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BY BLENDI FE[?]ZIU The announcement of a topic three years after the sentencing and the removal of a Minister in the circles where he lives, and also precisely on the day when the new government of Pandeli Majko has still not clarified even one of the senior posts of the provisional government. Another name is added to Nano's list and, unfortunately, to the PS, his silk-following party. Either the immediate killing of the highest posts, representatives of one side, politically leads not only toward a temporary solution. In fact, the manner in which the leaders, Beret, Nard, Fino and Dritan K[?] want to deal with and not solve things in turn, hopelessly. It can be considered a kind of betrayal, not corrective, for Nano, and he will find and correct himself for Xhaferi. No public step, or perhaps it rises and tries to perform the task with renewal and government, but not with the plan of a government of the future. Perhaps for example everything that is so in government in government develops and with better progress for the country and should not serve. Therefore, it is not enough that the Albanian opposition should remain in the place of political tradition, watching words that something is expected and spoken of more. At least until the new prime minister cannot perform miracles. Everything remains unclear, gloomy and blocked, something for which even the opposition has no right to politicize more than the Albanian political class, which is giving signs that for a long time it is very far from a minimum of reflection.

Albania will find the hardships of the past BY MARTIN LEKA Albania will find the hardships[?] of the government so that it gives the signal of the clear line of the already-obtained? The new government, as well as our politics, seem to have overcome all the storms, shortages and problems of the country in order to repeat a familiar pattern. In fact, in Albanian politics it has become a ritual for everyone: electoral challenges, governmental rotations, economic turbulence and finally the urgency of implementing the constitution. Anyone who sees the latest developments with memory notices that the boiling and social tension has gone beyond the stages of a fragile normality. No one can any longer consider a change of government as a "filter" that will bring immediate calm. Nobody is interested in this kind of solution anymore, except as a temporary station on the long road of reforms. This is why the change of government must be read as an opportunity to restore the lost trust between the state and citizens. It is time for politics to give up improvisation and assume real responsibility. Only in this way can the return of cyclical crises and old conflicts be avoided, which keep the country hostage to the past. If a new institutional culture is not built and a new standard of public dialogue is not created, every reform will remain half-finished, and every promise will sound like a tired echo of years gone by. No one should forget that the prolonged transition has produced a society sensitive to disappointment and an economy that survives with difficulty. Precisely for this reason, the new government must prove that it knows how to manage not only the crisis, but also hope. Tirana today does not need new rhetoric, but a clear language of action. If the lessons of yesterday are not translated into wise decisions, the daily life of citizens will continue to remain hostage to a politics that often speaks more than it acts. No one can any longer be justified by external circumstances, difficult legacies or political opponents. The time of alibis is over. No one is any longer excused for the inability to build a normal state, a functioning economy and an honest relationship with the public. Just as delay in not acting is also unforgivable. No one should propagate and politicize[?] N[?] If the propaganda of politics is the same as it has always been. No one is a style.

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