SECRET PD-PS SCENARIOS
2013 elections, Berisha’s and Rama’s formulas
VOTING / The coalition-organization options circulating in the two major parties
Berisha offers one minister for 15 thousand votes and one deputy minister for 5 thousand. Rama offers a leadership post for the tenth name on the list. The creation of Topi’s and Spahiu’s party and their role are expected. The news Sali Berisha and Edi Rama have concentrated their work on coalitions. The Prime Minister offers a ministerial post for 15 thousand votes brought by any party in the general elections. Meanwhile, Edi Rama relies more on the list of MPs. The attack on Spahiu, after the failure of negotiations for Aleanca KuqeZi to join the right wing TIRANA ANILA BASHA Sali Berisha, Edi Rama and Bamir Topi have built their scenarios for the general parliamentary elections that will be held next year. Also following the prime minister Sali Berisha’s statement two days ago, as well as the ongoing attacks against President Bamir Topi, it seems the scenarios are ready for both camps. The fact that the electoral law and formula will remain unchanged has given the two leaders of the main political forces, PD and PS, the right to start thinking about coalitions and the way they will enter next year’s general elections. The Democrats Prime Minister Sali Berisha has not twice concealed the fact that everything for the MPs and the majority in parliament will depend on the coalition he will build for the new elections. Sources close to the prime minister told shqiptarja.com that... continues on page 2
Edi Rama puts the national flag on the balcony of his home for the centenary
Photo from “Shqiptarja.com”
Page 4 In the photo: The building where the PS leader Edi Rama lives, with the national flag visible on the balcony Edi Rama puts the national flag on the balcony of his home for the centenary
Democracy in line!
Editorial
BY AFRIM KRASNIQI
In Albania we have 122 political parties, around 1,800 non-governmental organizations, 28 daily newspapers, 6 parliamentary parties, 140 MPs, 14 ministers and around 1,214 senior executive officials in central and local government. We have parliamentary and local elections every 4 years and presidential elections every 5 years. For a country of 2.8 million inhabitants (according to INSTAT) and 1.1 million emigrants, this formal balance seems to reflect a high democratic standard. According to the US and the European Union, this is not enough, and in their political reports Albania is still ranked as a fragile democracy in terms of the substance of its public life. What distinguishes a democratic society from a pre-democratic one is the relationship between law and the individual, between the politician and institutions, between the citizen and the ruler, between the declared right and the one actually applied. Albania in 2012 is a bipolar society, divided into two camps, with no certainty of freedom of thought and choice... Albania in 2012 is a bipolar society, divided into two camps, with no certainty of freedom of individual thought and choice, with no boundaries between party power and constitutional institutions, with no guarantees for property, equality before the law, decision-making integrity and good governance. Examples are numerous. When an MP, minister or official does not answer to anyone and rules above the law; when the courts are not free to decide, when the administration is treated as an honorary contingent for rallies; when there are no boundaries between media and propaganda, when a group of people rotate in power controlling the state, society and economy; when anti-values are imposed as... continues on page 2
Arvizu, help us, Berisha took lives!
The relatives of the four victims address the U.S. ambassador in Tirana
JAKIN MARENA The relatives of the four victims killed on 21 January while protesting in front of the Prime Minister’s Office have sent a letter to the U.S. ambassador, Arvizu, asking him to urge the justice authorities to shed light on these state killings. continues on page 7
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