POLICE STATEMENT OF THE DRUG-CONVICTED MAN: SICK PARENTS, I REMOVED THE SOUND SYSTEM CAMPAIGN, SHULLAZI IN HANDCUFFS Former smuggler: Why I ruined the PS rally They destroyed the sound system and microphones at the meeting of candidate Erjon Koka; Gilmando Dani is also escorted. Besnik Bare: Two weeks ago, he threatened us not to pass along that road By KLODIANA LALA Yes. I removed the sound system and the microphones of the Socialist Party. I know very well what kind of party they are. My parents were sick and they were making noise. I went and took them away...”. Calmly, Emiljano Shullazi, a name highly problematic for the Albanian police, has recounted the entire clash with members of the campaign team of the Socialist Party candidate for municipal unit no. 7. Former smuggler Shullazi, who was convicted together with his right-hand man Ervin Ferhati for trafficking 150 kilograms of heroin fro... Continues on page 6

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In Fier, employees are asked to declare personal data In the photo: Berisha’s election meeting in Fier. Facsimile of the form for administration employees from the PD of Fier Dutch Ambassador Van Den Dool appeals from Korça: Votes are being bought, the elections are at risk. There is corruption and violence in parliament and insulting language among politicians Rama in Peshkopi: Do not sell your vote to those who offer you money. The Prime Minister presents the candidates in Krujë, Ishëm and Mamurras: Rama has nowhere left to wash away his sins On pages 2-5

Speaks the candidate of the “Alliance for the Citizen” “I will fight to bring back values; the city will have water 24 hours a day” Kujtim Hoxha, the candidate of the “Alliance for the Citizen,” proposed by the Socialist Movement for Integration, is one of the best-known people in the city of Përmet. Apart from the fact that he is from Këlcyra, he worked for many years in the district’s education system, as a teacher and administrator. More than anyone else, his city pains him; something about the city of flowers today, with its buildings, it loses so much of the beauty of neglect. In an interview given to “Gazeta Shqiptare,” Kujtim Hoxha speaks about the immediate interventions that the city of Përmet needs and what he promises that... Continues on pages 12-13

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