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. Make way for it! The Albanian right has been knocking on the door of its electorate for some time. The first reactions a short while ago were minimal. Perhaps because the right had been so smeared by totalitarian ideology; perhaps also because the right failed to refine its code of communication with its electorate; perhaps also because the right failed to organize itself. The two much-discussed formations of the far right, LDSH and the other grouping, the Anti-Communist Front, failed to unite and, consequently, the electorate did not unite either. The mutual accusations against the leaders of one or the other political force also conveyed division and disunity to the electorate. Affiliations with parties in power, in the name of the fight against communism, have also had a negative impact. But what did these elections show? The signal is strong: The right is coming—make way for it, step by step! The united right in Shkodër has truly been a challenge, especially to the left, which has been shattered in the face of united anti-communism. 52-year-old Babri Continued on page 7

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