INTERVIEW/ THE MINISTER: TERRITORIAL REFORM, WE PROTECT MINORITIES Edi Rama, letter to Lulzim Basha: We want consensus, ready for a face-to-face meeting. We have 84 votes but let’s start and finish this process together. Meta: I hope they meet soon By DARINA TANUSHI The majority’s goal is for the new administrative-territorial reform to be ready for the 2015 elections. And based on this model, the candidates for mayors and commune chairpersons will then be determined. The Minister of State for Local Government, Bledi Çuçi, explained yesterday in an exclusive interview for “Gazeta Shqiptare” that “the legal package must be sent to Parliament for approval before the end of this parliamentary session”. He said that the majority wants the opposition to be part of this process, but “an ambiguous and incoherent stance from the opposition is seen, contrary to its public statements,” the minister said. According to him, “the latest letter Prime Minister Rama sent to the chairman of the Democratic Party, Lulzim Basha, is tangible proof of this unwavering will of the governing majority.” When asked about the fate that minorities will have after this new division, ... Continues on pages 2-3

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