The businessman is executed, two injured He was building an apartment building near Mile Çami’s billiards hall FIER/ 14 Kalashnikov bullets hit Spartak Spaho. Mayor Zeqo: I knew him as a good person News The businessman from Fier, Spartak Spaho, is executed with an automatic weapon. The 40-year-old, who was known as the owner of a restaurant and had also started getting into apartment-building construction, was shot with a burst from an automatic weapon, 14 bullets, from a car with two people inside. The person in the passenger seat got out of the car to execute the businessman. The perpetrators fled in an unknown direction ■■■ FIER BESMIRA MUÇAJ While he was thinking that he had put his affairs in order and that everything was going well in his construction business, 40-year-old Spartak Spaho was executed last night at 6:40 p.m., near the building he was constructing on “Ramiz Aranitasi” street in the “11 Janari” neighborhood, in the city of Fier. The Kalashnikov bullets that were unleashed on Spaho’s body also injured two random passers-by, who happened to be on that street and who, according to the police, are in Fier hospital, out of danger for their lives. The police said that the injured are Leoanrd Tolloi and Dritan Yzeiraj, both residents of Fier. Numerous officers from the Fier Police Station, in cooperation with the Crime Investigation and Prevention Inspectors, went to the scene where preliminary investigations are being carried out to identify the perpetrators. As a result of the investigations carried out, sources said that some time ago the victim had been wanted by the Fier police, while the Serious Crimes Prosecutor’s Office had issued a detention order. During this time, no proceedings were brought against Spartak Spaho, because he closed the criminal case with the state on May 10, 2011. Spartak Spahiu was suspected of being a distributor and possessor of narcotic drugs for several years. He had a criminal record... continues on page 11 In the photo: View from the scene last night in the city of Fier Panari Klik Ekspo Klik Bamir Topi at the Shqiptarja.com stand BY Genc Kondi Page 10

Editorial BY AFRIM KRASNIQI Banalized hypocrisy Leka Zogu has passed away. An Albanian with a tragic fate, just like his father, just like the Albanian monarchy, just like Albania itself. A life of ups and downs, a gray walk in a struggle for survival with great dignity, followed by loyal supporters and attacked by many opponents. Today (after death) we hear only good things said about Leka Zogu, only praise, even endless praise, the monarchy of his father is evoked and everything they represent. An obsession with obituaries and a ritual of hypocrisy that is repeated everywhere, in the family, in society, in politics, in the media and in the state. While they are alive, we do not want them, do not respect them, do not value them and even denigrate them, but when they die we “discover” that they are good, that we love and value them very much. We prevented Ahmet Zogu from returning to the homeland, officially declared him a traitor, blew up his mother’s grave, we ourselves expelled Leka from Albania in 1993 (Berisha) and 1997 (Nano), and today, when he is no longer alive, we hold governments, weave endless praise and, in their honor, even move the bust of Skanderbeg, the national hero. The same ritual happens every time political and public figures pass away. While alive, A. Hajdari, P. Arbnori or A. Spahia were anathematized, denigrated and isolated from political decision-making, but after their passing those who did not love them while they were alive suddenly discover great love, weave praise and fill television screens with crocodile tears or fabricated memories. While alive, don. Jubani or Father Pllumi, the poets T. Keko or F. Reshpja, were anathematized, we did not want them, the gates of the state were closed to them, but when they passed away we rushed to place them on a pedestal. The list is long, the behavior is always the same. Often it even happens that the same individuals who darkened someone’s life while they were alive compete, when they die, to take the place of the most grief-stricken friend. A marked lack of sincerity, a banalized hypocrisy, a formal and politically ungrateful behavior that manifests itself and is conveyed only in obituaries, only after death, a practice of behavior and thought that best demonstrates the identity crisis of a pre-democratic society and a provincial political class.

INTERVIEW The TOB director: I will not resign, I know why the directors are attacking me, but I will not leave the Theater Ciko: Why is Rama attacking me over Luk Kaçaj ADMIRINA PEÇI The director of the National Theater, Zhani Ciko, had prepared this text yesterday as a response to the accusations that TKOB baritone Ylber Gjini made in his article in Shqiptarja.com. In fact, this reaction seems to have started a little earlier. Ciko is convinced that this is an organized attack that begins with the book by Edi... continues on page 12

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