The heads of the Serbian army will meet NATO’s Chief of Staff for Europe at a secret location between Macedonia and Kosovo After the military officers sign, the war ends tomorrow pages 2–3 The heads of the Serbian army will meet NATO’s Chief of Staff for Europe at a secret location between Macedonia and Kosovo Serbian generals sign the capitulation today After the military officers sign, the war ends tomorrow pages 2–3

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In such extremely difficult circumstances as those our country has faced in recent times, governing with an “iron hand” is vital for the future, as well as the main way to get through critical moments. When we use the expression “iron hand,” this should not be understood as restricting the freedoms of ordinary citizens or penalizing the opposition, but as rigorously supervising and holding public administration employees fully accountable, first and foremost ministers and other senior officials. Otherwise, there is every chance that the state apparatus will be engulfed by chaos and that dishonest, petty officials will take advantage of their positions to achieve their aims of enriching themselves at the expense of the vast majority of citizens. If former Prime Minister Nano failed, one of the reasons was his excessive leniency toward ministers and other associates. Thus Majko, although without much experience, perhaps also bearing in mind his predecessor’s bitter experience, has understood the necessity of an “iron hand.” He showed this yesterday by throwing Minister Bufi’s “strategy” for telecommunications into the trash. Under that strategy, by giving the shares to his preferred parties, Bufi effectively shut the door on others, regardless of their seriousness and merit—as was the case with the American company “NEW WORLD TELECOM.” Had Majko hesitated, the state would have suffered serious damage, the consequences of which ordinary citizens would have felt firsthand: at the very least, they would have paid more taxes to fill the financial hole created by Minister Bufi, not to mention the other colossal damage caused to relations with the USA, the Albanian people’s greatest friend. But what matters most is that yesterday’s precedent seems likely to encourage the Albanian prime minister to continue along this path, taking the lead in the fight against violations and various abuses, closely linked to the corruption and nepotism that have long dominated our administration. Following such a course has another benefit, too: it will rouse from apathy the state bodies responsible for combating the aforementioned phenomena, while narrowing the room for dishonest officials to operate. As for the privatization minister, Ylli Bufi, the first step he should take now is to resign. It is truly incomprehensible how a minister can expect to remain in office after the whole “strategy” on which he based his work has been rejected. Otherwise, his insistence on remaining in government makes one suspect that he has other similar plans, which he hopes to carry out “at the first opportunity.” If Minister Bufi wants to keep his post, Majko should use the power granted to him by the Constitution: dismiss him! Unfortunately, there are also several other “Bufis” in the government who are openly stealing, exploiting Kosovo and the political establishment’s inattention to domestic economic issues. Nevertheless, Majko should use an iron hand and bring a new spirit to governance—something he cannot freely do with some of the ministers around him, who think only about how to steal.

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