The backward logic of the minister-candidate 3 hours of war in Vlorë The cordon around RENA is broken through Page 3 EDITORIAL By Agim BAÇI Despite the noise from the socialist MPs still carrying the mentality of Enver’s time, Edi Rama, perched before the Mayor of Tirana, is a closet where he can enjoy himself and the PSO shines to take you in with honor. I think that to say we must forcibly place a few closets on the minister’s order seems nothing but an affront to the primitive mentality that still surrounds us tonight. It had never happened, not even for a half-word, with the parliamentary administrators Rama in some middle-of-the-night construction. Rama singles out the person among the middle-aged hostages, the law and the sparks have been inaugurated and the candidates have been brought out with the hat. If keeping the speech calm is the aunt’s job, then there is no need to set off. Sit down, I’ll give you the recipes and see that this turns into an honest midday. Agj understood that the government in Tirana does more than frighten people to begin such an attack. This affair is not about fear and there is no need to make sacrifices. That government has lined up the minister-candidates and the candidate’s confidence as if to show that it has an enemy in front of it and that it must be an enemy. All this has a better explanation than “the psychology of terror”, which to this day hangs over the image of a politics that spreads nothing but hatred. The mechanism of the perversity of every apparatus in power in this country comes into play. Armed with the organizations of the gendarmerie, they unblock and also free liberty. This is a vile and hated game. “Let me, let me be the last to tell you if I haven’t put it on myself!” The backward logic of the minister-candidate

Elections are shifting the lek Economists say that when demand for foreign currency-based standards rises, prices in the market rise as well. This is exactly what has started to be felt on the eve of the elections, when politics changes value. It seems that foreign currency is taking the place of the lek. People’s doubts and insecurity have made every Albanian family today keep money in foreign currency. Thus, not only from previous experience, Albanians are increasingly chasing the dollar, especially the German mark, but its price rises every day. This phenomenon is happening at a time when the free exchange rate in Tirana is at the same level it was three days ago. The exchange rate in other cities is also holding the same level. Meanwhile, the rise of foreign currency against the lek is having its effects on the food market, but especially on the fuel and cigarette markets. This situation is already being reflected by making retailers raise product prices. The road of wholesale and retail traders is also quietly widening their profits even more. This tendency is also confirmed by the socialist owner of a cafe in the north. Page 11

Today, at 10:30, at the Central Headquarters of PRSH, the Presidency holds a press conference.

On Sunday, 03.09.2000 at 11:00, in the hall of the Opera and Ballet Theatre in Tirana, PRSH begins the election campaign. As this is a major electoral event, PR is holding it for the Mayors of the country’s municipalities and communes as well as the chairmen and secretaries of the PR branches in the districts. The Presidency

Photo: Armando Babani Photo: Armando Babani

From today, the newspaper “Republika” begins publishing the lists of Albanian citizens who have started the right to employment in Italy Page 15

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