Jozefina argues with Basha over the speech for Leka Zogu. “Who told you to speak?” Yesterday, a day of mourning / Berisha's shift from “Nolist” to “Zogist”. Statement in '94: Zogu, collaborator of the Serbs

The funeral ceremony of the pretender to the royal throne, Leka Zogu I, has brought to light the resentments and quarrels between the Mayor of Tirana, Lulzim Basha, and the Speaker of Parliament, Jozefina Topalli. Everyone saw that Basha and Topalli clashed inside the parliament premises over the issue of who would give the speech, while the state protocol had decided that Lulzim Basha would speak

In the photo: The emotional funeral ceremony for Leka Zogu, Lady Topalli's sadness is noticeable In the photo: The emotional funeral ceremony for Leka Zogu, Lady Topalli's sadness is noticeable

*** TIRANA The tribute ceremony for the pretender to the royal throne, Leka Zogu, who passed away three days ago, has turned into an “apple of discord” between the Speaker of Parliament, Jozefina Topalli, and the Mayor of Tirana, Lulzim Basha. Who would be the person to deliver the speech in front of Leka Zogu's coffin was the conflict between the two politicians. “Get lost” were the loud words of the Speaker of Parliament Jozefina Topalli to Mayor Basha, which were also heard publicly by all those present at the funeral ceremony. But that was not all. The ceremony was delayed for several minutes before Basha began to speak, and it was claimed that there were sound system problems. Jozefina Topalli thought that she should be the one to speak since Parliament had been opened for the tributes to Leka Zogu. But the protocol office told her that the speech at the ceremony would be given by Lulzim Basha, Mayor of Tirana. The Speaker of Parliament was irritated. Between her and Basha are...

Editorial BY ANILA BASHA Godo between property and the Constitution Politician Sabri Godo has left this life with two great unfinished issues, for which he fought during these 20 years of democracy, but never managed to see strong, solid, and resolved: Property and the Constitution. And he left this life also with another coincidence, precisely a few days after the 13th anniversary of the Constitution. I remember very well that period in 1998, while we were following those marathon sessions of the ad hoc committee set up to draft the Constitution, where Godo accepted the majority's proposal at the time to serve as its co-chair. The back-and-forth in the halls of the Congress Palace (where the CEC is located today), the tiring and prolonged meetings with technical details, were also for us journalists ...the family lost their loved one, but society lost a wise politician, we journalists lost the tireless, constant clarity...[...] ...we didn't understand, the wise old Godo would explain to us without hesitation, interview after interview, without getting tired of any of us. It was the time when the opposition (PD) was relentlessly condemning him in the media, through articles and pieces with and without names, as the man who was giving Nano the “red passport”. My colleague Krasniqi, in the analysis two days ago, mentioned the fact that important figures in political and public life are condemned while alive, but are honored after death. Today, everyone, left and right, in the condolence messages they give for politician Sabri Godo, recall his very valuable contribution to the founding document of the state, that document, which they honor as... continued on page 5

Illness The co-author of the Constitution passes away, two hours of national mourning today ADMIRINA PEÇI Sabri Godo had a new historical novel in his hands. He had taken it seriously during the first half of this year. A large folder full of historical documents served him as references and for numerous corrections of dates, events, and characters. The family... continued on page 2

“RILINDASI” Supplement / The debate over writers Pages 13-20 Primo Shllaku: Kadare and Agolli, the standard-bearers of the dictatorship

Page 10 The Carrefour director, the owner of the house, hangs himself: How I knew him

Pages 6-7 Behind the scenes of the SP Assembly, Malaj: Mandates need to be limited

Lack of funds Page 11 SHISH on alert, Shaqiri meets Arvizu BY POLI HOXHA

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