MEMBER OF THE PRESIDENCY, RAJMONDA BULKU: THERE IS NO PLACE FOR DISPUTES Lezha: We do not burn them, the ballots are in the archive The PD elections, Olldashi does not appeal. The head of the “CEC”: The process is considered closed. The local head in Berat: Astrit Patozi surprised us, he never communicated with us

This not-new stance of the deputy chairwoman of the Democratic Party, Jozefina Topalli, posted yesterday on her “Facebook” profile, expresses, perhaps not... Continues on page 25

By MIMOZA KOÇIU Forever with Sali Berisha?

I personally belong to that generation that spent its youth at the threshold of two eras. In the agony of communism and the dawn of democracy ... Continues on page 23

By MENTOR KIKIA For the second time I want to disappear from this country

THE FINAL POINTS OF THE WINNERS IN EVERY BRANCH On pages 8-9

Biography/ The clash of Halil Hoxha with the Ballist in Berat (In the photo:) Former Communist leader Enver Hoxha, with his family in 1926 On pages 12-13

By VALENTINA MADANI The ballots with which the PD membership voted for the new head of the PD in the 22 July elections will not be burned. They may be archived at the central headquarters of the Democratic Party. The head of the Commission for the Organization and Control of Electoral Operations, Gjergj Lezhja, confirmed yesterday to “Gazeta Shqiptare” that the ballots will not be burned and that they are currently at the party headquarters. “The Commission has already completed the process, everything is closed and the ballots have not been burned. They are at the party,” Lezhja declared. In the late hours of the evening of 22 July, in the hall of the Palace of Congresses, the members of the Commission for the Organization and Control of Electoral Operations, also known as the “KQZ”, (a structure set up within the PD), received the first ballot boxes for the new PD chairman, and then began counting right there. 100 ballot boxes were distributed across the districts, while counting was carried out in Tirana. Continues on pages 2-3

COURT DECISION On page 6

BY ALFRED CAKO On pages 24-25

FOOTBALL On page 26

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