Islami moves Fino aside
Nano entrusts him with protocol, staff and the administration of the Government
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The game of factions
Nano seems to have decided not to leave a clean field to his opponents within the SP, whom he also sees as the most immediate threat to his political career. The first such move was carried out with the appointment of Skënder Gjinushi as deputy prime minister and the designation of Paskal Milo as foreign minister, since the new government would have had to do with other socialists and would have renounced their appointment. Now it seems that the last name to take one of the most important posts in Fatos Nano’s joint cabinet will be that of Kastriot Islami. The latter, who in recent days has been rumored for three or four important government posts, from deputy prime minister to minister of Education and Culture, was appointed yesterday as Secretary General of the Council of Ministers. In this way, the “moderator”, Kastriot Islami, will have in his hands the entire governing mechanism, from the entry of people into the Prime Minister’s Office to administration. Chosen until very recently as spokesperson for the Nano-Hajdari government, Kastriot Islami has been a well-known opponent of the prime minister. He has been part of the “reform clans” and the “moderate” wing, a group personified by Servet Pëllumbi. Kastriot Islami will also have control over the prime minister’s staff, which means the Secretary General of the Council of Ministers, the person whom many themselves describe as “the man who has the keys.” While Islami becomes the most powerful man in the government, its director general will be his predecessor, Neritan Ceka. In this post Ceka is unquestionably favored by Nano. So, despite clashes at ministerial level, Nano is also favoring the opponents rumored within the SP. If in the last government he lost 1 ASTH [?] PS the stage for the prime minister Ceka. This favor given seems substantial and several several [?]
Serbian volunteers patrolling on the border with Albania
Border, 40 Serbs enter Albania
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Nano gives the definition for the new wing in the SP
Majko - Meta - Blushi faction
The Socialist Secretary General has not given such clear conclusions. "Last week in a discussion on reform among ASTH members, he mentioned the names of the forum’s opponents, linking them to the group designated as 'near Bushi and the three M's'. He also placed in the same group those close to Skënder Gjinushi and Pëllumbi ASTSH [?]. It seems that, this time, he states that the carrying out of this wing was given by Prime Minister Nano, who has thus been directed:
"Secret operation of the man who left the money in Tirana
The fugitive from the court is captured"