CHIEF GUARD ACCUSED OF FAIK MYRTAJ, RULING WRITTEN OUT INCORRECTLY COURT MISTAKE Appeal Court: Ndrea Prendi killed Aleks Nika “21 January”, errors in the court ruling that leaves Prendi under house arrest. Ina Rama: The FBI expert report says he is accused of killing Myrtaj. Procedure, a new trial for “correcting an error”

Opinion of the Day By EDI RAMA It is hard to find, even by digging a little into the history of states that deserve to be called such, such a shameful display of the lack of a formal state as that... Breach of trust Continues on page 29

Opinion of the Day By ALFRED CAKO These days we have had occasions to see some acts that are deeply electoral in character by the main leadership of the two parties, at present, .... Where are the nationalists and former political prisoners going to go? Continues on pages 14-15

INTERVIEW Kadilli: There are unrealized ambitions in the PD, Oketa left because he gets along with Topi On pages 4-5

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW/ “100 years of Independence, 50 are Enver’s” Ilir Hoxha: The disappearance of the manuscripts, Fevziu is compromising the prosecutor’s office (In the photo:) Ilir Hoxha, son of the former communist leader Enver Hoxha. Cover of the book biography, by Blendi Fevziu “Nexhmije Hoxha was sentenced to 11 years in prison for what was called the “coffee trial” and I, Enver Hoxha’s son, was sentenced to 1 year in prison just because I gave an interview” “False documents have been presented as if they were written by Enver Hoxha, when they are not written in his hand at all; these are even displayed in the stands of the National Museum” On page 16

By THIMI SAMARXHIU It often happens that court decisions contain slips or minor mistakes, but until now it had never happened that a person under investigation was attributed with committing a murder. This happened only a few days ago in the Tirana Court of Appeal’s decision on replacing the security measure for the former Commander of the Guard, Ndrea Prendi, where Judge Hysni Demiraj, in the written-out decision, argued that the material received from the FBI proved that the bullet that killed Aleks Nikaj was fired from Prendi’s gun, at a time when the Prosecutor’s Office had accused him only of the murder of Faik Myrtaj. In the ruling of 22.02.2012 on replacing the security measure for Ndrea Prendi, the Criminal College of the Tirana Court of Appeal, led by Judge Hysni Demiraj, reasoned as follows: “It results that they are... Continues on page 7

“MILOSAO”/ INTERVIEW WITH THE WRITER ZIJA ÇELA: Our reader is still only just taking shape Poems by Gentian Çoçoli / Enis Sulstarova: Kadare’s Flights Supplement

ENVIRONMENT Waste, two municipal officials risk dismissal On page 8

TROPOJË Pregnant with the daughter, the husband executes his wife On page 11

TESTIMONY Staravecka: Zogu made the goat herders officers On page 13

NEW CHAIRMAN: WE WILL WIN IN 2013 Saimir Tahiri wins Tirana, Edi Rama has coffee with Mejdanin On pages 2-3