PARLIAMENT SPEAKER: WE FOLLOWED THE RULES. HOW THE NUMBERS CHANGED FROM 68 TO 72 PROPERTIES, PARLIAMENT ADMITS: WE VOTED THE DECREE TWICE Two days earlier, the rejection of the President’s decree did not get the required numbers. The opposition reacts harshly: An attack on the Constitution, Topalli should not whitewash it. The voting record is not made public. Here are the previous precedents of constitutional violations in parliament

Opinion of the Day By KIÇO BLUSHI For almost a month, a huge blue banner has been hanging on the front of the National Museum, on which is written in large letters... “Under the care of...” some nobody Continues on page 21

By BLEDAR HOTI The Assembly of Albania claims that there was no interruption in the vote on Topi’s decree in Thursday’s session, while at the same time confirming the violation of the rules by the Speaker herself, Jozefina Topalli. At a time when the Secretariat for voting procedures should be reacting on this issue, Topalli issued, as clarification, an answer from the Plenary Sessions service. This service claims that “the voting procedure was carried out in accordance with the rules, in a way... Continues on page 5

Bilingual signs also in Cham villages, allowed by local authorities Saranda fills with signs in Greek, in Himara a rally for Guma’s 40th day (In photo) The signs in Greek on the Konispol-Saranda road and the rally banner in Himara Bilingual signs also at the entrance to the city of Saranda, known for its Albanian population. The Saranda-Konispol road, 41 km, was funded by the Greek government with 32.3 million euros On 19 September, there will be a rally in Himara for the killing of Aleksandër Guma. Banner: Guma, 37, from Northern Epirus, was killed on 13 August because he spoke Greek. Our language is our soul that never dies” On pages 2-3

“QS World University Ranking” assesses 12,000 schools Polytechnic University, the last and weakest school in the world by quality According to the study, the University of Vlora is the best in Albania, Kosovo and Montenegro On page 8

BLUETOOTH, Rame's new hobby, playing piano Bjordi and Adela in financial crisis, they change house Ami and Ermali, the couple’s secret wedding photos are out Supplement

Yesterday in “Financial Times” BY STANLEY PIGNAL PEGGY HOLLINGER A clash between Brussels and Paris over the treatment of Roma immigrants deepened in recent days as Nicolas Sarkozy... Sarkozy-Barroso, the war of words Continues on page 20

IT WAS 5 MILLION LEK Businesses, the government decides: VAT now with turnover of 2 million lek On pages 10-11

UNOFFICIAL VEHICLES New order: Traffic police with private cars for violators On page 7

IN DURRES Muslims, Muça dismisses Mufti Vokshi, police at the mosque On page 14

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