that does not smell right. Then one also loses the moral right to criticize others who are trying to face the situation with honest and open politics. And yet some spokesperson for the Centre continues, without the slightest embarrassment, to accuse others, including the RP, of taking “bones.” To oppose this forcefully order. the purest champions of democracy and start insulting everyone who did not blindly follow their path, they must provide some explanations. The Centre entered into open cooperation with the socialists during the election campaign. What would have been the result of a possible victory for this bloc? There is only one answer: the socialists’ return to power and a governing coalition of the three parties. It is known that coalitions are formed according to the results. The Centre would have emerged with the ten seats the PS gave it, and its representation in the governing coalition would have been in the same proportion, or a little higher. But these matters did not carry that much weight. What matters is that the Centre was the first to accept the socialists’ return to power and set about putting it into practice. Electoral alliances are a familiar practice in democracies. But one cannot avoid asking whom one is forming an alliance with and what the consequences will be for the nation as a whole. fiercest opponents. Their right to take the positions they consider most appropriate toward the party in power is not in question. But should that position have led to total cooperation with the socialists? The PD’s overt authoritarianism was not enough to justify such a step. Someone might then accuse the “Centre Pole” of not hesitating at all, for the sake of entering Parliament, to align itself with the former communists, thereby helping them achieve an outcome that does not smell right. One then Surely this is because they cannot get bones for themselves, despite openly campaigning for them. The RP, meanwhile, maintains its consistent position: it competes without any agreement, seeing this as something imposed by circumstances, and calls for understanding of the May 28 declaration, which could also serve to open a dialogue that would lead to a comprehensive solution to the problem.

The tightening of the conditions for obtaining the right to be a legal immigrant and, on the other hand, the increase in the flow of migrants during the current season have made it extremely difficult for undocumented immigrants to survive in Italy. Under these circumstances, many undocumented migrants from various countries are seeking different ways to secure the right of soggiorno in Italy. As a result, they have become easy prey for fraudsters and those involved in document forgery. Thus, some migrants in a province of Lecce, in order to emerge from the shadows of undocumented status, had managed to obtain from an “owner” a “certificate” stating that they were employed at a supermarket. However, the large number of “employees”—around 50, most of them Albanians—at the phantom supermarket aroused suspicions among the staff of the Lecce police headquarters, where the “employment certificates” were presented. After an investigation, it was discovered that no such supermarket existed, and the undocumented migrants are now in the hands of the Italian justice system, which provides for penalties ranging from three months to three years. According to the statements of the undocumented migrants who were caught, they had paid around 2 million Italian lire for such a forged certificate. But the problem is that this case has prompted checks of employment documents issued throughout Italy, which will make things even more difficult for undocumented migrants, including Albanians.

Zeqo had lost his keys and was looking for them under a neon light. “Where did you lose your keys?” a passerby asked him. “I lost them over there,” Zeqo said, gesturing, “but I’m looking here because there’s more light.”

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