Today in Parliament the budget is debated. Emergency meeting of Socialist deputies Abdiu: We will comply with the Presidium’s decision Yesterday at 4:00 p.m. the PS group gathered at the headquarters of this party in an emergency meeting about the '96 draft budget. An unexpected notice from the Presidency of Parliament triggered yesterday’s reaction from the Socialists. Chairman Arbnori announced that the plenary session on the draft budget would not be held on Saturday, as previously announced, but today at 10:00. Deputy Abdiu says that Arbnori’s decision is beyond his powers and the Socialist parliamentary group has decided to boycott today’s session in order to respect the decision of the Presidency of Parliament page 3

The investigation begins of the 14 arrested in the “Genocide” case page 2

Alarm in the family Police: Girls leave their families willingly page 5

The court rejects their request TIRANA - The arrested genocide defendants are generally seeking release from their cells. Yesterday they filed a request to change the detention measure, since according to them “the measure imposed by the court is not based in law.” Another reason that “put on its feet” their request is also the health condition of some of the genocide defendants, whose age is very advanced. But this request was not taken into consideration by the Tirana Court, which considered it unfounded. Agron Tafa, former Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, Qirjako Mihali, Pirro Kondi, Dilaver Bengazi, Shkëlzen Bajraktari, Zef Loka, etc., have once again placed their hopes in the capital’s court. According to the defense lawyers, the provisions on the basis of which they are accused do not stand for two reasons; first, because at the time the events occurred, such a provision did not exist. And second, their actions should not have been treated as crimes against humanity, since this definition has the meaning of a “deed.” Another reason on which the request to change the security measure was based is also the health condition of some of the genocide defendants, such as Pirro Kondi, Qirjako Mihali, etc. However, according to the arrested genocide defendants, there is an order from the prosecutor’s office, which has not deemed it reasonable to change the measure imposed on them. Z.DULE

Yesterday, a press conference by Tritan Shehu Democrats’ success: dozens of former communists admitted as PD members page 3

The case of 400 thousand dollars - the verdict is announced in the Court of First Instance Lawyer: “The verdict was completely absurd” “The trial panel decided to find Pëpran Xhixha guilty of the criminal offense of misuse of contributions given by the state for public interests, in the amount of 400 thousand dollars.” These were the judges’ final words in the closing hearing against the former editor-in-chief of “ZP” and former director of the economic firm of the PS, QBE “Progresi”. The verdict, which also matched the prosecutor’s request made two days earlier, was called absurd by the accused himself as well as by his lawyer. page 2

3 kg of drugs were found in his house ELBASAN- Trying to pluck out the eyebrows and gouge out the eyes. That is what happened to a 35-year-old man from Elbasan. After using extreme violence against his wife, he was reported to the police. A routine search in this case has now brought his guilt to the maximum. Along with the attempted murder, he will also have to defend himself against the crime of possession and trafficking of narcotic substances. The 35-year-old Gramoz Dinja was the author of these fatal moments. Three days earlier he was reported after attempting to kill his wife using blunt instruments. Immediately after this, officers of the district police station began tracking down Dinja in order to detain him. One of the places searched happened to be his home. During the inspection, one of the judicial police agents came across a whole mass of plants that turned out to be drugs. The total weight of the so-called “Canabis Sativa”, as specialists found, was a full 3 kg. Along with the narcotic plant, its possessor was also detained, having previously been sentenced once for indecent conduct [?].

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