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Shqiptarja.com

23 January 2012

THE GARD COMMANDER KILLED

The court starts its game: The evidence is weak The arrest of three officials is ordered. Ina Rama: Ndrea Prendi swapped the pistol barrel with the driver’s The newspaper reveals 27 pages of arrest warrants sh - FBI: 16 interventions in the Prime Minister’s Office server to hide the video footage - The indictment asks for the immunity of Doshi, Balla and Bare: They incited violence - PS: Berisha and Basha are responsible The story Following the request of the General Prosecutor’s Office yesterday, the court ordered the arrest of the former commander of the Guard, Ndrea Prendi, his driver Margarit Kume, and the IT specialist at the Prime Minister’s Office, Armando Kasaj. All are involved in the tragedy of 21 January 2011. But according to the court, the evidence presented by the prosecution is weak TIRANE ARBEN RROZHANI The Court of First Instance in Tiranë, through judge Shkëlqim Musta, on Sunday decided to reject the arrest-with-detention measures for former Guard commander Ndrea Prendi, his former driver Margarit Kume, and former IT specialist at the Prime Minister’s Office Armando Kasaj. In its decision, the court described the Tirana Prosecutor’s Office request as indirect, stating that for any Guard employee who was assigned to protect the Prime Minister’s building, there can be no criminal offense of murder as long as he was performing military duty, and the consequences may have resulted from exceeding or not properly applying the rules for guarding this site by the Republican Guard. According to the court, the Guard can only be accused of violating the rules governing guard service at important facilities. On the other hand... continued on pages 2-3-4-5-6-7 In the photo: Former Guard commander Ndrea Prendi and a facsimile of the court decision regarding Prendi

Mamude Myrtaj: The state mocks Faik’s blood

Interview Page 7 Mamude Myrtaj: The state mocks Faik’s blood ADELA SHEHU

The government’s last ace

Editorial BY ARBEN RROZHANI The government’s last ace The Tirana court, within the span of a year, imitated an action that left many consequences for Albania’s democratic standards. While a year earlier, after the massacre of 21 January 2011, the State Police did not execute the orders to detain the Guard of the Republic command official, leaving the suspects of murder and injury free, two days ago the court decided to keep at home two members of the Guard and an IT specialist at the Prime Minister’s Office. In its reasoning, the prosecution, relying on evidence and conclusions brought by the FBI, accused the three officials of murder and evidence tampering. The former Guard commander was accused of being the killer of one of the demonstrators, and in order to escape the crime he had manipulated the pistol-type weapon, attributing the murder to his driver, who on that day was not even at the scene. Meanwhile, the IT specialist at the Prime Minister’s Office is responsible for deleting the Prime Minister’s Office server that had collected the video footage from 7 cameras showing the killings and the killers, leaving only those that showed the protesters attacking the police and the Guard. ...in the court’s reasoning, it is not hard to read the defense made by Sali Berisha... On the other hand, there is the evidence brought by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which for a year has been assisting the Albanian prosecution. The American side... continued on page 2

Hysa: End the monopolies in the PS

INTERVIEWS MP Arta Dade: Nano voted against PS in 2009, let’s see now Hysa: End the monopolies in the PS JAKIN MARENA During the PS presidency night session, MP Dade, despite having spoken out against the new division of the presidency delegates into districts by Rama, said she has started working in Tiranë. She says that despite Nano having declared his vote against PS in 2009, he is... continued on page 8 Ndriçim Hysa Arta Dade

The list of 77 Albanian tax evaders: Greece asks for 80 million euros

Page 9 The list of 77 Albanian tax evaders: Greece asks for 80 million euros Page 10 “Berisha” fails, the trade deficit rises by 16 percent

The Gërdec tragedy: lawsuit against Minister Mediu rejected

Page 14 The Gërdec tragedy: lawsuit against Minister Mediu rejected Page 12 Oncologist Agim Karaj: My arrest was a trap set by my colleagues

State Matura, specialists must take additional lessons

Page 11 State Matura, specialists must take additional lessons Page 13 Ismail Qemal’s reburial, photos of the body appear

The newspaper reveals 27 pages of arrest warrants - FBI: 16 interventions in the Prime Minister’s Office server to hide the footage The Court of First Instance in Tirana, through Judge Shkëlqim Mustafa, there may have been a criminal offense of murder, since he violated the rules of guard duty at facilities was performing military duty and there were serious consequences. On the other hand... Dade, despite having spoken out against the new division of the party leadership’s delegates among the districts by the a year of an action that had major consequences for Albania’s democratic standards. orders to stop the chain of command of the Republican Guard, leaving it difficult to read the heroic defense that Sali Berisha and the government offered the guards as defenders of the institutions, emphasizing that they were employees who were at the forefront of their duty and could not be accused of murder, but of excessive use of force.