Page 5 The pre-election period and the "post-election risk" EDITORIAL By Adrian THANO "Whoever does not work out the harvest accounting with a beer sample himself, the concept of freedom and self-determination remains difficult before principles". Three weeks before the local elections, something is starting to get muddied, let us say with sludge. Almost without noticing, the opposition is coming to play the role of disagreement and the hidden disregard of the boulevards. That is one thing. But meanwhile, the talk of destabilization is gaining ground. Inspired by their own interested, diversionary voices, after having assured domestic and foreign opinion that their mindsets are darkened, they are positioning the local elections in a situation where even the CEC and the pre-election structures are discussing the possibility of a scenario. Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Paskal Milo remained at the center of all debates, crossed by the craft of restrained rhetoric about the socialist and post-election elections.

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Financial sources, audit after the elections Idrizi with conclusions about the Albanian political parties The T35 Electoral Commission used yesterday's conference to give a report on the way the election campaign is financed. According to him, thousands of dollars from dark and undeclared channels are used by political parties, turning this important sector of democracy into a dubious mine. Idrizi stressed that control of these funds must be rigorous, while after the elections a full verification of the sources will also be possible.

Page 6 Chaos in voter registration One name, 6 times on the list Page 3 Another one in line, at 11:00, the heads of the PR branches in the district, in a meeting with Sabri Godo, to hand over the candidates' documents and to show the campaign propaganda materials. Page 4

The PD candidate in Tirana, based also on professional surveys on the issue of corruption, has also gained the value of morality and action. Edi Rama must explain why the lighting of Tirana's boulevards for the rich is a cut-rate price. Who benefits from privatizing apartments with debts and from not increasing teachers' scholarships, originating from Kosovo. Gazeta republika [received?] yesterday a statement from the PD candidate for Tirana, Maks Haxhia, according to which the leaders of the Socialists have heard that, by government decision, the citizens of the [Outer Ring?] area have been left out of the payment of the telekom post rent. Page 2

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