Nikollë Lesi
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Nikollë Lesi is the owner and editor of the newspaper Koha Jonë
and a former Member of the Albanian Parliament.
Koha Jonë was Albania's first private newspaper, and was formed by Nikollë Lesi and Aleksandër Frangaj. They privatized the newspaper of the Committee of the Party of Labour of Lezha in 1992.
In May 2004 he was fined 2 million lekë (10,000 pounds sterling) for the defamation of the Prime Minister Fatos Nano
and two of his employees, after an article accused them of corruption. As leader of the Christian Democratic Party he complained of undue pressure on his party's candidates in the 2005 election campaign, claiming: "They are even firing our candidates from their jobs prior to the election." In May 2006 he proposed the so-called 'Lesi amendment' to exclude the owners of television companies from public tenders. The law was passed, however it was returned to the Assembly by the President in May 2007 on the grounds that it conflicted with Article 7 of the Albanian constitution. After losing the leadership of the Christian Democratic Party of Albania
to Nard Ndoka
he left that party and announced, in November 2007, that he was setting up a new Party: the Albanian Christian Democratic Movement.
Koha Jonë
Koha Jonë is a newspaper published in Albania and published in Albanian. Koha Jonë is a politically unaffiliated daily newspaper published in Tirana ....
and a former Member of the Albanian Parliament.
Koha Jonë was Albania's first private newspaper, and was formed by Nikollë Lesi and Aleksandër Frangaj. They privatized the newspaper of the Committee of the Party of Labour of Lezha in 1992.
In May 2004 he was fined 2 million lekë (10,000 pounds sterling) for the defamation of the Prime Minister Fatos Nano
Fatos Nano
Fatos Thanas Nano is an Albanian economist who was Prime Minister of Albania during several periods, the first leader of the Socialist Party of Albania, and member of the Albanian Parliament from 1991 to 1996 and 1997 to 2009...
and two of his employees, after an article accused them of corruption. As leader of the Christian Democratic Party he complained of undue pressure on his party's candidates in the 2005 election campaign, claiming: "They are even firing our candidates from their jobs prior to the election." In May 2006 he proposed the so-called 'Lesi amendment' to exclude the owners of television companies from public tenders. The law was passed, however it was returned to the Assembly by the President in May 2007 on the grounds that it conflicted with Article 7 of the Albanian constitution. After losing the leadership of the Christian Democratic Party of Albania
Christian Democratic Party of Albania
The Christian Democratic Party of Albania is a small Centre-right, Christian democratic, political party in Albania.The PDK's first election was in 1996, where it won no seats in the 140 seat Assembly of Albania but took 1.3% of the popular vote. In the following year, 1997, it won a single...
to Nard Ndoka
Nard Ndoka
Nard Ndoka was the minister of health of Albania from March 2007 to August 2008. He started his political career with Democratic Party in the early 1990s. Now he is the leader of the Christian Democratic Party of Albania which is now in coalition with the current ruling Democratic party.-...
he left that party and announced, in November 2007, that he was setting up a new Party: the Albanian Christian Democratic Movement.
See also
- http://www.nikollelesi.com