...let each person be master in his own work and in his own home, while the government mind its own business. Godo at the meeting with the inhabitants of the area in Cakran, Fier On 17 November, in the hall of the Cakran Cinema, a meeting was held between the villagers of the commune and the chairman of the PRSH, Mr. Sabri Godo. More than 150 people attended the meeting, including people from nearby villages. In his speech, which was greeted with applause, Mr. Godo said: - We can easily understand each other, because you are a peasantry with patriotic traditions, tied to noble customs and to property. We are for the unification of the Nation, and on this point we find your support. Efforts are being made to keep alive before international opinion the issue of Kosovo and of Albanians in Macedonia, but the lack of a consistent strategy reduces our chances of national unification. We are for an economy based on inherited private property. On this point, too, we find broad support among the peasantry of Mallakastër. There will be no end to the conflict here at home, and we will not come to terms with Europe as long as property is not put in place. Land is the foundation of property. We are asking for what the majority of the peasantry wants, as written in our draft law on land and which can be summed up in three points: everyone should settle on the land inherited from his father; the one who inherited the house should compensate for the other’s land with a 300 m2 plot, and the owner should be compensated for these 300 m2; the return of land to large owners should be limited to 60 ha. This is written in our law. The Socialists, and sometimes even the Democrats, do not act honestly when they say that the republican law destroys the houses of the poor and restores the landlords. This is communist language. We are against socialism; we want each person to be master in his own work and in his own home, while the government mind its own business. By getting to know one another closely, we also reach agreement on the development of democracy. We are against one-party rule, against corruption that has spread like a plague, against the bureaucratic administration that solves only its own problems and not the problems of the citizen. We are for a strong order that protects the individual, the family and property. We agree with you on all points, and it is much better that republicanism has taken root and is growing rapidly in Cakran. We will make the laws... Further p. 3 ...We are against one-party rule, against corruption that has spread like a plague, against the bureaucratic administration that solves only its own problems and not the problems of the citizen. ...We are for punishing the communist criminals who carried out unspeakable murders and tortures, even violating the laws of the dictatorship itself. But it seems that the work has not been handled properly. Some old men are being accused of crimes from the time of the War. Fine, let any crime be punished, but starting with the Sigurimi criminals who have even cut off people’s heads and today walk around head held high on the boulevards of the cities.

A chilling fact from the communist genocide in the district of Berat: of the 4,000 political prisoners in this district, 300 were shot without their relatives being shown the burial place (read: the deep pit) where the bullets laid them to rest. For several days now, in Berat, the Association of Political Prisoners and Persecuted Persons has been preparing a grand ceremony of tribute for the “anonymous” victims of the brutal communist dictatorship, who have been found after much effort. The outskirts of Berat, the banks of the Osum River, or the Vodica stream—places that are still unknown even now—are a major accusation against communist genocide. There are at least 11 red coffins of victims of communist terror waiting to be reburied in the place they belong, among the relatives who loved them so much and for whom they fought to the end. Agron Azizi, a former political prisoner, tells about one of them. He is his brother, Fuza Azizi, killed at the age of 19, on 24 February 1978, at the Vodica Stream. “The teeth, the nylon socks and the unforgettable sandals were still untouched,” he recalls of his brother. Other memories unfold for Luftari, for I The unburied bones accuse the genocide. NËMIK SELMANI

With this title, the article we are publishing, written on 25 September 1992 by a pensioner who today can no longer get out of bed, was sent around all the newsrooms of the time and returned to its owner with the dismissive note “not for publication”. Last week, two writings from 1992, one about the problems of the persecuted and another about problems of land ownership, were brought to the newsroom by a relative of the author with the request that they be published.... Since the first appearance of newspapers with a democratic spirit, many articles have been written in them (it is now no easy task to count them), with propaganda and trickery of every kind, where the persecutor is the persecuted and the persecuted are their own persecutors. In a sketch of this kind, the persecutors can be imagined sitting in comfortable armchairs and dressed calmly and in full comfort and luxury, but so can the former persecuted. These persecutors are former investigators, prosecutors, judges, employees of the internal affairs branches, officers and chiefs of the Ministry of the Interior, party committee leaders and former directors. Up to now, not a single one of them has had even a thorn stuck in his foot; they continue to enjoy all the privileges gained on the blood and bones of their victims. In fact, the investigators continue to receive pensions higher than those of their victims. I think the time has come to stop the formal caresses for the former persecuted and turn our heads toward their executioners. We must not become bad doctors by trying to put a plaster over the wound while leaving it inside, because that will have serious consequences in the future. The solution I propose is a problem that has been discussed and dragged on for a long time: the problem of opening the files. This problem has also been discussed several times in Parliament. Regarding this, I can say that many files have disappeared during this transitional period. Even those that exist have been falsified. Therefore, the true files are the people who can accurately identify who caused the misfortunes. Once again, I have not made this issue clear: it must be resolved if we truly want to help our people and want to create genuine social peace. I am of the opinion that the state should urgently create a special office attached to the prosecutor’s offices, where the persecuted can submit their complaints against those who darkened their lives, took their honor and their fields, and destroyed them. These requests should be studied and, where there are serious violations, the citizens should be held accountable, while minor cases should be resolved civilly according to the law. Elmaz Hasani 25.9.1992

It would be better if, instead of reducing the statements of the Italian Right on the problem of immigration, the PSSH commented on the stance of the Greek Left... Read p. 4

Before worrying about the shortage of grain, the state should have been more concerned with the situation of Albanian farmers, their needs and problems. Read p. 3

The interest aroused by the main match of the 12th week of the football championship was evident in the stands of the National “Qemal Stafa” Stadium, where more than 2,500 spectators were sitting to watch Read p. 7