There are still people in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who are devoted to monism and to those it represented. In recent years, but especially with the advent of democracy, monism tried to sow its seeds and ensure that it would have successors, particularly in diplomatic missions abroad and in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Changes were made quickly and those who were monists were removed, naturally including among them discredited nephews and nieces, sons-in-law of Lenka Çuko, Rita Markos, etc. But very soon, to pull the wool over people’s eyes, they were transferred to embassies, and people who would carry on the baton of monism were installed in the Ministry. For example, Petraq Pojani was sent to Brussels, a well-known descendant of the punizmi [sic] and an irreplaceable person, since he has done many good things in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and his father den... Zef Mazi, a member of the Party of Labour, did his party apprenticeship in Sokol Hoxha’s office; he is a faithful descendant of Ramiz Alia. He was rewarded for this loyalty with an appointment in Vienna (Austria). Hasan Muçostepa arrived in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as if by catapult, despite being an electronics engineer and deputy rector of UT, precisely because of the favors he had done for the children of the monists while he was director of the University project, sending Mihal Bisha’s two children, Manush Myftiu’s children, etc., abroad to France. Rita Markos’s son-in-law, Nasho Bakalli, has been kept for years in Turkey and then on the Committee for Relations with the Outside World, as an irreplaceable figure. At the same time, his brother-in-law Fatos Reka, after [unclear: shiu] in Paris and Geneva, where he was rewarded for his deeds by A. Çarçani, H. Isai and H. Çeliku, returned from working in intelligence to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as an official (???). Likewise, the people from Gjirokastër, Kadri Cenko and Vaso Pilo (the latter does not even know Albanian well), close friends of Fatos Nano and Muhamet Kapllani. Kadri Cenko is grateful to M. Kapllani, who... (Continued on page 2)

There have been many debates, discussions and articles about the property of the former PPSH—all of them have fallen on deaf ears and blind eyes. Why do we say this? Because despite the sound judgments of the entire population, and despite the efforts of the united democratic opposition, the opposite judgment, the anti-law, prevailed once again: the property of the PPSH was inherited, almost without serious reduction, by the renovated PP (PS). First, the question naturally arises: what connection is there between the property of the PPSH and that of the PS? The latter have publicly declared that they have nothing in common with the PPSH, that they are two different parties, even in opposition to one another, with dissimilar programs. Under these circumstances, like any new party, within the framework of the legislation in force and the difficult conditions the country is going through, they should have put forward modest requests for funds, offices and equipment. In fact, the opposite happened—a paradox. While, on the surface, the PS swears and swears again, to the point that its leaders have talked themselves hoarse, that they have nothing in common with the PPSH, when it comes to money and material conditions it argues “legally” that it is the only, first and last party entitled to inherit. Is there a contradiction here? At its core, I see no contradiction. It is, in fact, merely the continuation of the Communist Party under its renamed title, the PPSH. Viewed from this perspective, the PS’s demand for the PPSH’s party assets, property deeds, and foreign-currency and bank assets is justified. But in that case, two obligations must be accepted: first, to state openly that PS equals PK equals PPSH; and second, that this party accepts the inheritance of property acquired by the PPSH through dubious—one might say filthy—means. It is well known that the PPSH, as a party-state, accumulated its property by the most bandit-like and criminal means known not only in Eastern or Western Europe, but in the world as a whole. This property was built through the exploitation to the marrow of workers, peasants and intellectuals, through their unpaid labor, with their income reduced to the most extreme minimum imaginable to human beings, enough, in most cases, to secure only a dry crust of bread for a person, which was supposedly softened in water with a little sugar; it came from the unregulated exploitation of the riches of the land and underground, from the unscrupulous plunder of Albanian gold; from the total, inhuman and uncivilized dispossession of honest former owners, who had increased that property through their own labor; and from political prisoners and internees in quarries, mines, greenhouses and land-reclamation projects, where their miserable existence could be described by any epithet except a humane one. Like any filthy wealth and money, the PPSH’s property arouses revulsion and a kind of horror when one thinks of the means used to accumulate it. The truth is that filthy wealth is being created today by other means too: by the nomenklatura, former state and party leaders, and officials at the lower levels of government and the economy, through theft, abuse of official positions, acquisition of enterprises for minimal payments, smuggling, forgery, fraud and other sordid means. These methods are also being used by certain sections of the population: smugglers, profiteers and cheats. In all these cases, the rule-of-law state must intervene; filthy wealth and money must be subjected to legal scrutiny. This is especially necessary to close off avenues that allow particular citizens to rob individuals, certain sections of the population, and the state as a whole. Following this line of reasoning, a legal operation concerning filthy property and money becomes all the more necessary (which, in my opinion, is terrifying that...

