TALKS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, CHANGES TO THE PS STATUTE REVEALED 6 HOURS OF THE ASSEMBLY Rama: My mandate? Referendum Ben Blushi: Choose Albania, not the party. Mago Lakrori presents the “Movement” platform. Arta Dade: I may leave. Dako: We must win 71 MPs in the next elections By DARINA TANUSHI Prime Minister Edi Rama, who is also the chairman of the PS, yesterday proposed a referendum as a kind of solution to the debate that has arisen over his mandate. During his closing speech at the National Assembly, Rama proposed: “Let us go to a referendum and let the socialists decide the issue of my mandate, not you, not me, not us, but the socialists will resolve it throughout Albania by free and secret vote, in response to the question of whether my mandate should be terminated and we should go to them to choose the leader- Continues on pages 2-4

Opinion of the Day By BESNIK BAKIU “Eureka!” - Come on, let’s celebrate! “Eureka!” At last, the parliament’s decision on decriminalization has been approved. At last, Albania will be saved from this great evil, ... Continues on page 20

Opinion of the Day By MIMOZA KOÇIU Edi Rama, first among equals The Orwellian scenario of “Animal Farm” is what is being played out today in the Socialist Party. “All animals are equal, but some animals.... Continues on page 21

EXCLUSIVE/ State Bank shipments to Switzerland, worth 150 million USD (In the photo:) Facsimile of the shipment of 12 tons of gold to Switzerland on 27 December 1990. Facsimile of the letter from the director of the State Bank, Qirjako Mihali The letter from Qirjako Mihali to reserve a seat on the plane and the documents of the gold shipments from 19 February to 27 December 1990 TIRANA – The scandal was known; only the documents were missing. In the dying days of the communist regime, more than 4 tons of gold disappeared from Albania in 1990. 22 years earlier, the opposition press of the time On pages 12-13

THE DRAFT LAW GOES TO PARLIAMENT Military personnel benefit, 5,400 people, amounting to 984 million lek On page 10

GOVERNMENT DECISION/ FULL DOCUMENTS On page 11

HEAD OF THE OPPOSITION Lulzim Basha: PD MPs will be chosen through debate like in the US On page 6

THE “NEWS 24” HOST Eni Vasili promotes her book, with Rama and Meta present On page 18

PROTEST The new boulevard, residents: We won’t leave our homes to end up on the street On page 14

AKKP ARCHIVE Property owners in Durrës, the names and the problems with the documents On pages 16-17

THE CASE FOR RE-TRIAL, LAWYER: IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ACQUITTAL Orik Shtyli The High Court overturns the sentences for “Revenge for Justice” On page 8