PS CHAIRMAN: THOUGHTS ABOUT LSI, VICTORY DOES NOT PASS THROUGH META Edi Rama: I expect ethics, not arithmetic Kastriot Islami: My exclusion? I won’t allow myself to be put on trial. Saimir Tahiri: We should have removed him earlier. Arben Malaj: Transparency is needed. Ilir Meta: Islami is welcome in the LSI A member of the leadership of the Socialist Party, and at the same time deputy chairman of its parliamentary group, Saimir Tahiri described Edi Rama’s proposal to expel Kastriot Islami as “delayed.” Invited on the program “Zonë e lirë” hosted by journalist Arjan Çani, he said two days earlier that this should have happened sooner. According to Tahiri, Islami had effectively excluded himself from the PS parliamentary group because he broke the political decision to take part in the vote against the candidacy of Bujar Leskaj, proposed by President Bamir Topi, for the post of head of the High State Audit. “We are not delaying even one minute. A decision of the parliamentary group has been broken. He excluded himself. And if my personal decision, it should have happened earlier,” Tahiri briefly stated. PS chairman Edi Rama proposed yesterday, in the party leadership, the expulsion of Kastriot Islami from the parliamentary group. ... Continues on pages 2-4

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