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PS, mired in militantism P. 3

The Information Minister translates the prime minister P. 3

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Aleksandër GARULI Who should protect our emigrants more than their own state? Unfortunately, today they feel abandoned, even betrayed, by the structure that should protect them—that is, by this state. What is happening to our citizens in Greece is not simply the trampling of individuals, but first and foremost national contempt. Which state, under any circumstances, other than their own state, could protect them in a sense ... mobilize international bodies with facts ... would save very little in relation to the benefit they would bring. Our emigrants never feel the protection of their state, anywhere. They are abandoned, as if they were not Albanians. An emigrant can knock on the doors of many offices in a foreign country for a ry a national humiliation. What state, under any circumstances, other than our own, would officially remain silent in the face of this phenomenon? This is not about coming to the defense of those dozens of Albanians who may have caused problems; rather, the identification of all emigrants as problematic people is entirely unjustified—indeed, deliberate. The Greek state has the right to deport Albanians without documents, just as our state has the right to protest forcefully against their mistreatment. Why does our state remain silent even in cases where our emigrants’ valid documents are torn up? This silence speaks of our state’s contemptible submission to the Greek state. To protect the rights of emigrants, [text unclear] international conventions. The Council of Europe’s fundamental document, the “European Convention on Human Rights,” protects emigrants through a special protocol. Why are we members of the Council of Europe if we do not know how to make use of the documents that work in our favor? Countries with emigrant populations, such as Russia, Romania, Bulgaria, etc., have specialized units attached to their embassies to protect their emigrants. Why does our state not establish such units? Some specialists [text unclear] who need the protection of their state. They have been abandoned, as if they were not Albanian. An emigrant may knock on many doors in a foreign country to address a problem of theirs, but never at the door of the Albanian embassy there, because the staff of our embassies do less than anything else to protect their own citizens. We should remember the simple fact that Greece, which says it hosts 300,000 Albanian emigrants, does not do so out of Christian compassion. Our emigrants live by the sweat of their brow. They contribute to the growth of Greek national production. Given Greece’s circumstances, the immediate departure of Albanian emigrants would seriously damage the Greek economy. Thus, it is not only we who benefit from our emigrants; the state where they work benefits even more. The Greek state knows this well, but our state should know it just as well. Since this is a mutual interest, we should not hesitate to defend our emigrants forcefully and with dignity. Severing the ties that connect an emigrant to their state has incalculable consequences, not only for them, but for the national cause as a whole. A state that remains silent when its citizens are abused does not exist.

PAD moving toward joining the opposition P. 3

P. 6 Greece favors smuggling P. 11 Statement by the KLA military chief P. 4 The further fate of Çiçiku P. 11

Mass protests begin in Athens and Thessaloniki P. 2

On Saturday, July 24, 1999, at 11:00, a press conference will be held at the Republican Party’s Central Headquarters

P. 6 They lose one hundred million dollars P. 9