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Pashko steps down from his role as coordinator for the Pact “Prime Minister Ilir Meta is preparing to dismiss his economic adviser, Gramoz Pashko, striking another hard blow against Nano’s people in the Government. The PAD representative in the Socialist government cabinet will no longer be coordinator for issues concerning the Stability Pact. Insider sources at the Prime Minister’s Office, who refused to be identified, said that the head of the Socialist government will soon decide not to present Pashko internationally as the government’s representative on Stability Pact issues. According to the same sources, the reason for this decision is Albania’s failure at the summit in Skopje, Macedonia. This maneuver is also being made to exonerate the government in the eyes of the Alliance for the State, following its failure at the Stability Pact meeting held in Macedonia. Pashko’s successor is thought to be Socialist Party minister Ermelinda Meksi, who also held the chair of the “Nano” commission on the Stability Pact’s economic issues. Thus Pashko, who has declared himself a supporter of the Socialist Party chairman, will no longer wield the considerable power that even Prime Minister Meta envied. The head of the Executive appears to be continuing the “broom” operation against Nano’s supporters without pause, first pushing them out of their strong positions in preparation for their total “elimination.” The head of the Executive appears to be continuing to remove people who support Nano, first pushing them out of their strong positions in preparation for their total “elimination” from the place where Meta is “pasha.” Meta is expected to make this anti-Nano move in the coming days. This maneuver is also being made to exonerate the government in the eyes of the Alliance for the State for the failure at the Stability Pact meeting held in Macedonia. For the next Stability Pact meeting, which will be held in Brussels, head of government Meta will send his most trusted “collaborators,” with the aim of achieving the most satisfactory possible result. Sources close to the Prime Minister’s Office also report that the Prime Minister’s economic adviser, Gramoz Pashko, has been barred from appearing in political circles as the Executive’s coordinator for the Stability Pact. Bledar Hoti

98 quintals are impounded; hundreds of others are paid for in the millions p. 8

Many senior officers in the blue uniforms of the police post are involved in this scandal, including senior officials of the Ministry of Public Order p. 2

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Purchase transactions are 10 times higher than sales p. 8

Around 60% of construction is unplanned p. 6

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20 people are taken to the police station p. 7

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Mediu: Government officials, respect Article 41 of the Constitution, p. 3 Ngjela: Members of the Constitutional Court are unlawful, p. 5 Meta asks Greece to disburse the promised funds, p. 5 www.republika.com REPUBLIKA ONLINE