Haxhi Lleshi and Manush Myftiu, in prison for the rest of their lives TIRANA - Three accused of crimes against humanity sentenced to death Zylfiu Ramizi, Aranit Çela and Rrapi Mino have been sentenced by the court to the harshest penalty, although executions in Albania have been suspended for three years. Haxhi Lleshi and Manush Myftiu have been sentenced to life imprisonment. Precizime has thus punished with the death penalty the former heads of justice and State Security, who also bear the heavy burden of guilt for the crimes committed during the dictatorship. Ramizi, Çela and Mino were brought back to their cells yesterday, but now under the strict security measures provided for death-row prisoners. Haxhi Lleshi and Manush Myftiu have also been sent to prison. On page 5 The genocidists yesterday after the verdict. Handcuffs on Mino (photo: H. Pustina)

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Democrats close their election campaign Berisha at yesterday’s rally (photo: H. Pustina) Berisha gives full assurance for Sunday’s vote: "It will be completely free, sacred and untouchable." Brojka declares: "This rally means a massive blue vote for the capital" TIRANA - The PD’s election tour came to a halt last night in the capital. A blue evening - with 100,000 people present in the square - applauded under a slogan of flags, slogans and PD symbols. Starting 30 minutes late, the rally brought greetings, ovations, chants and great enthusiasm to a square which had not been so crowded since the fifth day of the '94 referendum. Calling it the stronghold of victory, Brojka - who also opened the official part of the event - described it as "a grandiose rally that means a massive blue vote for the capital." With the chant "Blue Tirana, Blue Tirana" President Berisha greeted them amid a heated atmosphere of ovations and applause. On page 3

The Lleshi case At 14:25 the ambulance with police took the war commander from his home On page 5

"Illegal structure for the elections" Investigations into the local leader of Bulqiza. Others are suspected too Ministry of Public Order TIRANA - Study on the Socialist Party. A yesterday statement by the Ministry of the Interior strongly accused the main opposition party of organizing and "illegal actions on the eve of the elections". The local leader of Bulqiza has been detained and, according to the SP, also those of Librazhd and Saranda. According to the communiqué, it concerns instructional material issued by the Steering Committee of the SP On page 3

Socialists reject the accusations TIRANA - Illegal structures of secret police inside the SP? Outraged, the socialists, just one hour after the television broadcast of the news, strongly rejected the Interior Ministry’s claims about "the existence of SP order groups". "We have no secret police," they said. Even the television footage, of some documents, has been labelled by an SP politician as "slander" because, as Sela Brokaj told Gazeta Shqiptare yesterday, ... SP headquarters On page 3

The social democrats hold their final meeting TIRANA - Yesterday the PSD lowered the curtain on its election campaign. Unlike the SP and PD, the social democrats preferred to stay away from the squares. At a modest rally - held at the Republika cinema in Tirana - around 200 social democrats, despite the absence of leader Gjinushi, cheered for 30 minutes for their party’s victory as a necessary force that guarantees balance in Albanian politics. On page 3

SHOW Luan Zhegu I, Luan Zhegu, the record man of Spring On page 7

Lottery slips with the names of the parties KRUJË - Electoral oddity in Albania. With the election results still uncertain, you can still win. A large group of friends in Krujë have come up with "Toto Elections". The slips prepared with modern ingredients have replaced football betting slips. Instead of the names of the teams, all the parties have been put in. Filling out the slip has involved percentage predictions of how the electoral subjects will do in the vote. Each person has bought a slip for 500 lekë, and the one who collects the most points will also be the winner of the special lottery. Meanwhile, another oddity has occurred further north. In a village in Kukës an electoral commission has even been set up with dead people. A 1 11-year-old [...?] in polling station 36 of the area, where the party representatives of Melos, for the commission, has seated a person who has been dead for a long time. In Krujë the municipality gives no explanation, but says it will also verify other cases. Thus a woman over 90 years old was believed to have been given four votes. The elderly woman’s name appears to have been written on four different voter lists.

From the World They had been staying in Algeria for three months. France in despair On page 2

TIRANA European report: "Here is the real resolution" On page 3 LIBRAZHD Damage on the tracks: a train in danger On page 5 VLORE The police block Radio Vlora On page 5 BERAT The state takes back the Ethnographic Museum On page 5 PEQIN Massacre: they kill him and burn the body On page 5

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