The heads are uncovered racially EDITORIAL Page 3 Elections leave the country to crime That is what is happening now as well. The country has turned itself into a “choice” in both meanings of the word. Tiranë was divided by elections too, the school became like that, but after 26 June the two chairmen argued over which of them should be the “success”, and they chose a quiet solution, “disappointment”. The attempt to dress up all evil as elections is clearly visible, shifting responsibility into a “solution”. After that the police was seen, but apparently it has been told not to look at where crime comes from, but where it is going, even though there is some “choice” to put an end to this story once and for all. Tiranë was divided in two and so were the elections. The police is working and moving around to learn the place day by day in order to determine the culprit more accurately. Thus the elections have taken an unclear course and ended up in uncertainty. Now it seems the race has taken another direction. Yesterday a young man was killed. It is still not known where it originated from or who will be responsible. The truth is that crime is increasing and political justifications are being sought for it, while the elections have remained only as the shadow of a failed process. The central government’s “elections” with the police and the state have left order aside. What was supposed to be a normal democratic process has turned into ground where insecurity flourishes and where public opinion rightly asks: “Where is the state?”

Identity shift, the next scandal The Ministry of Culture and Tourism informs us that what the government has called “formalization” is a game with itself. First, the solution and the application of the law are two different things. Second, such an agreement has no value without approval. Or is everyone supposed to remain silent after the cleansing carried out at the head of the institution? Right after the 29 June elections, the parliamentary presidium began creating the atmosphere of an official proclamation with which all the abuses up to now will be “justified”. In higher education institutions, a movement has begun to identify other names, while the government is trying to create situations that are incomprehensible to the public. Everyone is now forced to wait for a decision, although the outcome is obvious.

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