NEW LAW / No more than 1.5 million lek may be held outside banks HIDAA: Officials, money under the pillow Asset Inspectorate head Shkëlqim Ganaj: There are officials who keep 400 million lek at home; we are putting an end to the phenomenon. Vasili against it: I consider the study nonexistent By DARINA TANUSHI The High Inspectorate for the Declaration and Audit of Assets has recently discovered that state officials have kept around 50 to 60 million euros in cash, undeclared and not deposited in banks. This was made public yesterday in the parliamentary Committee on Laws by chief inspector Shkëlqim Ganaj, as the amendments to the law on HIDAA were being discussed. Under the proposed changes, newly appointed officials may not hold more than 1.5 million lek in cash. All assets must be documented in a bank. The committee chair was opposed yesterday by LSI and MPs Mark Frroku and Nard Ndoka. “Recently appointed officials declare cash amounts of 200,000-300,000 euros in order to convert them at a later time. As if they had had them in cash and to complete the process. To prevent this phenomenon, we established the obligation that, when they declare them for the first time, they must deposit them in a bank.... Continues on page 5

Dossier / The archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are being disclosed By FATOS VELIU On pages 20-21

CHANGES IN THE DRAFT LAW Police, a higher rank than the job position? It is held for 3 years On page 9

Opinion of the Day By KIÇO BLUSHI New elections in the PD were finally announced, according to several criteria: 1. The same people must not run more than twice; 2. They must not enter the elections... Continues on page 24 Restructuring, transformation or privatization?

Opinion of the Day By NATASHA LAKO It is not easy for three painters to create a trinity, as Gazmend Leka, Aleksandër Filipi and Besim Tula have done in the exhibition... Continues on page 25 Painters, trinity, supermarket

Former interpreter Adia Sakiqi Vandecasteele is proposed for the Netherlands Nishani rejects Arjan Zaimi for NATO. 2 ambassadors present themselves in Parliament (In the photo:) Arjan Zaimi, the military adviser to the Minister of Defence. The two ambassadors appointed to Poland and the Netherlands, Shpresa Kureta and Adija Sakiqi The President does not decree Mimi Kodheli’s candidacy as our representative to NATO. “He has used women in violation of the law” By VALENTINA MADANI The President of the Republic, Bujar Nishani, rejects Arjan Zaimi’s candidacy Continues on page 2 ...proposed by the government for the position of head of office

SHISH CHIEF Visho Ajazi: There is no trafficking without state support On page 3

INTERVIEW Judge in prison, wife: His life is in danger in Drenovë On page 13

DOCUMENT DAP directive: How disciplinary measures will be issued in the administration On page 6

RAKP: WE WILL PUT THEM INTO THE BANK NEXT WEEK The new list of owners, how the 270 thousand USD will be divided On page 7