The Albanian Parliament will review this week the draft law on genocide and crimes against humanity committed during the 50-year communist dictatorship. The proposal to include it on the agenda was made by the Speaker of the People’s Assembly, Pjetër Arbnori. Article 3 stipulates that those who, up to March 1991, were members of the Political Bureau, members of the Central Committee of the PPSH, ministers, deputies of the People’s Assembly, presidents of the Supreme Court, prosecutors general, first secretaries of the districts, all members of the Presidential Council, and employees of the State Security Service, are prohibited until December 2002 from being elected to judicial and prosecutorial bodies, in local and central government, in the state administration, and in the mass media. This also includes State Security collaborators and those who testified in political trials. After the five-article law is approved, the Council of Ministers will issue the legal and sub-legal acts needed to implement immediately the law passed by Parliament. The PD, PR and PBDNJ deputies took part in the Assembly’s proceedings, but the PS, PAD and PSD deputies did not. Nevertheless, this did not prevent Parliament from continuing its work, and at the morning session the citizenship law was not approved. The opponents of this law were the women deputies, who insisted that most of the deputies also vote against it. The law was called unsuitable for the times we are going through. P. Masha

The Folklore Festival began yesterday in Berat. yesterday in Berat. The opening address was delivered by the festival’s president, Mr. Ramadan Sokoli. For the first time, folk groups from other Albanian regions, such as Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, etc., are taking part in this festival. Yesterday, on the festival’s opening day, the President of the Republic, Mr. Sali Berisha, was also present.

On September 18, Mr. Fatmir Mediu, deputy chairman of the PRSH, received at the Headquarters the delegation of the American Republican Institute.

The “Nano” case file was sent to the Tirana Court The time for Ilir Hoxha’s trial has been set. It is today at 13:20. The Plenum of the Court of Cass...

Rare A journalism candidate who studied for three months at the National Library, on the day she was informed that she had won a place as a full-time student at the faculty, donated to this library For the first two years, she had not prepared for the entrance competition at the Library. The Library also brought her victories. Thus, even though its conditions are not very comfortable, the National Library is reaping its first reward. victory. National Library is reaping its first reward. The clock has been placed on the wall of the library’s most popular reading room; it will also regulate its service hours. B. Përmeti

On September 18, Mr. Fatmir Mediu, deputy chairman of the PRSH, received at the Headquarters a delegation from the American Republican Institute, led by Ms. Kler Sekler, the Institute’s director for Central and Eastern Europe, and consisting of Messrs. Piter Dikenson, Tomas Peterson and Rendi Slefkin. Also present at the meeting were the PR’s press and information chief, Mr. Neritan Alibali, and a member of the FRRSH leadership, Mr. Ruben Avxhiu. PRSH, received at the Headquarters a delegation from the American Republican Institute, led by Ms. Kler Sekler, the Institute’s director for Central and Eastern Europe, and consisting of Messrs. Piter Dikenson, Tomas Peterson and Rendi Slefkin. Also present at the meeting were the PR’s press and information chief, Mr. Neritan Alibali, and a member of the FRRSH leadership, Mr. Ruben Avxhiu. At the beginning of the meeting, Mr. Dikenson said that the delegation from the American Republican Institute had come to learn about the current political situation in Albania and, in this regard, the PRSH’s views on this situation and more broadly. After expressing his pleasure at the meeting, Mr. Mediu gave a brief history of the PRSH, from its establishment through the stages it had passed and its positions at key moments. He then spoke about the Party’s organization and its efforts to consolidate its conservative position, especially through the drafting of a new political program. The PR deputy chairman then explained the relationship between the PR and the PD since 1992 and their differences, presented the Republican vision for building the state, and spoke about the grouping of right-wing forces in the LDSH and its program, preparations for the election campaign, etc. Mr. Fatmir Mediu stressed that the PRSH supports the full independence of the judiciary, but is also opposed to the manipulation of it. PRSH Spokesperson NERITAN ALIBALI

The matter: the time for Ilir Hoxha’s trial. It is today at 13:20. The Plenum of the Court of Cassation will no longer review applications for the protection of legality in criminal cases. The matter: the time for Ilir Hoxha’s trial. of Cassation will no longer review applications for the protection of legality in criminal cases. At yesterday’s meeting, it was informed of the Constitutional Court’s decision: “Since the decision of the Constitutional Court, issued on Tuesday, September 19, declared the decisions of the Cassation Plenum dated July 26, 1995 illegal and unconstitutional, the Nano case cannot automatically be taken up for review.” His case file was immediately sent to the Tirana Court yesterday. The spokesperson for the Court of Cassation explains that the Cassation Plenum will meet only on civil matters, as provided for by the New Civil Code, and never on criminal matters. At yesterday’s meeting, the Cassation judges agreed with the Constitutional Court’s decision. The Cassation Plenum also confirmed the time of the trial of Enver Hoxha’s son, Ilir Hoxha, who was convicted of slander for seriously insulting part of the population. It will take place today at 13:20. All 11 members of the Plenum were present at yesterday’s meeting. Thus, the president of this court is awaiting the Constitutional Court’s other decision, which it has postponed indefinitely. The bailiffs have been left uninformed by the Council of Ministers about the unlawful suspension of enforcement decisions. The president of the Court of Cassation has filed KML applications (Requests for the Protection of Legality) concerning 29 final court decisions issued by district courts and, after some time, withdrew his applications before they were reviewed by the Court of Cassation, returning the case files to the courts. B. M.

The Month of Discharge and Mobilization The changing of generations of soldiers has begun. The contingent that completed one year in the army, in the army as stipulated by law, has left the infantry, aviation, and naval fleet units and is returning home after fulfilling an obligation to the country. A similar contingent has also replaced them in these units. The 20-year-olds have been discharged, and the 19-year-olds have put on the soldier’s uniform. Those being discharged, with their joy and carefreeness, have brought a kind of liveliness to the streets of Tirana and all of Albania. Thus, at the end of September, the soldiers have also been replaced. Many of them, as the 19-year-olds arrive at the military offices, are sent off toward their units. What is unusual about this military spectacle is that the young men being discharged and those going off to serve are made to kiss one another, just as the commanders before 1990 wanted. Their journey home by comfortable buses is uneventful. In any case, the generations of 19- and 20-year-olds will change every year. P. Masha

The leadership of the Association of Former State Security Collaborators announces to all its members and sympathizers that an urgent meeting will be held on Friday at 15:00, alla turka. Attendance is by invitation.... ...The democratic government is seeking to deprive all honest informers and spies of the right to engage in politics. This act is contrary to the Universal Charter of Human Rights and the statute of our association, and shows once again that this anti-people’s regime has its days numbered. The association will protest vigorously to all local and international organizations. If the protest is not taken into account, members and sympathizers are invited to go on hunger strike.... ...Allah, Allah, but what have they got against the spies, xanëm? This is unconstitutional. Well, strictly speaking, it isn’t unconstitutional, because we don’t have a Constitution, but once we have a Constitution... ...NATO will bomb the PS headquarters, but nothing will happen to Pëllumbi because he has taken refuge in a bunker. People who had files will not receive privatization vouchers. Illustration of a person with a bag on their back; vertical label: “Everyone”.