PRESIDENT: BLATANT MANIPULATION, NAIVE MOUNTAINEER, SHAKY, BLACKMAILER Nishani explodes “Tahiri, a Chinese dazibao against me” The head of state accuses the government of pressure on the judiciary. Nasip Naço: I encourage the Minister of the Interior, there must be transparency. Nishani’s powers will not be undermined The President of the Republic, Bujar Nishani, in an analysis titled “On responsibilities,” calls on the government to urgently stop blackmailing judges and political attacks directed at him. The reaction of the head of state sparked strong reactions after the Minister of the Interior, Saimir Tahiri, sent him a letter a few days earlier, asking him to urge the KLD to review the decision of judges Edmond Gogo, Fatmira Hajdari and Gramoz Lavanaj to place Gjin Nika, who was killed about a week ago, under an obligation to report. The dictatorial state, with its same oppressive structure, seems strong, but it is weak and provisional, short-lived. The democratic state, with complicated mechanisms and many laws, seems weak but is strong and long-lasting. The explanation is simple: dictatorship lasts relatively briefly, and it erodes, rots and collapses, because in a dictatorship responsibilities are concentrated in one individual. Democracy lasts much longer, bends, bows, of course suffers, especially at the beginning... Continues on page 3

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Reply / The historian: The protests in 1939 were sparked by Safet Butka (In the photo:) The well-known historians, Uran Butka and Kristo Frashëri “Kristo Frashëri says in his article that ‘director Safet Butka prevented us from holding the demonstration.’ The opposite is true” “In Durrës, Major Abaz Kupi, with part of the army, resisted the occupiers with weapons, where Sergeant Mujo Ulqinaku was also killed” On pages 18-19

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