Vlorë, barricades go up, Kalashnikovs erupt
RAGE Vlorë, barricades go up, Kalashnikovs erupt PAGE 3 EDITORIAL By Genc SORONANI What are these drums beating for? The twenty-fifth president of the [?] summer of nafaqipërisë [?] was chosen by the 42nd President of the USA. It is the 7th anniversary of 1997, and the figures of the difficult transition are bursting into flames. The violated hope of the Albanians, the parliamentary majority and the government stinks and runs into a dead end. One part of the Albanian state has become, as it were, secondary; another part is far too dysfunctional. One form of government that legitimizes anarchy and parliamentary disorder and is rusted. The other side, which a large part of Albanians has supported plebiscitarily and wants to see triumphant, is faint and sluggish. The coalition, set ablaze to fight political evil in Albania, is shrinking. The citizen, placed under the pressure of the media and filled with resentment, watches passively and does not react. An entire political class has awakened in people feelings of disgust and indifference. The disease has taken hold of society to the core. Montesquieu was right, once again, that a government so moderate is never destroyed as much as an autocratic one. As for us Albanians, we are drawing a happy death. The government itself has worn down the politics of this country, making it ridiculous and useless. To all this horror is added yet another bad new year. On the seventh anniversary of the March events, when weapons were ignited, we are hearing war drums again and seeing barricades. These drums are beating for Albania. Page 3