Ambassadors spread out across Albania Limprecht in Shkodër, Ahrens... secret... Page 3

EDITORIAL It is always said that elections are one more chance. For those who are in power, for those who want to come to power, for those who want to get close to power and take something, however small, from it. It is true! Elections are one more chance. Above all, a great chance for those who vote. Once, only once every 4 years, they truly hold power in their hands. Only once every 4 years, perhaps voters have a government, for every power, for every politician and his career. But not for a people who live, aspire, hope for a better future. Who strive for what they seek, become disillusioned with the choices they have made, fall bent under the heavy weight of the pain of deception, but who ultimately know and have the strength to rise, to dream of more... ...in the evenings when all you did was insult “the other” and no alternative was offered, today they wait anxiously in front of their televisions, near polling stations, beside their telephones and in their offices, waiting for a result that gives them hope for themselves. We Republicans did not come alive during the campaign, because we spoke and did not reap together with you. We did not speak “against” a great chance for those who vote. Once—just once every 4 years—they truly hold power in their hands. Just once every 4 years, perhaps for only a few moments on this day, politicians are forced to speak “softly,” to “beg” for votes, to say that the people hold power and no one else(!). That is why elections are one more chance. But not the last. Such a chance can be an opportunity for a better future. For those who strive for it, who seek it, who learn from the choices they have made, who fall bent beneath the heavy burden of the pain of being deceived, but who, after all, know and have the strength to rise again, to dream of something better, to hope for more... A “negative” campaign ended yesterday. A new vote began today. Politicians, frozen, with disheveled hair, flushed faces and hoarse, guttural shouts, cultivated only by the atmosphere of the mit-? of voting, beside their phones and because we spoke and did not scream ourselves hoarse at you. We did not speak “against” anyone, because we said what we know how to do better. We offered hope that this country can be built, and so we hope for you. It is not the last chance, but nevertheless, do not let it slip away. After all, it is one more chance—why should we regret losing it one day?

Of 123 companies, 47 are run by senior state officials The government is not approving the suspension of the barbaric exploitation of the rivers that flow through the territory of the Albanian capital: Erzen, Tërkuzë and Tirana. A control team, comprising specialists from several departments and, principally, the Ministry of Public Works, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Public Economy and Privatization, proposed to the Government that operations on these rivers be suspended. “Their unregulated exploitation has exposed the underlying layer, causing extensive damage to land due to the diversion of the riverbeds and, in many places, the increased speed of their flow,” they write. Page 9

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Work-related errors and the effects of Article 153 are acknowledged The CEC acknowledges the failure of the Electoral Code. CEC acknowledges the failure of the Electoral Code. In a press statement, the CEC acknowledged the major shortcomings this commission encountered in the law it had itself implemented, which on quite a few occasions it was forced to violate. CEC spokesperson Dalipi stressed that, with its decision to divide the positions of chair and deputy chair equally between the government and the opposition, this institution had helped ease political tensions. Page 3

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The CEC and its bodies are responsible for the desired campaign to raise Albanian citizens’ awareness about participation and the way to vote

(For the municipal council) 1 October 2000 Municipality of Tirana (For the mayor) 1 October 2000 Municipality of Tirana. General mark. Candidates for mayor (first name, father’s name, surname). The party or coalition represented by the candidate, or the independent candidate. Abbreviations. Albert Fisi Kapo — Independent — INDEPENDENT. Arben Ali Demeti — Democratic Alliance Party — AD. Arben Pilo Duka — United Communist Party of Albania — PKBSH. Armando Taro Rapo — Albanian Conservative Party — P.KONS. Besnik Bajram Mustafaj — Democratic Party + PL + PBL + PBK + PBQ — PD + PL + PBL + PB... . Dashamir Hami Shehi — United Albanian Right — DBSH. Edi Këtja Rama — Socialist Party of Albania + PSD — PSSH + PSD. Feri Shyqyri Zeneli — Liberal Alternative Party — PALSH. Gazmend Mukë Malaj — Forca Albania Party — PFA. Genci Selman Hara — Democratic Party of Albania — PDK. Hysni Jashar Mlloshi — Communist Party of Albania — PKSH. Maksim Rustem Haxhia — Albanian Republican Party — PRSH. Mestret Idriz Sarfi — Independent — INDEPENDENT. Sejf Haki Haxha — Albanian National Patriotic Party — PPK. Forca Albania Party — PFA. Communist Party of Albania — PKSH. Albanian Conservative Party — P.KONS. Albanian Peasant League Party — PLFSH. Albanian National League Party — LKSH. Albanian National Reconciliation Party — PPK. Albanian Republican Party — PRSH. Social Democratic Party of Albania — PSD. Socialist Party of Albania — PSSH. Albanian Anti-affiliation Party...? — PSHA. Serial No. 2115805.

. All PR leaders in the Districts and Republican representatives on the KZQV electoral commissions are to remain in continuous contact throughout today with Central Headquarters, at numbers 223428, 223090 and 232511, to provide information on the progress of the electoral process. The Presidium