At the PAD’s proposal, a round table was held to discuss the problems arising from Law 7501 on land, a law approved by the communist parliament in 1991, and to discuss the law on the sale and purchase of land, which is expected to be submitted to parliament for a vote. No right-wing political force took part in that round table, and consequently what its organizers had hoped to achieve did not come about. Each party that did not respond to the PAD’s invitation had its own reasons, but the organizations making up LDSH cannot become co-authors of initiatives that contradict the points of its platform. One point of this platform recognizes inherited property as sacred, a view that stems from the fact that the right to property is a right arising from the laws of nature. Any other law, including state laws, of whatever state, that infringes natural property rights has no basis on which to stand and is therefore temporary. For this reason, property cannot be made the subject of discussion by anyone, much less at a round table made up of five or six people. No one has the right to bargain over another person’s property. Any proposal, idea, or decision made by anyone that opposes or obstructs the natural process of returning all property seized under the laws of the communist system is nothing other than its sanctioning under what is today called democracy. Someone may present LDSH’s non-participation in that round table as a “lack of political maturity”; but if political maturity is understood as support for the status quo created by the implementation of communist laws, then no one aspiring to democracy, to “joining Europe,” and so on would want such “maturity”; indeed, they would oppose it with all their strength and means. On this issue, LDSH has appealed to the people, first and foremost because it is their exclusive right—the right of all those who care about the sweat and blood of their forebears, which form the foundations on which the properties seized under the laws of the communist system were established. This issue cannot be decided by a communist or neo-communist parliament, where the Right is practically not represented, especially when, for the time being, it does not reflect the real balance of forces and cannot bring about a proper outcome. How justified and fair the land law is can be seen from the large areas left fallow, where everyone feels as if they are walking on thorns while standing on someone else’s land. But the consequences will be much worse if the law on the sale and purchase of land enters into force and is implemented before the land is returned to its rightful owners.

Representatives of a neighborhood built “illegally” on the outskirts of Tirana, in the direction of Kombinat, are alarmed by a warning they have received that their homes will be demolished because of the construction of Tirana’s new ring road. These people, who came here after their village was flooded during the construction of the Fierze Dam, claim that there is a government decision allowing them to remain where they are. They appeal for this radical step not to be taken before an acceptable solution to their problem is found. “Republika” Correspondent

According to the latest information, Fadil Sulejmani, rector of the University of Tetovo, has been released from pretrial detention and will defend himself while at liberty. Fadil Sulejmani, convicted by the court of first instance together with Melaim Fejziu, chairman of the Council for the Protection of Human Rights and Freedoms, for opening an educational institution without the Macedonians’ permission, has aroused widespread indignation among Albanians and the international education community. [Illustration: Foreigners] The Land Law is the law without which one cannot go to Europe. The Council of Europe does not accept those who have not expropriated the peasants. Therefore, exercising its powers, it decided: Let another article be inserted in the circle that provides for the expropriation of all peasants who had more land than enough for a grave. A tourist trip to Italy. Those Greeks staying in Sh... without a visa are not accepted. They are not allowed...! Everyone must return to Greece and obtain proper visas. We protest in connection with Serbia’s protest that we sold it oil mixed with water. We got the oil from Greece and do not know what the Greek did with it. Perhaps the Greek thought the oil was for us, or perhaps he did not want to violate the embargo even for the sake of the Serbs. Everyone who does not know who brought democracy to Albania should read Rali’s interview. He knows who brought democracy and who organized the protests. This is the naked truth.

Press conference by Interior Minister Musaraj “The Albanian citizen killed by Serbian soldiers was on Albanian territory.” Yesterday’s press conference by Minister Musaraj, which he presented as entirely routine, was in fact a response to the criticism voiced recently abroad concerning clandestine emigration and failure to respect the embargo. The “spectacular” police operation (which had been recorded by TV) predetermined the subject of this conference, even though the minister presented it as a routine operation. The minister also reacted sharply when a journalist used the word “campaign.” In any case, even if it was not a “campaign,” following criticism from UN monitors over failure to respect the embargo, as well as the Italians’ decision to send their own army to the beaches of the Adriatic, the Albanian police have stepped up their activity in these two areas of Albanian “criminal life.” Mobilization is not limited to the fight against these two types of lawbreaking, but also extends to the police officers’ field of work. TV recordings and the press conference lend momentum to police operations and will surely have a devastating effect on criminals’ morale and help increase citizens’ sense of security. “Cooperation with neighboring states that have problems with emigration from Albania is at a satisfactory level, and the Albanian police have no reservations whatsoever in this regard,” Minister Musaraj emphasized. Regarding the recent killing of an Albanian citizen by Serbian soldiers, the minister said that he was killed on Albanian territory and that this was also the conclusion of the joint commission. As for countermeasures, he said that this was not the responsibility of the Interior Minister, but of the Foreign Minister. Minister Musaraj at a press conference.

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