The Democratic Party snubs Parliament. The Socialist Party overturns the table. DBSH sounds the alarm. Although politicians frightened the center with smoke and pressure, the police refused to take harsh and risky measures. Such a blood-feud-style operation would have portrayed the police as disorganized, shaken and unable to put an early end to organized crime. It seems it has remained under its control as well. On Thursday, the Socialist Party’s prime minister, Fatos Nano, spent most of his day in the Albanian Parliament, talking with MPs and pleading with them to let it remain clear how serious and urgent the situation is. In seeking a solution, he refused to use Parliament as a legal tribune to define the new public-order law. The Social Democratic leader, Skënder Gjinushi, who yesterday called for the government and police to be summoned to Parliament, as well as president Bamir Topi? [sic] and also the leader of the Democratic Party, Sali Berisha, have spoken in favor of dialogue and a political solution to the law-and-order crisis. Gjinushi declared that politics, not just the police, should solve the core issue of establishing order. Such a statement was made after a meeting the politicians had with their representatives in the districts. The government has sent to Parliament a draft law on public order. According to the draft law, the police’s operational authority will be expanded. The police would use weapons without a court or arrest warrant only in exceptional cases. In this respect, the Socialist Party, though not in power, holds the most liberal position. The Socialist Party demands that the law be passed by a qualified majority. However, various politicians appear not to want to reach any agreement. Shkodra, Kuçova, Pogradec, Vlora, Fier, etc. were troubled areas again yesterday. In Fier, a 15-year-old boy was seriously wounded by gunfire, and in the outskirts of Lezhë two buses were hijacked. Meanwhile, in Tirana, the police made efforts to control order. Political cooperation Political paralysis overrides all government decisions Albania is collapsing as a state, officials and analysts say New attacks on the Central Police Station in the capital Thousands of residents in the streets Today, Albania is in a situation where crime, violence and the state’s helplessness have become an everyday phenomenon. In these circumstances, the key issue is to restore order, the article says.