12/01/1999
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Republika

12 January 1999

Smuggling Buys the Court

SP: Corruption will bring down the Prime Minister. Anti-Majko voices predict defeat. He did nothing about the corrupt. Kosovo brings Lino and Godo face to face. Tirana calls for the hostages to be handed over. The “Meta” tender — The Prosecutor’s Office asks the Austrian Embassy for help. P. 2

SP-DP or the Regressive Status Quo

With the adoption of the Constitution, support was expressed for a less ideological and more pragmatic policy, for a state that would articulate its actions and functions through dialogue with society and with respect for human rights. But the opposite has happened. Conceiving of politics simply as the mechanical administration of power, and not as a bearer of democratic values, the left is continuing along the demagogic path of turning a blind eye to illegality, to all the transgressions and “social experiments” it carries out. The tendency to attack the new legislative foundation and preserve the old unconstitutional models is becoming a pathological illness, making the fate of Albanian citizens, the reforms and democratic development itself uncertain. Faced with this regressive status quo, with its criminal elements, the true Albanian opposition and its great responsibility have begun to fight using their own means. The PR’s idea of setting up a working group of specialists to denounce laws that conflict with the Constitution and officially convey its opinion to the Presidium of Parliament, through the Republican representative, meets all the criteria of [text cut off]. More on page 3

Rugova’s associate killed in Pristina. Bukoshi urgently asks Majko for a government. The speedboats pull a fast one on Parliament

. P. 3 Rugova’s associate killed in Pristina. Bukoshi urgently asks Majko for a government. The speedboats pull a fast one on Parliament

Inside:

Trial opens for associates of Altin Dardha Kurt Kola’s office burgled at night Shkodër, dynamite attack on the director and dean. P. 2, 6–7 KLA releases several Serbian soldiers Solana calls for peace in Kosovo Explosion in Pristina Serbian police kill three Albanians. P. 11 Edi Mazi dismisses Ardian Klosi. P. 13 PR National Assembly convenes. P. 3

“Joint” government — DP has ministerial lists ready. Berisha’s immunity “returns”

“Joint” government — DP has ministerial lists ready. Berisha’s immunity “returns.” P. 4