The SP under the protection of the PSD and PQ The Socialist Party has begun to suffer the consequences of its alliances. Unaccustomed to the rules of a coalition, the Albanian former communists could not show tolerance toward their allies in the Center Pole. Only ten electoral districts have sparked a major quarrel among the highest-ranking leaders of the SP. The Socialists have made no secret of their anger over these ten vacant districts that are to be given to their allies. First of all, they find it difficult to accept that his district should be represented by a PQ candidacy, and he resigned from all funct- ... have found it difficult to achieve. Today they have a very delicate alliance in their hands. This alliance cannot be called solid, since the PQ leaders still have great difficulty declaring it in their election propaganda. At the same time, two poles again exist within this alliance. On one side are the PAD and PSD, which have ... of freedom that will be granted to share power with other political forces, because it is already known that their idea of power is “mono.” Their inability to adapt to these rules of pluralism has led them to quarrel with one another. Thus, the Chairman of the PS for Malësia e Madhe could not ... have a PQ candidate represent his area, and resigned from all his positions, although it was later learned that he had expressed some regret. During these years of pluralism in Albania, the Socialists have never formed coalitions. They have sought such an arrangement all along, but they have ... time; within this alliance, two poles still exist. On one side are PAD and PSD, which have formed PQ and may be considered the alliance’s right wing; on the other are PS and phantom parties such as PUK and PA, which undoubtedly form the extreme wing of Albanian politics. Continued on p. 2

“The mentally ill man” leads to the trail of the owner of a veritable arsenal of smuggled weapons. “I am not mentally ill.” “The bomb man,” the one who forced the Italian president to leave through the back door of

to leave through the back door of the Presidency and eclipsed the Falsaro-Berisaha meeting, has since yesterday been facing charges of terrorism and ... illegal possession of weapons. Faced with these two charges, he has also been placed under—

Instead of guarding the football goal, he now guards his home As if the persecution once inflicted on the legendary communist goalkeeper were not enough, paradoxical as it may seem, Qemal Voglli is being persecuted for a second time, now when there is so much talk about democracy and the rule of law. A decision by Tirana Municipality is forcing him to leave the house he was given from the quota for former political prisoners, on the grounds that he has received more than he is entitled to. Determined this time to defend not a football goal but his home, Voglli, who has no protection, turns to the Municipality to complain about the decision, which seems completely unjust to him. But at Tirana Municipality he encountered unjustified brutality on the part of municipal service employees, who, without caring—not only about his many sufferings and his reputation, but even about the now advanced age of the former champion—violently throw him out of the Municipality. And what could poor Qemal do in those moments of despair, shock, and disappointment with those who, on the one hand, pose as champions of respect for ... Continued on p. 3

Senior officials of the International Trade Union, during their two-day visit to Prishtina, described the situation in Kosovo as absurd, as apartheid in Europe, as terrible, and much worse than the information suggests. Edi Laurisien, Deputy General Secretary of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, said that “this is an unprecedented situation in the world and, although there is no war in Kosovo, the situation is similar to that in countries at war.” Citing the established facts that, of the two million Albanians who make up more than 90 percent of Kosovo’s population, more than half are unemployed, dismissed from their jobs and schools, and subjected to trade-union repression, the international officials stated that “these violations of trade-union rights and freedoms, as well as human, political and national rights, are beyond every standard and convention that exists in the world today.” “I personally, and my colleagues as well,” Laurisien stressed, “do not believe there is any example that could be compared with the tragic situation in Kosovo.” The delegation of International Trade Unions that visited Kosovo was headed by Emilio Gabaglin, Secretary General of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC). Sh. A.

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PR parliamentary candidates must present themselves at the PR Central Headquarters in Tirana on one of the dates listed below, April 23, 24, or 25. Propaganda Department