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19 January 2012

INSULTS IN PARLIAMENT

Rusmali asks for the Guard against Spahiu FULL-BLOWN FIGHT BETWEEN THE DEPUTY HEAD OF THE HIGH COUNCIL OF JUSTICE AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY MPs The Legal Affairs Committee begins the procedure for dismissing the “number two” of the High Council of Justice. Interview: Kreshnik Spahiu speaks: I am a citizen, I will take the case to court By TEDI BLUSHI Yesterday, the Legal Affairs Committee gathered the request of the Democratic Party parliamentary group to investigate the deputy chairman of the High Council of Justice, Kreshnik Spahiu, with the aim of removing him from this post. The request was approved only with the votes of the majority, after opposition deputies walked out of the meeting. The deputy chairman of the High Council of Justice appeared before the committee, where first the report of Democratic Party deputy Viktor Gumi was heard; he presented the majority’s request seeking Spahiu’s dismissal. The Democrats’ request argues that “the deputy chairman of the High Council of Justice has deviated from his constitutional function and replaced it with political activity incompatible with the duty, failing to represent the interests of the justice function in the Parliament of Albania, the body that elected him.” But from the very start of the meeting the session was accompanied... Continues on pages 2-3

The charlatan nationalism of Tirana and Vetëvendosja

Opinion of the Day By ALFRED CAKO Some political forces in the Albanian sphere seem to have made nationalism, the ruling ideology after the Napoleonic era, their battleground... The charlatan nationalism of Tirana and Vetëvendosja Continues on page 23

Fatmir Xhafaj, book for 21 January: Foreign diplomats were caught by surprise

“The Wonder”, the victims’ families sue the prosecutor’s office 21 JANUARY ...an unfinished story... ABC News journalist Fatos Mahmutaj, injured by the use of firearms by the Republican Guard FATMIR XHAFAJ KOSTA BARJABA (In the photo:) PS deputy Fatmir Xhafaj. The cover of the book about the 21 January events. Photos taken from the book. US, EU and OSCE ambassadors: Condolences to the families of the victims of senseless violence. Full light should be shed on the events of 21 January Edi Rama: The tribute ceremony on Saturday, at 11 a.m. in front of the Prime Minister’s Office. The Albanian people will know how to respond with their vote against the brutality of power On pages 6-7

THE POLICEMAN’S WIFE: YES, I WAS IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH MY HUSBAND’S COLLEAGUE

THE ACCOUNT AFTER THE MURDER IN KOMBINAT On page 11

Mustafa Kruja’s sister: Arben Puto, your book will end up in the trash!

EXCLUSIVE/ THE 91-YEAR-OLD SPEAKS On page 20

Withers: My relationship with Berisha after Gërdec

“THE POLITICAL CLASS DOES NOT REPRESENT THE PEOPLE” On pages 4-5

They were warming themselves with a brazier, the spouses suffocate

24 DEGREES IN KORÇE On page 17

900 doctors and nurses have not been paid yet

SHKODER On page 19

Elis Guri: I will return to my homeland if they offer me conditions

WRESTLING CHAMPION Elis Guri: I will return to my homeland if they offer me conditions On page 25

Braho: Video, ready to save Rama from corruption

META: I HAVE FOOTAGE OF THE HEAD OF THE PS On page 9