REFERENDUM / Official sources continue to keep silent, but the result is starting to become clearer The first data from independent observers REFERENDUM / Official sources continue to keep silent, but the result is starting to become clearer “NO to the Constitution: 55 percent” The first data from independent observers ■ More than 2,000 delegates from the Association for Democratic Culture followed the vote throughout the country ■ The “shortest” voting took place in a village in Kukës: it lasted only two hours Districts YES% NO% 1. Berat 34 66 2. Bulqizë 42 58 3. Delvinë 20 80 4. Devoll 38 62 5. Durrës 54 46 6. Elbasan 31 68 7. Gjirokastër 26 73 8. Has 60.2 39.8 9. Kavaja 80 20 10. Korça 31 69 11. Kruja 55 45 12. Kuçovë 26 74 13. Kukës 54.5 45.5 14. Kurbin 49 51 15. Lezhë 52 48 16. Lushnje 67 33 17. Malësi e Madhe 56 44 18. Mat 46 54 19. Pogradec 30 70 20. Pukë 51 49 21. Sarandë 28 72 22. Skrapar 25 75 23. Shkodër 59 41 24. Tiranë 50.7 49.3 25. Vlorë 33 67 TIRANË - “No to the Constitution by about 55 percent of voters.” This may be the final result, predicted — on the basis of preliminary information — by the Association for Democratic Culture, about 40 hours after the completion of voting on 6 November. Although unofficial, this forecast is attributed to information obtained through the 2,000 observers of the Association for Democratic Culture, who during the referendum covered 100 percent of Albania’s districts and about 40 percent of the total 4,614 polling stations. “As in other elections,” Mirand[a?] Gace, Executive Director of the Association for Democratic Culture, tells Gazeta Shqiptare, “our final results may differ from the official ones, by only plus or minus 4 percent.” While the officially final survey carried out by the Association for Democratic Culture is calculated for today at 15:00, the work of the observers continues through the night as well. This is necessary because the voting process has been monitored since 6:00 on 7 November and because polling stations closed at different times; the delegates have reported results by phone, fax and couriers. Edmond Laçi

Procedural violations denounced in several districts A committee member disappears Procedural violations denounced in several districts PD: “There were irregularities” A committee member disappears TIRANE - New signs of irregularities during the referendum voting. After the socialists denounced such an act on Sunday evening, this time it is representatives of the Democratic Party who have raised their objections. “There were violations in many areas,” Tritan Shehu, secretary-general of the PD, told Gazeta Shqiptare, “areas in which we will not make a formal denunciation. That is for the Central Commission to assess, and then we will send all the objections to it.” According to PD information, serious violations were observed especially in Berat, where its representative on the district commission refused to sign the final minutes and because the figures reported by local polling stations did not match. Also in Berat, the observer of a polling station, Emal Sino, was threatened and, in the end, when he was on his way home, he disappeared mysteriously. The Police were immediately informed and have now begun a search. As of Tuesday afternoon there had been no news about Sino. Legal violations and acts of violence were also recorded in Përmet. Here — according to PD information — in some areas its members were taken in the commissions and some unstamped ballot boxes were found. In one polling station, where the chairman was from the Socialist Party, 51 more ballots were found than the number recorded in the minutes. Excess ballots were also found in several polling stations in Korça, as well as in the district of Tiranë. Other complaints also arrived from Delvina. Here, according to the election representatives, the PD representative — commission member representing the PD from the SP and PBDNJ — was not allowed to remain as an observer. However, the main leaders of the Democratic Party still cannot say whether they will respond to this event with the referendum results. All the more so since as of Tuesday afternoon they continued to await the official voting results. “We still cannot say whether the referendum was negative for the draft constitution,” says Shehu. “We must wait for the Central Commission to give the real results. Up to now we have received no accurate notification.” Ar. Me. The American ambassador after the meeting at the PS headquarters. Right: Chairman of the People’s Assembly Pjetër Arbnori Photo: A.Babani

