Here is the proof: salary as deputy and state lawyer EXCLUSIVE/ Shqiptarja.com reveals Eduard Halimi’s payroll record at the State Advocate’s Office until September Justice Minister Eduard Halimi publicly declared: I will leave if it is proven that I received a salary at the State Advocate’s Office. Payroll record: In September 2009 he was paid for 21 days. The “Beqja” precedent, the Constitutional Court stripped him of his mandate News The scheme by which the current Justice Minister benefited from the State Advocate’s fund is revealed, even three months after he received the deputy’s mandate from the CEC. The document with this institution’s payroll list shows that he received 34,299 lek for September. Two days earlier the minister had stated that if it were proven he was paid after receiving the deputy’s mandate, he would resign. TIRANE JAKIN MARENA The current Justice Minister, Eduard Halimi, was paid by the State Advocate’s institution even three months after being declared a member of the Assembly of Albania. He had been State Advocate, but after being elected deputy, in violation of the law he appears on the September 2009 payroll list of the General State Advocate’s Office. At that time, he had received the deputy’s mandate... ► Continues on pages 2-3 Facsimile of the State Advocate’s payroll list showing that Eduard Halimi was also paid in September 2009 EXCLUSIVE!

ARREST OF MEDIU’S FRIEND Ina Rama: Police let Kajolli go free Nishani: “The extradition list was with the Prosecutor’s Office”. Prosecutor’s Office: “The police has it too” TIRANE ELTON QYNO The General Prosecutor’s Office reacted last night to the arrest of Fatmir Kajolli, sentenced by Italian justice to 40 years in prison, saying that the State Police had his name on the list. The Interior Minister... ► Page 10

Commentary BY AFRIM KRASNIQI One mandate for the next crisis The latest debate over an opposition deputy’s mandate once again brought to the fore the great ease with which Albanian politics plunges into crisis, as well as the double standards in the political reading of the Constitution and legislation. The latest pretext is known: in December 2011, MP Seseri (PS) resigned from her mandate. The Constitution of Albania (Article 71) states that a mandate ends when a member resigns from it. Subsequently, the Electoral Code (Article 164) provides that “the interrupted mandate passes to the next candidate on the list of the same political party in the relevant electoral district,” and “if the next candidate does not appear in Parliament within 30 days of notification, without justified reasons, the mandate passes to the next candidate on the list.” In application of this practice, on 19 January 2012 the CEC announced the decision to grant Ms. Seseri’s mandate to the next candidate on the multi-member list, Gjon Bardhi. The latter, also being the mayor of Fushë Krujë, officially notified the CEC of his refusal of the parliamentary mandate and of continuing his function at the head of the local unit. The CEC did not take a second decision, although legally it was its responsibility to do so (the 30-day refusal deadline), and thus four months later the issue of the opposition’s mandate has become an apple of discord between the majority and the opposition. The Speaker of Parliament believes that the Constitutional Court should be involved in this matter. This one... ► continues on page 7

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