Republika
16 December 1998
Death penalty, supported by 90% of MPs. Two years requested by the Council of Europe. Mediu: Bring it back, we do not have it from Europe. PD opposes it. Topalli: Crime is not reduced by the death penalty
Students change the frames, Mjako prepared the meeting
Majorities are driven to mobilize against crime
BY Aleksander GABURI
The fact that bad governments govern and that the assessment of governments from the past remains at least partly blurred, with no clear path free of punishment. Why? One explanation is the policy of the new governments, which began by repeating the old ways of governing. But also the intervention of the early 1990s, first by a conservative opposition and finally by an overbearing left formation, was one of the difficulties created after part of the stubbornness of the old politics.
The new political system being built in Albania has not shown achievements and such acts as would prevent this deterioration. A society unaccustomed to democracy, old political forces that will not leave the scene, etc. Along with real progress, the principles of governing a state are also being undervalued. And for this reason, the implication of the law of [rimit?] is even less understandable — the author says. (Read the full text on page 2)
The leadership of the Interior Ministry is denounced, 11 senior officers for criminal prosecution. Two former guards sue Tete. The court suppresses the armed uprising
Emigration...
Inside:
At ‘Poli’, Berisha’s son; again in the police. Shkodra risks the ministry’s proposals. Crisis at the Savings Bank? 70 thousand Albanians in line for legalization. Durrës: like Kimesh - 52 years old, [unclear] this damage [lapi-tal?]. 1 million dollars missing from the accounts of the American company and? anonymous phone calls against privatization candidates. Politicians and Italian crime: how they joined D’Alema in aid to Kosovo.