“I’ll finish paying the 10,000 in December. They haven’t received interest” “My company has 60,000 investors in total. I have 797 billion lekë in capital and 40 million dollars in debt” INTERVIEW / The President of VEFA Company speaks: “Whether Malaj or I am the swindler will be clarified” TIRANA - “VEFA’s capital is more than 797 billion lekë, while the debt I owe investors is 40 million dollars.” Alimuçaj made this statement just one day after the Finance Minister’s remarks on television. Alimuçaj says his company has 60,000 lenders, 10,000 of whom have never received any interest from the company. “I will repay the money by December to those who have never received interest.” Vehbi Alimuçaj assured that distribution of the money would continue from October 1. “With the other 50,000 investors who have received interest, we will sign long-term contracts and determine the most suitable forms of repayment, for example monthly payments in the form of pensions,” Alimuçaj told Gazeta Shqiptare yesterday. The head of VEFA accused Minister Malaj, saying that the documents he had resembled a grocer’s scraps of paper. “Time will show who the swindler is,” Alimuçaj said, explaining that the court ruling in his favor was final and that the case could not be appealed to the Court of Cassation. But even if it were, Alimuçaj is certain he would win every trial, since he has documents that prove how much the assets are worth [text cuts off]. How I shot Hajdari. On page 2

SHKODËR - TNT at the PS headquarters in the city center. The incident took place on Thursday evening. Sources from the telepolice confirm that it was an act carried out as a consequence of the shooting of Hajdari in Parliament. The building’s doors were damaged. The whole place was engulfed in flames, but firefighters and several residents later helped put out the fire. Meanwhile, yesterday at noon a solidarity rally was held for the deputy. Several people fired pistols into the air. On page 5

Thousands of people on the boulevard TIRANA - The DP’s second day in the streets. A march of about 3,000 people followed the route set the previous day. At around 18:30, the party’s Secretary, Pollo, delivered the opening speech. “Mazreku’s act revealed that the Socialist Party is a party of criminals, the party that came to power with Kalashnikovs and guns,” Pollo said. He continued: “The Democratic Party, together with the Union for Democracy, is determined to tell this party to get out—the party that filled Parliament with Kalashnikovs.” Former president Berisha then spoke. “While Neritan Katesha was saying that the Cerik gang that massacred the guards had been caught, Fatos Nano was killing Hajdari in Parliament.” Durollari, Starova, and other representatives of the Right then spoke. At around 19:20, the crowd peacefully reached the University Corps, continuing its chants against Parliament, Nano, and Gjinushi. The same slogans were shouted there as well. At around 19:55, the crowd reached the DP headquarters and dispersed 20 minutes later, chanting: “Who dismantled Parliament? The President and Gjinushi.”

Debate in the PS group. Nano: “The Kanun drove the attacker” Majko called for his resignation: opposition Debate in the PS group. Nano: “The Kanun drove the attacker” Mazreku shakes the PS leadership Majko called for his resignation: opposition TIRANA - Majko asked to be relieved as chairman of the Parliamentary Group. But Socialist deputies insisted that he continue to lead it. The PS parliamentarians gathered yesterday at their headquarters to discuss “the criminal and primitive act of shooting Hajdari.” “The Kanun is what led Mazreku to commit the criminal act,” Nano said in his speech. A few hours after the meeting ended, Majko went to visit Hajdari, but his wounded relative’s family members informed him that “Azem” did not want to see him. At yesterday’s meeting, Nano declared: “We do not agree with any individual or party seeking to turn this entirely non-political incident into a new national reality.” “The PS must rid itself of people from the Middle Ages and the Kanun,” the Socialist leader said. Meanwhile, Legjisi confirmed to “Gazeta” that he was the one who ordered Mazreku’s arrest. “The police hesitated because Mazreku had immunity as a deputy,” Legjisi said. Yesterday’s meeting of Socialist parliamentarians (P. Ilo)

Berisha: The witnesses are ready TIRANA - Berisha has introduced further details regarding the Mazreku case. “It was a red Toyota that picked him up as he was leaving Parliament.” The DP leader again accused Gjinushi and Dokle of instigating the attack. He said that Deputy Chairman Dokle had given Mazreku the order to shoot. The DP leader confirmed that there are witnesses to all of this who will submit their testimony at the appropriate time. On page 2 Berisha at the press conference yesterday

TEPELENË / AFTER THE ANNOUNCEMENT ON TV Villagers in Salaria are afraid: “Would the unrest start?” TEPELENË / AFTER THE ANNOUNCEMENT ON TV Hajdari’s wounding halts disarmament Villagers in Salaria are afraid: “Would the unrest start?” TEPELENË — Hajdari’s wounding has halted disarmament in the village of Salari in Tepelenë. Alarm spread through the village, and the people who were taking their weapons to its center headed back to their homes. The unusual incident occurred on Thursday. An announcement broadcast on the radio by the town police station, together with the village headman’s intermediary, had set noon as the time to begin collecting the weapons. Army vehicles and police forces arrived in the village center. There were also several journalists and a filming crew from Albanian television. Everything had begun normally, and residents had started handing over their weapons. But meanwhile, news of deputy Hajdari’s wounding in Parliament was broadcast on television and radio. The residents were alarmed, and fear sent them back. “The unrest will start again”—these words seem to have done their work. People hurried home, leaving only police officers and journalists in the square. The weapons collected up to that point were loaded into army vehicles and transported to the depot at the police station. Salaria is located near one of the largest depots in the South. When they were opened, the village residents armed themselves to the teeth with every kind of weapon. Many had taken on the burden themselves, fearing they might not be returned, and there had been no incidents in the village; nevertheless, news of their collection had prompted them on Thursday to put the weapons back into the hands of the police. The operation was interrupted halfway through, but police station sources confirm that they will return to Salari.

Football TIRANË — The second week of the Championship begins today. In Tiranë, the most important match of the week is Partizani-Vllaznia. Tomorrow, at “Selman Stërmasi” Stadium, the classic capital-city derby Olimpik-Tirana will be played. The champions are highly motivated after their victory over Shkëndija. Shehu: The victory over Shkëndija was the first step toward the title. Formula 1: two Williams cars in the top two places, Schumacher only seventh; nevertheless, for the German, the day of truth is today, when the official qualifying sessions will also take place. On page 7

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