The opposition responds as a bloc to the PR’s call for a joint roundtable The opposition decided on the steps it will follow regarding the majority and the electoral process. Ever since the statement by one of the majority’s MPs, which speaks of a predetermined result and the dominance of the coalition parties, the opposition parties have made clear their belief that the 1 October elections are being manipulated by the administration of the CEC, not in the sense that the institution itself has been challenged, but through left-wing representatives. Every day they are issuing statements saying that the position of all opposition parties is that Duman’s removal from the head of the CEC is not because he has a conflict of interest, but because of the composition of the CEC, so that the majority cannot guarantee an electoral process meeting standards. After holding consultations late last night, yesterday the joint response of the opposition parties was also made public in a statement signed by the deputy chairman of the PD parliamentary group, Edi Paloka. The opposition will not cooperate to improve election procedures, but will instead demand punishment for the violators from yesterday’s electoral administration. Opposition officials fear a predetermined result, now being directed by Prime Minister Ilir Meta. After the discussions held last night at the presidency of the latter, the opposition’s group of experts was tasked with presenting a joint statement. The clarification made in this statement is that the document submitted by the Republican Party cannot be considered consultation material, because it contains no more than a few ideas, which do not include even one argument or proposal on how the crisis in election administration can be solved, together with the steps that should be followed to overcome it. On 7 April, in the premises of Hotel Tirana, the joint meeting of the United Opposition was held at the invitation of the PR. At the end of the meeting, it was concluded that through the joint roundtable the opposition parties aim to find solutions to the problems related to the conduct of free and fair elections. After this meeting, the opposition parties led by PDS and PBDNJ withdrew from this roundtable after the statement by the PR leader, Fatmir Mediu, that an election boycott remains an open option for the opposition. 10 million lekë to free the rapist The accused orders prisoners to kill Volo Tasi Later, in his office, the central prosecutor Liri Askes and the accused Volo Tasi were the monitored group ready for action. The central prosecutor’s office was keeping Volo Tasi under surveillance and recording his conversations. The accusation against the man alarmed his commissioner to speak with a prosecutor to “resolve” at least half of the charges for the Berat court appearance. According to the intercepted conversation two days earlier, the central prosecutor was asked in return for 10 million lekë to be given in order to tolerate Volo Tasi and not send him to prison. Askes showed understanding and managed to delay it. Immediately afterward, the head of Crimes of the Berat district, Akil Bako, was also involved in this case; he arranged for Lir[d]im Alikonomi to be sent to prison and for Pëllumb Feka to replace him in the cell. P. 4

The accused orders prisoners to kill Volo Tasi Later, in his office, the central prosecutor Liri Askësi says that police agents had ongoing information that before the trial began, the Prosecutor’s Office had opened an investigation against the citizen Volo Tasi, accused of rape. To avoid punishment, Tasi had sought help from the central prosecutor, who had been wiretapped in her conversations with the accused. According to the intercepted conversation, an amount of 10 million lekë was requested to influence a reduction of the charge and have him released. It is suspected that the head of Crimes of the Berat district, Akil Bako, was also involved in this scheme. Elections, meanwhile, on the other hand, also saw the decision to remove one from service and promote the other in the workplace. That what an accusing body can ultimately do with votes and decide on sentences and releases on the basis of money is now, in the light of the Government, subject to open political and public debate before it reaches Parliament. P. 2

After the discussions it was decided that there would be no election boycott, while on the other hand the decision was also taken to remove one from service and promote the other in the local and democratic administration, to raise public awareness and determination and that with this declaration the period of vote manipulation and electoral rights, now in the hands of the Government, will end, and this is subject to open political and public debate before it reaches Parliament. P. 2

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