Risk of the Constitution being annulled Chaos in the commissions; Çano blames the Democrats Page 3

Yesterday, even those who do not know the road that leads to the stadium, or who switch off the television when football is on, were part of a great event. The national-team footballers, the President of the Republic, the Prime Minister, politicians of every stripe, ordinary police officers and boisterous fans put on the finest advertisement for a country at peace, for a different Albania. A single football match was enough for Albanians to show themselves to be more than dignified. It was an opportunity that everyone seized wonderfully, together and each in their own way. The so-called “Kalashnikov people,” the “incorrigible troublemakers of this fin de siècle,” suddenly appeared as true gentlemen, having replaced their tuxedos with national flags. This time the politicians’ bow ties had turned into red-and-black shirts of Albania’s national team, worn with great pride by President Meidani, the Minister of Culture and many others. Yesterday, Albanians sang their anthem loudly, on a rare occasion. “The United Flag” rang out with pride, without the provincial worry that someone behind them might mock them, as has unfortunately happened before. A national symbol is a precious object and remains valuable on a day that can be considered a great source of pride for everyone. Yesterday our southern neighbors, and with them the whole world, saw [?] in it a chance to see another Albania, other Albanians. The pages of their crime reports, filled with Albanian names, seemed for a moment to be disproved by the grandeur of the choreography at “Qemal Stafa.” Wherever emigrants live abroad, especially those working in Greece, they surely shouted aloud: We are Albanians. Perhaps for the first time in their lives, these people from a poor country in the Balkans were not afraid to mention their identity. On the contrary, they shouted aloud that they came from Albania. From this wonderful and dignified Albania.

Fans painted red and black yesterday at “Qemal Stafa” Photo A.HYKA

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