The U.S. ambassador meets with Socialist leaders Chairman Pjetër Arbnori must step down from his post.” One hour of calm characterized the meeting between the Socialists and the new American ambassador in Tiranë. No details managed to filter out about the highly reserved discussion between the two sides. From the PS, Pellumbi, Dokle and Zeneli took part. “It was a very positive meeting,” said the American diplomat. Political concerns and the American Embassy in Tiranë. “It was only a routine meeting,” they replied here to the question from Gazeta Shqiptare. The Democratic Party, awaiting the definitive election results, seems not yet to have specifically determined which line it will follow on the Constitution issue. “We state it clearly without hesitation: no,” said Tritan Shehu, Secretary General of the PD. “Then it is up to the President, Parliament and the political parties to find a new solution. We are ready to cooperate with everyone, including the PS, provided that we are still opposed to the government. Not against anyone, but all the political forces, in favor of elections, constitution.” For the first time after the referendum, Shehu also responded to the Socialists’ demand for early elections, saying that “the referendum was not a political vote, but simply about the Constitution, because Albania needed it, so there is no reason for us to talk about early elections.” An assessment that is completely different from that of the Socialists, for whom the referendum result is a setback and a very clear political test. Fotos Baxhaku The American ambassador after the meeting at the PS headquarters. Right: Chairman of the People’s Assembly Pjetër Arbnori

TIRANË - “The final result is not ready yet. We are waiting for the minutes from the districts.” Late last night, the official Central Commission for the referendum vote was unable to provide any accurate data about the conclusion of Sunday’s voting. The reason remains the delay in the arrival of documentation. Yesterday at midday only 12 districts had brought in their final results. Meanwhile, the other 13 had not yet submitted them because they were brought only by the district commission chairpersons, without the accompanying secretary, and in the presence of all the data, a Central Commission group is examining the certificates on which the minutes have been recorded. In the end all of them will be presented to the members, who will decide together on the measures to be taken. No precise forecast, meanwhile, on the day when the results will be announced. A.M.

Yesterday in Albania Kavajë, new polyclinic The city’s new polyclinic has been inaugurated in Kavajë, a gift worth 160 million lire, donated by “Caritas”. Since Monday, the polyclinic, built by the company “Eurotrade”, has been serving the citizens of Kavajë with equipment and a new polyclinic, which in many respects can also serve as accommodation similar to other facilities. Meanwhile in Tiranë, the jewelry-store robbers jorgonëcë for Tiranë, two young men, whom the government a reform in which the Public Minister, are accused of robbing the jewelry store owner and a pistol in Tiranë. In addition, one of them is also wanted for other crimes. The detained men were among several dozen young people, such as the killing of a Bulgarian citizen, or the robbery of several banks. Both of the arrested had long been sought by the law-enforcement authorities, and they could only be reached after an operation and even then only recently.

Rush at the Elbasan hospital: 30 admitted A new outbreak also in Cërrik Rush at the Elbasan hospital: 30 admitted Cholera kills a child A new outbreak also in Cërrik KRUJE - Only 15 minutes after being brought to Krujë hospital, the 7-year-old child lost his life. A. Vela, from the village of Shtubë-Vendas — a known hotspot of the disease — became a victim of the virus on Sunday afternoon. The doctors’ efforts were unable to save the child, whose health condition had been very serious. A few days before Vela died, his grandmother had also been discharged from the same hospital, where she had been admitted with cholera. The disease is also affecting the hospital in Elbasan. In just three days, more than 30 people arrived at its doors, including 5 children, who were urgently admitted to the wards. Another 10 have left their beds. The other spaces of the hospital are being made... Among them there are also 5 children. The first analyses leave no room for doubt: it is cholera. Meanwhile, admissions from other villages continue at the hospital. The cause of this wave affecting the two villages has still not been definitively established. The most likely hypothesis seems to be spread through contact. The spaces and wells were near Gërsh, a village where only a few weeks ago cholera had sent around 60 people to hospital and caused the death of a woman. While the authorities continue attempts to stop the outbreak of the disease, it continues to appear elsewhere. On Monday a new warning was received from Cërrik. An officer and 8 soldiers from a military unit in this area were urgently taken to hospital. These cases, too, showed the symptoms that have now become familiar: diarrhea and vomiting. Mu.Ar./Me.K.

TIRANË - Albania will have its own food law, giving greater legal guarantees for the quality of the food people consume every day in this country and in the first world. The draft law has been approved by the government, but it has passed almost unnoticed due to the political climate and the Constitution itself. The new law will regulate the production, inspection and transport of food products, as well as trade and standards in Albania. Its essence is to guarantee the quality of these goods while at the same time avoiding a burden with legal responsibility for the consumer, the claims of any person to compensation for the consequences. The draft has been prepared some time ago. For a small country, not particularly tied to anything, even in legal terms, in the Food Service Commission. It was drafted by a working group of specialists from the Ministry of Agriculture, FAO experts, and the Ministry of Health.

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