SCANDAL The Minister of Culture leases out cultural heritage THE GOVERNMENT PUTS MONUMENTS ON THE MARKET Areas of 200-500 m² for up to 10 years, over 500 m² for up to 20 years. Reaction, Artan Lame: Visar Zhiti doesn’t know what he signed. Artan Shkreli: Berisha’s torch is burning heritage ► Pages 2-3

INVESTIGATION How PD recruits the state administration The journalist’s conversation, who pretends to be an artist, with the party “fixer” for the election campaign ► Page 8

Comment BY PREÇ ZOGAJ Fair, honest, electoral In the list of differences between the two main parties, one ethical difference at the level of fairness stands out, which deserves to be noted and analyzed. The reference is to the inclusion on the PD list of the leaders of allied parties, such as Mediu of the PR, Ndoka of the PDK, Shehu of the LZHK, Idrizi of the PDIU, Spahiu of the PLL, Xhuveli of the PAA. On the other side, the PS has not included any of the leaders of allied parties on its list, although it was expected that at the very least Gjinushi of the PSD, Milo of the PDS and Spartak Ngjela of the PLL would receive such an offer from the chief socialist Rama. Beyond the legislature, opposition parties meet more often in the construction site of oppositionism than ruling parties do in the construction site of governance. It is natural; it happens everywhere. The opposition carries the burden of challenging power and therefore needs to be more united and more cohesive within the breadth of the parties that make it up. All the more so when they know an electoral system like the one we have in our country, which is a first-past-the-post coalition system. In this context, it was natural and expected for the Socialist Party, as the main opposition party, to set the first example by including its allies on its list. All this not at all as charity, or political altruism, but for fairness, for honesty, for motivation,... ► continued on page 18

CAMPAIGN “Traitors,” Rama: There are messages about returning “Don’t provoke us, you’ll find us there after June 23” TIRANE JAKIN MARENA The Socialist leader on the Renaissance bus to Durrës, where he was to present the candidates for deputy, gave an interview to journalists saying that he had messages also from those who had left the PS to run... ► Page 6

“FIKS-FARE” REMEMBERS ► Page 6 Kastriot Islami recounts the guaranteed loss of the PS How was Kastriot Islami treated by the PD in 1996 Clarifications and accusations in the newspaper “RD”

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INTEGRATION ► Page 8 Ilir Meta: I invite Rama and Berisha to meet about the 3 laws

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