Facts against demagoguery from both sides The malfunctioning of institutions in Albania is matched by an institutionalized hypocrisy. Yesterday in Parliament, the left-wing majority addressed last year's confrontations between official slogans and official hypocrisy, typical of a society dependent on a hierarchy that is not only bureaucratized but also incriminated. Meanwhile, in the DP, the so-called “Truth Commission” has been set up to avoid the... to evade the truth. Attorney Ngjela, perhaps the most impassioned in his profession, speaks of the “philosophy of investigations into the principles on which the further investigation will be based.” Ultimately, right-minded people ask: -where will the truth about the Albanian tragedy of 1997 be uncovered? Political instincts are of no use in uncovering the criminal truth. We are faced with an unequivocal fact: the previous democratic regime failed because its political practices compromised, or more precisely discredited, its moral claims. It could not provide a sustainable socioeconomic alternative to the free-market system, which meanwhile had adapted several socialist models in the service of its social (though not economic) policy. In reality, in practical terms, it can be said that the revolt of

Berisha had ordered it opened two years earlier. Brojka: One of my secretaries is a socialist spy Commission stirs up a storm in Albanian politics. Everyone against Ngjela

The Ministry of Defense identifies the spy: he is a director and refuses to resign Page 5

Ngjela: Socialists don't know how to govern Prosecution: The lawyer is exploiting the secrecy of the investigation Page 3 Court: 77 files burned Page 7