“She kept me busy with the housework.” Sentenced to 4 years in prison “It wasn’t the first time we had argued about the housework. The beatings had become commonplace.” As painful as it is to hear this from a 14-year-old, even more tragic was the end the teenager brought to the drama she experienced every day. With her father’s rifle, from outside the house, she massacred her mother, who, according to the young girl, had become her persecutor. On page 18

OPINION Mirosh SAKO Fierce polemics from both sides, but which, contrary to expectations, will bring no change to the electorate’s material conditions; on the contrary, they will continue to keep it in suspense. It seems that this entire end of the year will continue in the same way, with mutual accusations. The Government is accused of being thieves. He, from whom initiatives to bring the sides closer are expected, goes on the offensive, extending it from the individual to the electorate represented by that individual, denying the latter’s existence in order to support a group of “moderators.” The idealist was left alone in his insistence on rapprochement, repeating the PD chairman’s words on the occasion of the party’s founding day. No elite figure from the broad, multicoloured political spectrum—especially from the Alliance for the State—was able to follow this insistence. It is already clear that the gap between the two poles will continue to remain one of an entrenchment in the interlocking destruction, until a victim is found to be laid in the foundations so that the fortress can survive. Continued on page 3

Fear in Burrel. Special forces from Tirana avert tragedy Special forces on foot facing off against groups, Kalashnikovs firing into the air continuously for about five minutes, people with faces frozen with fear. These are not events that happened in Bosnia two years ago, or last night and the night before in Baghdad. They are incidents that happened yesterday afternoon in Burrel during the Burreli–Tirana match. In fact, everyone had gone to watch a football match, but instead they witnessed a real war—fortunately, without any casualties. On pages 20–23

ALI KELCYRA, FAIK KONICA’S SWORN ENEMY On pages 12–13