The former deputy chairman of LSI leaves his political force, accuses it of buying MPs PRIFTI: META IS THREATENING ME LSI: HE IS A COCAINE KAMIKAZE Dritan Prifti: I reveal the smuggling and the middlemen. The LSI secretary for the media: Prifti is sitting in Tan Lepra's lap. The customs director: The truth about the smuggling, here is when it was done The LSI deputy, former min-? The dismissed Minister of Economy decided yesterday to leave this party. In a long letter, Prifti accuses Ilir Meta of having threatened him with the lives of his family members. Prifti explains all the reasons that forced him precisely this Monday to leave Meta and LSI. He says that very soon he will also make public his political affiliation, without specifying which party he will move to. Full letter Dear brothers and sisters, members, sympathizers or voters of the Socialist Movement for Integration, today I have made a decision that I have been seriously thinking about for some time... Continues on pages 2-3

The writer speaks about life with Sadije On pages 26-27

The debate reopens A nun enters university: Religious dress? They welcome me better On page 13

Yesterday in “Wall Street Journal” Yesterday in “Wall Street Journal” By JAMES KIRCHIK “The dark night of fascism has always hung over the United States, but it only descended on Europe,” said Tom Volf... Continues on page 28

Opinion of the Day By KIÇO BLUSHI Based on the ups and downs of lessons learned, on the long personal experience of a leader thinned out with oil and vinegar,... Continues on page 29

Drug trafficking / GSH uncovers the file on 24 Albanians arrested in Italy (In the photo): Italian police operation to seize cocaine Coded conversations: Go to Rome to pick up the 27-year-old nephew (referring to 1 kg of cocaine worth 27 thousand euros). The operation failed, the phone calls: The courier is in the hospital (meaning the prison)... Intercepted messages: Furriku asks Bega to use 900 grams of pure cocaine to produce 2.3 kilograms. And keep the other 100 to return 300 grams. Here is how the drug transport was to be carried out On pages 4-5

Former PS MP Bufi: The book, I didn't beat Rama with it, Topalli promoted it On page 8

One in custody 16-year-old girl: They raped me by three young men, the hours of horror On page 15

Transition memories / How the first NGO was created in 1990 Elsa Ballauri: Ramiz Alia wanted to duplicate us with another group By GILMANA BUSHATI For the first time, details are given about the creation of the first non-governmental organization in Albania, in December 1990, and this is told to “Gazeta Shqiptare” by the first chairman of this forum, Professor Arben Puto. In this interview he tells about the beginnings of the forum, whose first meeting was held at the “Dajti” hotel, the first participants and what its mission was. The demand for “freedom for political prisoners”... On pages 22-23