PS REQUEST FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE EXPELLED DEPUTY FAILS PD DEFENDS ISLAMI Delegation to the Council of Europe, departure blocked Debate in plenary session, Ruçi: Representation must be balanced. Rusmali: Kastrioti is respected abroad. Topi: I will not run for president again After Kastriot Islami was expelled from the parliamentary group, the Socialist Party also requested his removal from the parliamentary delegations where he is represented, according to some pink-house sources. But this request was rejected yesterday by Parliament with 71 votes in favor and 62 against. In the last plenary session of 2011, the head of the PS group, Gramoz Ruçi, asked that another name replace Islami in the assembly of the Council of Europe, proposing a balance between the majority and the opposition. “According to the Council of Europe rules, the relations between the majority and the opposition in the parliamentary delegation should be balanced. Two mandates for the majority and two mandates for the opposition, and the same number of substitutes. This is precisely the moment for the Albanian Parliament, also within the framework of this cooperation... this is the first test the majority can give, since until now the opposition has given tests,” Ruçi said... Continues on pages 2-3,6

Comment of the Day By EDI RAMA In parliament our plan to remove the tax on basic foodstuffs and medicines was defeated. Bad news at year’s end for all ordinary families ... Continues on page 23 Bad news from the government

Interview with the composer On page 21

Reply / “Why did Enver Hoxha appoint him editor-in-chief of ZP” (In photo:) Ramiz Alia and Sofokli Lazri. Mehmet Elezi and Enver Hoxha “Why should Sofokli Lazri have become a KGB agent? Since he was the son of an American citizen, wouldn’t the fabrication have sounded more spontaneous if they had linked him to the CIA?” “This ‘dissident’, acting as a local communist leader, ordered the electricity to the microphone of Azem Hajdari cut off when he was giving his first speech in Elbasan” On page 7

“The monster” exploited the 8-year-old girl Father gave girls to pedophiles, female friend: they went willingly On page 15

Berisha’s lunch with the communities Janullatos’s “boycott”, the Prime Minister’s Office: He is fasting On page 6

The tariff starts in 2012 On page 8

Ombudsman Totozani: Berisha’s accusations, he was joking On page 4

The soprano passes away Nina Mula, the “last wish” in the final interview On page 20

Palace properties Leka Zogu II, lawsuit filed in court over the inheritance “royal” On page 10