Rama: Historic. Basha: Monist elections LOCAL ELECTIONS/ THE PROCESS, WITHOUT SERIOUS INCIDENTS. THE PRIME MINISTER: I EXTEND MY HAND TO THE OPPOSITION • Monika Kryemadhi: A victory for democracy. 85% of Albanians rejected it, “bye bye Edi” • Majko: Let us sit face to face with one another. Xhafaj: The opposition boycott, a harm to the country Albania went through a very difficult test yesterday, that of organizing the elections for local government. Despite the conflictual situation and the harsh pre-election rhetoric, the voting process, because of the opposition’s non-participation and the lack of competition, was one of the calmest and with the fewest incidents, compared to the ... Continues on pages 2-9 (In the photo:) Prime Minister Rama and his wife Linda Basha, leaving the premises of the 9-year school ‘Ymer Lala’ after voting. Citizens voting.

Opinion of the Day Continues on page 20

By ENDRI SHABANI Why I have decided today not to stay silent anymore

Opinion of the Day By FATOS ÇOÇOLI It does not matter how many citizens voted yesterday. These elections, unlike they appeared, were not meant to confirm the political position of the party in power. Nor even ... Yesterday, Albania won Continues on page 21

LOCAL ELECTIONS On page 8

FORMER PRIME MINISTER On page 9

The mayor of Shkodër is being prosecuted; police: Voltana Ademi blocked the voting process Incidents in Kamëz, Korçë and Fier. PD: Here are our facts about vote buying The local elections of 30 June this year have “broken” a record, since compared with other local and parliamentary elections held in our country they have been within the bounds of normality. Yesterday several incidents were recorded in several polling stations, almost negligible. This may be due to the lack of competition (clashes between commissioners), since the race was in only 30 municipalities, while in 31 others the Socialist Party was the only one that had candidates. The most serious incident was recorded in Durrës, when a 53-year-old entered the polling station in Katund-Sukth, Durrës, with a Kalashnikov. Official police sources said yesterday that a 53-year-old was arrested because he entered a polling station with a weapon, threatened ... On pages 4-5

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