The PR chairman speaks after the interparty meeting “It seems to me that it was very positive work, which clarified some unclear aspects of the electoral law, which was further amended and will strengthen the public’s confidence that the elections will be free.” This was stated yesterday, at the conclusion of the roundtable convened by the President of the Republic, by PR chairman Sabri Godo. Godo also considers it important that, in general, the law remained as it was, although some changes were made. “Regarding the commissions, the change was that the deputy chairman will come from the opposition. Many other things concerning the security forces were also discussed, with ... one being appointed by a party to represent it at the polling station. It seems to me that ... many knots in the law were untangled, to make it clearer and more transparent. There was also a proposal from the President that the genocide law be limited to mayors and not to commune heads, as had been previously envisaged.” Meanwhile, the Republican leader found the meeting satisfactory. “I think that the issues in the European Parliament’s resolution have generally been reflected in the summary the President gave of the meeting, and which he promised would be reflected in the law, which will be promulgated very soon, by September 12.” promulgated Saturday to send it by September 12.”

European observers meet the parties. The PR deputy chairman also takes part Mediu: Here are our proposals for the local elections Yesterday, senior representatives of ODIHIR met with parties from across the Albanian political spectrum. Having arrived in Albania yesterday, the director of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Ms. Grover, and the representative of the organization’s Election Committee, Mr. Rikson, had a packed day of meetings with opposition and governing parties. The purpose of their current visit to our country is to assess the conditions ... European observers will return to Albania to observe the local elections on October 20. Yesterday’s meeting between the Europeans and PR deputy chairman Fatmir Mediu lasted forty minutes. “They were interested in the Republican Party’s opinion of the political situation in Albania, Further on p. 2”

The Socialists split after the meeting. PAD leaves the table. Apostoli does not follow its ally Yesterday, 13 parties spent three hours with the President. Socialists split after the meeting. PAD leaves the table. Apostoli does not follow its ally Yesterday, the roundtable of political parties initiated by President Berisha lasted three hours. At its conclusion, the politicians were all satisfied, and their requests concerning the local elections law had been met. Thus, yesterday at the Palace of Congresses, Berisha secured the parties’ consensus on the new electoral law, which will not differ greatly from the current one. While the essence of the law has therefore remained the same, the provisions concerning commissions, voting procedures, and the media during the campaign are the ones that will be changed. It was agreed that the deputy chairman of the Central Election Commission, as well as of the other commissions, would be a representative of the opposition. According to the chairman of the PD, Shehu, the deputy chairman of the commission will have the same powers as the chairman, “even to call in the security forces when he deems it necessary.” On this point, according to Shehu, because the President of the Republic refused to speak Further on p. 4

Mother Teresa, who spent several days in intensive medical care during the past month, is in good health and may leave the hospital this weekend, her doctors said on Wednesday. Her antibiotics were stopped yesterday and she no longer has a fever. “She will be home by the weekend,” said S. K. Sen, director of Calcutta’s Woodland’s Nursing Home clinic. “She is now out of danger,” he told the newspapers. Mother Teresa, the 86-year-old Nobel Prize laureate, was admitted to the hospital on August 20, suffering from malaria and pneumonia.

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