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The year that is wrapping up was one of the most negative and unfortunate ones for Albania at least since 1997. A raging political crisis has left the citizens without due representation in the parliament, without a basic constitutional order that secures the strength of institutions and the separation of powers and with an economy teetering on the brink of recession. The local elections held in the summer generated a complete centralization of local and central power in the hands of the majority and most importantly returned the clock of democracy in Albania back three decades into the times of…