Within a few days, on two occasions, we witnessed the state clashing with its citizens. A week ago, relying on its own laws, the state decided to demolish the homes of the “migrants” who had come from the northeastern regions and had been built illegally in the village of Bathore. But the police forces, who went to enforce the government’s decision, met resistance from the “migrants”, who managed to block the national road as well, bringing traffic to a standstill. The tense situation continued for two days, ending with the government’s withdrawal of its decision. The intervention of PD leaders to resolve the conflict, and the choice made to the government’s disadvantage, removed the shadow of suspicion that the governing party might have been carrying out an electoral manoeuvre. Thus, the government now has to think again about finding another place for the residents of the villages whose homes will be flooded by the Bovilla reservoir. The villagers mentioned above reacted more quickly than Meksi and his ministers. Perhaps encouraged by the success achieved in Bathore by the northeastern “migrants”, they occupied the Bovilla dam, suspending the work. The sole cause of such revolts is the state’s inability to act and, most importantly, the absence of a proper concept of what is called a “state governed by the rule of law”. It seems that the symptoms of street politics have not yet left today’s rulers, perhaps because it proved successful during the first phase of the country’s democratization. But above all, whether conf— Continued on page 2

Mrs. Nano meets Greece’s senior state leaders During a visit to Athens, accompanied by Mr. Bashkim Zeneli, Mrs. Nano met Greece’s highest-ranking state leaders, including the Greek Foreign Minister and Prime Minister. These meetings have been shrouded in “mystery”, since even the Socialist Party’s spokesperson, “Zëri i Popullit”, has not written a single line about the meetings in the Greek capital. Mrs. Nano herself refuses to say even a word about what was discussed in Athens. What is worth noting is that although Mr. Zeneli accompanied Mrs. Nano on her “trip” to Athens, he did not take part in the closed-door meetings held by Mrs. Nano.

The pushbacks, mistreatment and various acts of barbarity by soldiers and police officers, and even ordinary Greek citizens, against Albanian refugees in Greece appear and disappear from the pages of our press depending on the tension in political relations between the two countries. When these relations are more or less calm, it seems that the refugees have no problems. But in reality the opposite is true. There at Kakavijë and Kapsthice, Albanians are turned back every day, mistreated every day, tortured every day. Their brutal treatment is not determined by political tensions; only their presence in the media is. One of the most recent such crimes—a bestial act of torture by the Greek army against four young men from Burrel, which took place a few days ago on the Greek border—is worthy of the period when Greek hatred and crimes against refugees were at the height of extreme savagery. These four young men, with the initials A.S, K.B, Continued on page 3

The dragon blocking the capital’s water supply has its heads high up in the Government Page 2 The law is not only for “people of the law” Page 5 Will the Orphan’s Status be approved by Parliament? Page 5 Greece is admonished: Sanctions should be eased Skopje’s anti-Serb anger Page 6 The “business” of rags Do it yourself: doctor Crossword Fimi i ri Notices and advertisements Pages 7–8 In the next issue you will read: E Diatha—salvation of the country

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Teuani Forgive me for not showing up last night, but I had been kidnapped. I had been kidnapped—that’s what the media said, too. In fact, I was having tea at my uncle’s, but since I read in the newspaper that I had been kidnapped, I believed it. There was no serious reason not to believe it. Journalists, both those who are dependent and those who have not yet been hanged, have always told the truth. From now on, so as to give new impetus to reform, laws will be made differently. Since things have come to this, it makes no sense for everyone to obey the law. That is horned archaism. Where the law can be implemented by consensus, let it be implemented. Where it cannot be implemented by consensus, let a new law be made for that crowd. Whether we have democracy or not. The Greek will choose territorial waters, but the fish beneath the water do not agree. It is not that the Greek is afraid of the Turk; no, the whole point is that the fish on both sides of the maritime border between the two countries do not agree to change owners. The Socialists have promised to bring back the state enterprises. Since Ramo is expected to emerge from the Earth next year, the Socialists will propose that hotels and clock hands be established. In a word, the Socialists will recognize no kind of ownership before 1945 or after 1990. Long live triumphant socialism! Forward to new victories! An iron fist around the party—Par-ti - Ramiz unëlit nuk lëviz. Continued on page 2