Amending the Articles That Bury Compromise

Approval of the electoral law without consensus among the parties kills the hope for free elections. PD calls for postponement of the draft code

Majko: Meidani should sit down with the parties over the CEC

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Nano’s intermediary with Nehat Kulla uncovered

The plan for the theft of aid from the warehouses in Lundër. Nano used Agron Dibra to notify Nehat Kulla. The mystery of the other initials in the magazine “L’Espresso” is solved. Italian secret services have further information about criminal involvement by Tirana officials After the initials A.D., the Director of State Reserves, a close associate of the PS Chairman on page 7

The Danger of Appointed Consensus

By Bardhyl LONDO The political struggle over the electoral law and the Central Election Commission goes beyond the bounds and parameters of an ordinary political battle that could take place in a country with a stable, normal democracy. Before being an ordinary political battle between the government and the opposition, it is a genuine political struggle between democracy and anti-democracy, between manipulated elections and respect for the free vote of the people, which is also the pillar of democracy in a country. By fighting for an honest, equal and free electoral process, the Albanian opposition is not merely fighting to bring about a change of power in a normal democratic society; in other words, it is not insisting on returning to power at any cost, but on respecting the vote and the free verdict of the people on page 5

The Role of SHIK in the Clashes Among the Socialist Party Clans

Nebil ÇIKA Albanian media reported last weekend on a high-profile meeting between PS Chairman Fatos Nano, the head of the Albanian secret service, Fatos Klosi, and several other government officials—a meeting interpreted in different ways according to the political leanings and preferences of the press. Nevertheless, despite the speculations in the press and among Albanian public opinion, this high-profile meeting deserves exceptional attention because of its nature and the timing of its occurrence on page 6

Bode meets Pereti

EU concerned about the possibility of election manipulation in Albania Rama’s electoral platform sparks new clashes within the PS on page 4

Koçi: “Nano wants to put the PS under E. Rama’s heel”

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Democrats in Vlora, sworn to defend the vote

Meeting at the Local Government Department in Vlora on page 4

The Government Protects the Killers of Azem Hajdari

Today, 592 days since Azem’s murder Everything connected with the murder of Azem Hajdari, the symbol of democracy and pluralism, proves the involvement and responsibility of Fatos Nano and his successor in the crime that shook the entire Albanian world. The governments of the former communists, which leave free and unpunished the criminals who took the life of the Leader of December, show Albanians that they have been and remain on the side of the killers, who have been singled out but whose superiors have not been touched. Democrats and all Albanians who loved and honored Azem Hajdari can never tolerate this fact. The government should neither allow nor publicly declare that it itself committed the murder of Azem Hajdari.