After the dismissal of the LSI member, it seems there is a political decision by the opposition THE SITUATION IS BECOMING TENSE CEC ON THE VERGE OF A CRISIS, THE DEPUTY CHAIRMAN RESIGNS • The State Department brings a senior official to Tirana. Arvizu concerned, State Department email at 03:00 • Denar Biba: This CEC is finished. Lefteri Lleshi: Tomorrow in Parliament I will submit the request for replacing the CEC member • PS and LSI are taking the majority away from PD in local government. How the balance shifts in all municipalities IN PHOTO: (top) Tirana Municipal Council (bottom) Denar Biba, former deputy chairman of the CEC, who resigned last night Pages 2-5

BY AFRIM KRASNIQI Solutions In all models of post-communist transition, the first phase of political change was accompanied by rotation in politics, with the ruling elite, in constitutional institutions and in public life. The process occurred through political compromises or the unilateral imposition of democratic forces. Albania was no exception. Although in 1991 the community won the parliamentary elections, 99% of the laws passed in parliament were consensual products. The best-known laws are the Main Constitutional Deposits, the property law, the law on the depoliticization of institutions, the law on strikes, the law on political parties, the law on the media, the amnesty for former persecuted persons, the electoral law, etc. The compromise was understandable, even inevitable. The Stability government itself was built on the basis of compromise, so its products were expected to be such. The consensual nature came to an end in April 1992 with the political rotation and the arrival of the democrats in the whole state hierarchy. It continued the same way in 1997 when another political rotation replaced the democrats with.. Continued on page 19

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The Albanian Alexander BY EDMOND ARIZAJ Page 18

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Page 9 Four bullets for the 35-year-old from Berat, investigations into a blood feud

The injured students: Compensation or hunger strike Page 16 The injured students: Compensation or hunger strike

Genc Kondi Yesterday, 200 thousand dollars were paid from the Treasury in favor of the lobbyist of the Albanian government, Po- desta Group... Page 6

Page 11 When Adil Çarçani “removed” Pogradec from UNESCO

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