The SP warns employees of the administration and law enforcement to obey the law Socialist press conference on violations during the campaign

EN: Violence and terror against the socialists IT: Violenza e terrore contro i socialisti

The socialists are preparing files on those who will falsify the votes Ruçi: “In Tirana, 50 thousand unregistered voters” “The SP assures the entire Albanian electorate that all its structures are organized and are ready to defend, in accordance with the laws and principles of democracy, the free vote of the people and the indisputable victory of the SP and the opposition in the coming elections,” declared the SP leaders at the press conference. Yesterday, after the conference, some of its activists deployed throughout the neighborhoods and voting zones in the capital arrived at this party’s offices. According to socialist sources, it is learned that SP members have for four days been on the move and are privately investigating possible manipulation in the coming elections. According to an SP leader for Tirana, left-wing activists have so far managed to gather data on specific persons belonging to the DP, tasked with drafting voter lists. In SP information, there are neighborhoods and certain areas where persons who have long not been in Albania have been registered as voters, and even others who have died. Also, according to the socialist general secretary, Gramoz Ruçi, so far in Tirana over 50 thousand voters have not been registered, a figure enough to elect more than two deputies. SP activists, spread in every neighborhood, have identified not only these violations, but also the names of DP people who committed them. Asked about the usefulness of this large action, which requires the engagement of many people, local SP leaders explain that this is done to have as accurate a picture as possible of the people who will vote, in order to later compare it with the voting results. In connection with this, the socialists also monitor the registration of the names of DP people who are manipulating the voter lists. “This time responsibility for manipulators will be direct. No one can hide behind the name of the party and escape judgment. Everyone will answer for vote manipulation, in his own name and in the face of the facts,” explain the socialists, who have already created the first files for those who have carried out illegal actions.

Over 1 million dollars in usury The victims arrive at the Court, the bailiff confirms the escape The owner of the jewelry business leaves without a trace; the number of those deceived by money with interest increases A fraud has begun early this time, with Timo Lleshdedja, owner of the “Agron” firm, as the protagonist. Born in Kosovo and residing in Rovinj, Croatia, with Albanian and Croatian citizenship, he had started his activity in May 1991 by bringing tourists. In 1993 he began his activity in the field of gold trading, mainly Italian goods, being the owner of three shops in Tirana and two others in Korça. Missing from Albania for about two weeks, new citizens who were deceived, as well as his trader “neighbors” on that street, raise accusations of swindling from what happened in the city’s banks and his departure in recent weeks. page 2

Greek, Macedonian, and Slovenian divers helping their Albanian colleagues After the great tragedy, four armies dive in Prespa Four armies arrive in Prespa to recover the bodies remaining in the lake after the great tragedy. Precisely yesterday—after many efforts by Albanian divers, also helped by their Greek and Macedonian colleagues—two more victims’ bodies were found in Lake Prespa: Vjollca Muçollari and Shpresa Dumo. page 7

The SP candidate ends up in the police van

The head of the Durrës commissariat against the opposition

For the elections of 26 May, 50 people had already “voted”

Two heads of the Durrës police are sued pages 3, 4, 6

Martanesh in Bulqizë becomes a town, Kukës gets an additional village page 6

Interview with Blendi Gonxhe, PAD candidate in Tirana The reason for my departure from politics was the Doctor himself page 9

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