11/02/2000
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Republika

11 February 2000

Republicans: The majority seeks to retain power through undemocratic means

P. 3

Topalli: The government is unlikely to make it through the spring

P. 3

Clash between Rama and the DP in Parliament

P. 5

Berisha summons grassroots chairmen to headquarters

P. 5

PS leaders clash

Meta, Dokle and Poci on the verge of handing over their duties P. 5

INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE SLOWS THE “SPEED” OF THE SOCIALIST MACHINE

Discussion of the CEC postponed The heated discussion currently involving all of Albanian politics over the CEC did not reach the Albanian legislature’s chamber yesterday. At the request of opposition MPs, discussion of the draft law on the Central Election Commission has been postponed until next week, while the initial discussions in the Parliamentary Committee on Laws failed to reach the necessary consensus. P. 3

DAJT SWALLOWED 23 CORPSES

“Many of the bodies found are victims of firearms, crimes committed by professionals and not by people classified merely as qe(b)qerë.” This is the reasoning offered by the heads of the Criminal Police, who say that “bodies have been found along every stretch of road, bearing visible firearm wounds; the perpetrators are unknown and the motive for committing the crime has almost entirely gone undiscovered.” P. 2

HAIDER: “CHIRAC, AUSTRIA’S GREATEST ENEMY”

“France has decided not to remain during the speech by the new president taking her turn, in keeping with what the highest-level French authorities have declared” P. 10

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