Topalli: Albanians, the guardians of their votes

The Deputy Speaker of Parliament warns of the dangers that could result from breaking a decade-long history of compromises over the CEC on page 2

Nano attacks Meta and Hajdaraga

The Socialist leader reassures the government: You are corrupt on page 4

Tirana: Don’t play with the vote

“Albania’s friends and the international community should withdraw their trust from the thieves in power” Tens of thousands of Democrats demand justice for Azem in “Skënderbej” Square Berisha, yesterday at the Tirana rally on page 3

The free vote has been called into question

Memorandum by members of election commissions during 1992–1998 on page 5

Sarandopullis swallows the money, roads left with nothing

The Shuli Ministry transfers the funds intended to build the Rogozhina bypass to rebuild the Kavaja bypass yet again on pages 8–9

Kleptocracy

By Mujë BUCAPAPAJ After the fall of the Iron Curtain and the entry of the former communist countries of the East onto the path of democratic transformation, a Western scholar viewed this movement with suspicion on pages 12–13

The freedom of the unscrupulous

By Ramiz GJINI It tells that, on one occasion, Stalin used a group of sides shown in propaganda, which he blew up with an internal mine. By making strong use of the side’s fortification, he managed to secure a complete victory. While the Soviets were set on being safe, he continued with it, he continued to see space until the birds no longer trusted the side beneath the body on page 6

The people of Vlora join the Democrats’ enthusiasm

The DP calls for the engagement of Vlora’s intellectuals to change the situation on page 4

Italy: “No aid for Albania”

The mafia clans ruling Albania today have brought about a freeze in relations with Italy Threats against Ceas, diplomatic scandal. on page 10

The new millennium and the voice of poets

Visar Zhiti’s poetry adorns “Navona” Square in Rome on page 21

The government protects Azem Hajdari’s murderers

Today, 513 days since Azem’s murder Whatever happens after the hanging of Azem Hajdari, the symbol of democracy and pluralism, demonstrates the substantial influence of Fatos Nano and his power in the serious crime of an Albanian world. Sali Berisha’s government has made it possible for the criminals who took the life of the December Leader to be caught and [??]—the one who represented hope that the new time and [??] are on the side of the murderers, whose names are openly mentioned. Democrats and all Albanians who want a democratic order cannot allow things to remain this way. The government must catch [them] and directly declare publicly that it is the government of those who killed Azem Hajdari.