THE SOCIALIST LEADER PUBLISHES THE ELECTORAL MAP: IN TIRANA, 17 DEPUTIES "PS, 72 DEPUTIES" Edi Rama unveils the poll at the Assembly Problems with the lists, 540 dead voters in Gjirokastër. Niko Peleshi and Qazim Sejdini join the leadership. Rama and Meta in Pristina for the PDK Congress By DARINA TANUSHI The Socialist Party claims it will win around 72 deputies in the June 23 elections, according to a poll carried out by its structures. During the meeting of the National Assembly of the PS, the socialist leader, Edi Rama, informed members of the results of a survey conducted one week earlier by the Socialist Party. The PS has divided the areas, based on the latest changes made by the CEC, in order to test the support it has nationwide. Thus, the socialist chairman, Edi Rama, informed them that the result is positive in Tirana: 17 deputies, out of 33 mandates in the district. According to the poll carried out by the PS, the result appears tied with the PD in the district of Elbasan or Durrës, in Dibër and Kukës. Shkodra still remains a stronghold of the PD, as also shown by the socialists' poll. From the results that Rama reported, the new political force led by Bamir Topi also turns out... Continues on pages 2-3

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CURRICULA On page 6

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