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Editorial: Power of law versus power of show

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TIRANA TIMES EDITORIAL The faà§ade paradigm largely applied by this government and now deeply entrenched in the thinking and behavior of all its ministers, directors trickling down to the lowest level of local governance, is perhaps the most destructive systematic problem that is going to haunt public policy and good governance in the years to come. This relentless focus on spectacle and entertainment, on propaganda, on labeling enemies and gas-lighting media has established for the citizens and the voters a never-ending TV-show that either diverts their attention from real issues or bores them to death. However when this kind of…

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