PS CHAIRMAN: IN THE 2009 ELECTIONS, A PART WAS CORRUPTED The Socialist leader in Lezhë: Elections are not protected by law alone. Duplicate voters, Ferdinand Poni: 373 cases. The preliminary list comes out on January 3 (In the photo:) PS Chairman Edi Rama, head of the parliamentary group Gramoz Ruçi and MP Olta Xhaçka On pages 4-5

UNLICENSED CONSTRUCTIONS On pages 16-17

ELBASAN On page 10

Opinion of the Day By MENTOR KIKIA Although election day is still a long way off, as always, our politicians, since they have no other major public engagement, have entered campaign mode.... Continues on page 22 Politicians, do not exploit the national cause

Opinion of the Day By BESNIK GJONGECAJ Having been left without the mission of bringing Albania closer to Europe, the Parliament of Albania resembles an empty shell, which bounces drearily on the shore of a country, ... Continues on page 23 Dissolve this Parliament!

NEW TENDER On page 12

Nomination in Parliament next week Head of PAD, Berisha’s adviser on Culture. Here is who is being moved in the embassies By TEDI BLUSHI The leader of the Democratic Alliance Party, Neritan Ceka, has been appointed ambassador to Italy. The news was confirmed yesterday for “Gazeta Shqiptare” by official sources at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ceka will replace career diplomat Llesh Kola in this post. ... On page 2

THE DEBATE On page 23

SCANDAL/ The KLD inspection report in the Durrës court is made public The judge delayed the file of Xhakja, who killed Chief Commissioner Tahiraj A scandal at the First Instance Court of Durrës. The failure to publish the decision to release Ilir Xhakja by judge Neritan Tabaku is only the “tip of the iceberg” of negligence and abuse of duty by some judges of this institution of jus- tice. The inspection started as early as September of this year on Tabaku’s files has revealed at least that there are a large number of case files that have not been written up by judges after the trials ended and have not been sent to the Court of Appeal. ... On page 11

THE SCHOLAR On page 18

NEW PROCEDURE On page 8

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