— COMMENTING ON THE FIRST OFFICIAL ECONOMIC STATISTICAL INDICATOR — Not long ago, the Statistical Directorate at the Ministry of the Economy calculated and published the first official economic statistical indicator, by means of which the upward change in the prices of the main groups of goods can be reflected for each month. Even at first glance, the official statistics give you...

At this end of the century, when in Europe and throughout the world everything is moving in the name of liberation and the dignified elevation of the human being, toward a society that also serves as a guarantee of understanding among peoples, and

Not long ago, the Statistical Directorate at the Ministry of the Economy calculated and published the first official economic statistical indicator, by means of which the upward change in the prices of the main groups of goods can be reflected for each month. month. Even at first glance, the official statistics make you understand that the cost of living has more than doubled and that, if the same inflation rate is assumed for this year, the cost of living will rise by that much again. There is no need to comment on this when you see that more and more Albanian families are unable to shop in the market, that prices are rising as if catapulted, and that, to make ends meet, ordinary workers keep their eyes on the basket of essential goods that escaped price liberalization and has now been reduced to “a single morsel for the whole chicken.” Given this, it is natural to reason that an immediate increase in wages is needed, all the more so now that the price index has also been calculated. But it is not as simple as it seems and, within an economic logic, for the time being it is impossible. Let us briefly recall the 50-percent wage increase before price liberalization. Unacceptable by the simplest economic logic and put forward for purely political motives, it was accepted without understanding it as a kind of economic suicide. Today everyone understands this. Wages rose by 50 percent, but prices jumped two to five times and continue to remain at this level today. This means that the quantity of goods that can be bought in the market today with the increased wages has fallen below the level of the wage increase, and the difficulty of living normally has multiplied. What would happen if there were another massive wage increase? There is no doubt that the effects this time would be more pronounced. With the current rate of price increases, private traders would raise prices again, and with the freedom they have today they answer to no one. The state itself does not have the ability to set “ceiling” prices, since it has to fill the shops with all sorts of goods. Meanwhile, the economy is on “life support” and production is lacking, so the circulation of goods comes not from domestic production but from imports. This lack of goods production prevents the state from setting price limits and weakens its control over prices. Prices will meanwhile continue to rise also because demand for goods is increasing, competition is so weak, and enterprises (those that are operating) are not very interested in selling by lowering their production costs, since they can sell at any price! The ordinary worker is the only one who pays the price here, forced to take part in the speculative game of prices. In this context, the following questions are rightly being asked today: Should wages follow prices? And when will this happen? The economic truth is that wages should follow prices, which may ultimately rise until they are aligned with the markets around us (so that we do not experience the export or illegal diversion of goods, nor a shortage of domestically produced goods and consumer goods, constrained by the tightening of our lives). What is at issue today is the statistically calculated increase in wages, or a kind of “economic” [text unclear]. It is demonstrated that another reflex and economic logic are needed, so that the population’s purchasing power is not artificially consumed and then, through monetary measures, the circulation of money does not deepen the inflationary cycle and its galloping pace. Certainly, an unjustified new increase in wages is a tendency to empty people’s pockets ... [several lines partly illegible] In general, awareness must be maintained and it must be demanded ... [text partly illegible] ... [Ending cut off/text partly illegible.]

