Election or not? PS in referendum DEBATES/ RAMA: I VALUE THE REBELS, NANO’S PRAISE. BLUSHI: THERE MUST BE A VOTE By DARINA TANUSHI Around 95,000 socialists will go to a referendum on 9 April to answer the question of whether there should be elections for the party leader or not. After debates between Edi Rama, Ben Blushi, Arta Dade, Fatmir Xhafaj, it was the head of the National Assembly, Gramoz Ruçi, who announced the convening of this referendum and its date, Saturday 9 April. After the new PS statute was voted on by the delegates, with only 3 votes against from Ben Blushi, Mako Lakrori and Petrit Ago, the PS chairman, Edi Rama, took the floor at the congress, where he asked that the congress decide precisely on his initiative, the referendum. “I ask you that the congress give its approval so that this issue... Continues on pages 2-5 • Edi Rama: We come out of the Congress even stronger than before • Blushi: Not a single promise made by the government has been kept • Socialists, on 9 April in referendum. Ruçi-Xhafaj exchanges • The new party statute approved in principle, 3 votes against • Meta: When socialists unite, the left wins convincingly • Clashes between Ruçi and Kokëdhima over the organization of the PS in the south (In the photo:) Edi Rama speaking at the Socialist Party Congress

Opinion of the Day The trumpets of politics for judicial reform have joined the bells for electoral reform and, more recently, still... Continues on page 24 By GAQO APOSTOLI The great cause of the small parties

Opinion of the Day Compared with the last congress of the Socialist Party, many things have changed inside and outside Albania. By now the course of events has. Continues on page 25 By PANDELI MAJKO Long live Albania!

Former Sigurimi officer: He only wanted guards from the South, he told me “get lost!” DOSSIER/ Account: The incident with the 2 officers who laughed when Enver Hoxha died By IV KALOÇI “Gazeta Shqiptare” continues today with the publication of the third and final part of the interview with Mr. Skënder Lama, former officer of the State Security assigned to service in the former leadership Block and later, head of the famous “House with Leaves” facility, eventually becoming its deputy director from 1985 until 1991. In this interview, he recounts his personal experiences with Enver Hoxha, ... On page 11

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When Faik Konica mocked Naim Frashëri: He cannot write at all Supplement

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Handcuffs at the border for the man sentenced to life imprisonment for 2 murders On page 10

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State exams, how elective subjects will be converted On page 8