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Editorial: The prevailing chaos dragging the future underneath

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TIRANA TIMES EDITORIAL    Under the scorching sun and the fooling disguise of life going on, the chaotic political, economic and social situation in Albania is deteriorating. There is a complete, deep and absurd disarray in the institutional interplay of politics, electoral institutions and judiciary system.  In the last 48 hours there have been at least three diverging decisions by first instance courts regarding the recognition of the mandates of the mayors that claim to have won in the June 30 elections. The decision of a judge in the jurisdiction of Durres claims that the electoral materials are invalid and…

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