At this end of the century, when in Europe and throughout the world everything is moving in the name of liberation and the dignified elevation of the human being, toward a society that also serves as a guarantee of understanding among peoples, with our northern neighbors the exact opposite is happening. among peoples, with our northern neighbors the exact opposite is happening. For a long time, Milošević’s Serbia has increasingly sought by every means to fan a dangerous fire. It tries to do this through the savage terror it inflicts on Albanians living in Yugoslavia, but also against those returning, through long-standing, incurable incidents at the state border. These incidents have been frequent. The barbaric killing of six Albanians, in violation of every agreement reached for this purpose, shows that Serbia has been and remains what it is: A SWORN ENEMY OF ALBANIANS. Whatever frenzied Serbian chauvinists may claim, the killing of Albanians is an extremely violent act. State experts confirmed that the Albanians who were killed were unarmed. They could not, in this way, have threatened the lives of any Serbian soldiers. The border authorities could easily have detained them without having to use firearms. But for the Serbs, the language of humanity, the language of the neighbor, is dead. The human heart, which trembles even at a scratch on another person, is dead. The Republican Party strongly condemns this medieval act by the Serbian chauvinists and expresses its condolences to the victims’ families.

The long, year-long transition period, which was also fatal for this already impoverished country, clearly showed where the absence of the rule of law leads. The long, year-long transition period, which was also fatal for this already impoverished country, clearly showed where the absence of the rule of law leads: to killings, theft, embezzlement, abuses, unemployment, destruction, not to mention many other forms of crime that we experienced. But for the sake of the democratic future, which the people themselves sealed, let us bury that year together with 50 years of communism. The new parliament elected on March 22 will adopt a democratic constitution, a constitution that must withstand these challenges. The laws must be of the same kind. The most critical question remains: who will enforce them? The existing state administrations are excessively bloated and corrupt, with many unnecessary links and structures. They have all sorts of titles, serving no purpose other than to legitimize the appointments of many apparatchiks, regime lackeys, family members, nephews and nieces, and all kinds of sons-in-law, who did everything they could for personal gain. They did not leave the airport, ... without taking their share, earned neither by the sweat nor the blood of this people; they were paid a token amount, which never increased, but received all kinds of bonuses and other perks. Yet this entire administration is also filled with ideologues and people educated by the Party. And the ideological climate continues to be dominated by ideology. Of course, this cannot go on for long. But before action is taken ... [partly illegible] ... this existing state administration is excessively bloated and corrupt ... [the text in the columns continues] ... and even the titles; 50% of those in the ranks remained the same, with the same people. That is why they must also be dismissed. What is most alarming are the judicial institutions. Many lawyers will continue to work in the investigative, prosecutorial, and judicial bodies. But under no circumstances should those connected with crime be allowed to work there. During the transition year, many of them, sensing danger, switched to working as defense lawyers. What kind of work is it for defenders of the law and the people to defend those who unjustly convicted them, those who killed and tortured them, those who buried them in a mass grave, those who took away their honor and dignity? That is why, in my view, the law on the legal profession should be reviewed. And these people should be brought before the law like all other citizens. But the law must not leave outside its reach all the apparatchiks who abused and misused their positions, deriving material benefits as well, and who today ... the state with bulging bags, linked to all kinds of dubious firms and identified individuals. No. Keeping these employees in the state administration will make it neither democratic nor resilient. And if we turn to history and consider the Democratic Revolution ... [unclear text] ... to remain ... in particular places, robbing individuals or specific Following the thread of this argument, the legal operation concerning property and illicit money becomes all the more essential (which, in my opinion, is very ... Dr. TEODOR KARECO (Continued on page 2) ... This means it is the new government’s number-one priority. Every assessment and investigation of ... ... The bureaucracy must be destroyed comprehensively. This is the new government’s number-one task. Every assessment and investigation of ... [The text visible in some sections is illegible or cut off at the edges of the photograph.]

Regarding the article published in issue 101 of the newspaper «Republika»: Because the author of the article “Ramizi, Iliria Hollajdingu and the Name of Kuwait” was given inaccurate information, a public apology is requested, since the facts used in the article are not valid. The author of the article SHTEPËT SALAJU