The New York lawyer: Don’t give them money EXCLUSIVE/ Letter from the USA by Pjerin Lumaj, Republican candidate for the Senate: Like in ‘97 The denunciation by the Albanian jurist of the company hosted by the prime minister and which promised $1.5 billion in investment: “They have no money. The representatives are illegal immigrants in the USA. They are manipulating Albanians in northern Albania” The story Pjerin Lumaj, a lawyer in New York who is running, on the Republican Party ticket, for a seat in the US federal Senate, is calling on Albanians, in an open letter, not to fall victim to a pyramid scheme that has received the blessing of Prime Minister Sali Berisha, but which could have very serious consequences TIRANE GENC KONDI In the mega-project, launched in Albania by Prime Minister Sali Berisha himself, a candidate of the American conservative party for the federal Senate denounces it as a “pyramid.” Pjerin Lumaj, a civil rights lawyer in New York, calls on Albanians not to be fooled and to trust their money to swindlers who have begun “hunting” for funds in the north of the country, supposedly to finance a giant resort with pine trees in Poro, Vlorë. According to him, everything is a scheme... Continues on pages 2-3 In the photo: Prime Minister Sali Berisha during the meeting with representatives of the SIVA company in January 2012 (top right) Lawyer Pjerin Lumaj, conservative candidate for the US Senate (top left) facsimile of the newspaper dated 29 January 2012 denounced the fraudulent project In the photo: Prime Minister Sali Berisha during the meeting with representatives of the SIVA company in January 2012 (top right). Lawyer Pjerin Lumaj, conservative candidate for the US Senate (top left); facsimile of the newspaper dated 29 January 2012 denounced the fraudulent project

LEAVING THE OSCE OFFICE Becaj’s daughter: Trial for Haxhinasto Selvi Becaj seeks to return to diplomacy. The Foreign Ministry: She did not show up for work because she was pregnant TIRANE ELTON QYNO Selvi Becaj, the daughter of the President of the Supreme Court Shpresa Becaj, has sued the Minister of Foreign Affairs because the latter dismissed her from the post she held at the OSCE in Vienna... Page 6

A coffee with... BY ANILA BASHA ‘Remarku’ at the PD meetings The prime minister has been thinking much more lately about the gas pipeline. The minister Naço told me that too. He has returned very successfully from Azerbaijan, TAP is going very well, a giant investment, 1 billion euros in financing, all Albanians will benefit where the project will pass... wow, so much money. I got up. But not for that. Those are fairy tales, like the planes, the Chinese language in schools, economic growth... We have heard a lot. He – Come on, Anila. I heard you lost the case with Irfan. You had won it on the patents. I – Doctor, we operate in a legal state. Let’s wait for the court on this matter. It has not ruled yet. We have started the process. But I didn’t come for that matter. I am very interested in the debate that has started within the PD parliamentary group. We have a deputy of the majority who publicly declared that since October of last year, he has boycotted the PD group meetings. I mean Gaz Oketа. There is nothing to say. A good guy, with a reputation in Durrës, and you yourself have valued him. You kept him as Minister of Defense. For a long time. Facing him and Ferdinand Xhaferi, in Durrës you would certainly need Gazi. The problem is not that he has stepped away. The problem is what he said. He said that the group meetings remind him of the Bureau. Fine, it was a problem, but after him two or three other deputies spoke, who, for reasons or not, did not come today (yesterday) to the parliamentary group meeting. Doctor, we journalists can see how your pressure cooker is working. Did you remember... Continues on page 6

The Dedas brothers: “Here is the meeting with Fatos Skeja” Page 7

The report, PD: Spahiu ruined our relations with Greece Pages 12-13

Suspicion of a kiss between Ermali and Françeska Page 22

ELECTIONS Pages 4-5 Topi’s Party, Noka and Klosi do the PD-PS math

THE DEBATE Pages 8-9 Minister Naço in front of journalists: We have electricity 24 hours a day

DOSSIER Pages 14-17 Accidents at “Driver’s Rest” like the state killing you on the road

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