The motion of no confidence in the prime minister is put to a vote in Parliament “... Let’s not even discuss Leka’s dismissal” I say we shouldn’t even discuss Leka’s dismissal today. I’m casting my vote in favor right now, since I have to go all the way home to boil water for the children. This seems to me to be Albania’s healthiest Prime Minister. Only with a Prime Minister like him can the transition be dragged out, a transition that has also left them without bread, work or a home. Hardships are easier to get through when you have someone to laugh with. Yes, I would vote to dismiss Leka, but only if Mr. Namik Hoti agreed to take the post of Prime Minister. Speech by MP Teodor Keko

Taken to Tirana prison at midnight on Wednesday Another politician felt the heavy weight of handcuffs on his wrists on Wednesday evening. Arben Lika, an MP from the DP, was taken to Unit 313 just a few hours after the Albanian Parliament lifted his immunity. In a statement distributed to the press, Lika himself had welcomed Parliament’s decision, stressing that more than anything else, Albania today needs honest and incorruptible people in positions of power. The charges against the DP MP are cigarette smuggling in cooperation with other people and document forgery; if proven, they could seriously harm one of the youngest members of the Albanian Parliament. Lika himself, who was arrested at around 24:00 while heading to his room in the Student City, made no statement about the episode he is accused of, nor about the views expressed that, in this case, he was used as a scapegoat to prove that in Albania both “red” corruption and “blue” corruption are punished equally.

Enver Hoxha voted against 81 parties, while Ali Spahia voted against 130 parliaments around the world Interview with Mr. Namik Dokle, deputy chairman of the SP page 5

According to the “Policy for Defense and Foreign Relations” organization page 2 MAP: YUGOSLAVIA, SERBIA, BULGARIA, ALBANIA, GREECE