DOCUMENT/ Yesterday’s debates among MPs over the Levan-Vlorë road are revealed The road started in 2007 was awarded to “Alpine” owned by Berisha’s publisher for 42 million euros. But that is not enough. PS: It is like the Messina Bridge in Italy, held hostage by the mafia. The paradox: the road will be rebuilt after the white lines are painted News MPs and directors of the PD justified yesterday the increase in the bill for the Levan-Vlorë road by another 18 million euros, citing the road’s slipping. According to them, the blame lies with the PS government in 2004, which left a project lacking stabilizer, which holds the roadbed, while the MPs of the PS said these works were done by the government’s government, Fahri Balliu. TIRANE FERNADA CENKO Although there are also white lines on top, the Levan-Vlorë road must be rebuilt because, according to the government, part of it has slipped, making it dangerous for traffic. It is about one of... continued on pages 2-3 In the photo: Fahri Balliu and a facsimile of the invoice for the increased financing for the Levan-Vlorë road

INTERVIEW Page 7 Arben Ristani: The CEC’s decision on May 8 was wrong

THE ARMY Page 5 PD also against Imam, request for inspection in the ministry

Comment BY PREÇ ZOGAJ Eagles fly low Although it was not planned as a forewarned counsel, the election of the President of the Republic ended up on its own as an antithesis, that is, as the direct opposite of a statement by the US ambassador, Mr. Arvizu. At this point I believe most readers know which statement we are referring to. The simple, laconic, and meaningful one that the President of the Republic cannot be the thirteenth minister of the government. This was a very clear message, with an implied warning tone, for Mr. Berisha and Mr. Meta. It meant that the President should not be elected only by these two, as they did with the members of the government, but by a much wider spectrum of people and entities from politics and civil society. Furthermore, if matters were to be conducted in such a way that only these two would remain in charge, they would do well to rely on more flexible criteria than those used to choose a cabinet member. So in the end these two could still choose him, but always keeping away from the temptation to produce a president from the cabinet, which apparently was the ambassador’s premonition when he made the above statement. The way events unfolded is not lacking in arguments that Berisha and Meta did not want to openly challenge the American representative in Tirana so directly. Despite this, Ambassador Arvizu seems challenged by them. Along with him, the country he represents, the United States of America, has also been challenged. In the case of the presidency, the ambassador interpreted the position of the State Department on a... continued on page 6

THE TEXTBOOK SCANDAL Teacher: We did not select it. Alket Veliu: We rework foreign methods TIRANE ESMERALDA KETA The foreign methods with which pupils in pre-university education learn in foreign languages are... Pages 8-9

TICKETS Page 21 Corruption with 1000-lek notes at the Archaeological Museum

MATURITY Page 10 The Kamza teachers are in tears, released in the courtroom

Pages 13-20 Kidney stones, the 6 main health challenges for men

How much salaries increase for budgetary employees Page 12

The number of families, Berisha’s lie Page 6

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