…we had learned and … was accurate and all of Kosovo. How can … … quite normal when those who think differently be called adventurers, Don Quixotes, … … from this are enemies, commu- anti-Albanian Professor Re- … … increased, were insulted, nists, collaborators of the Serb; this is the logic xhep Qosja? … … were insulted and denigrated; and motto of those who pre- Only a short time ago … … the DP and the press of tend to be demo- one of the RD letters … … Albanian intellectuals crats solely because was addressed in a reply … … only because they can their party is called De- to F. Çupi, saying that Rexhep Qosja … express an opinion mocratic. This is nothing and Kadare are former … … that did not suit the more or less than a belief collaborators and … PD members. The cases and communist logic. The friends of RD. Only two … … are numerous. But the present government, with weeks later R. Qosja … will reach the point its actions of this kind, now turns out to be an … … where, in a communist is not letting us forget the enemy and adds to the list … … style and with street- rule and domination of of “anti-democrats.” According … … thug vocabulary, they Enver Hoxha. In no case to this, it is quite clear … … attack one of the most do today’s democrats that at the very first … … distinguished figures accept and engage in moment Kadare expresses … … of our nation, such as public debate on specific an opinion contrary to … Professor Reshep Qosja; matters. They never respond Berisha, he too will be … no one had ever thought to the opinions and ideas called a collaborator of … of this. Moreover, this put forward by someone, Millosheviç. … could not have been done but immediately begin With this pace, in no … by the DP, which Professor attacks using the most vulgar more than a year, there … Qosja supported and backed epithets and insults, which will be no democrat in … from its founding onward, suit only them. The same Albania except Sali … as did the newspaper RD, thing happened to Professor Berisha, just as in Enver’s … which Professor Qosja R. Qosja, a figure who time there was no man … named. This attack began enjoys a great reputation more “capable” and … after the publication of for his intellectual level “intelligent” than Enver. … Professor Qosja’s Open and his contribution in The state that attacks … Letter to President Berisha. the service of the nation. intellectuals attacks the … Such an act against a How can a man be attacked brain, and attacking minds … public figure shows the when the DP itself used means leading the unthinking. … level of democracy in his portrait in its election We have fresh memories … Albania, the tolerance campaign, solely because of this practice from the … and the opportunity for He opposes Berisha on the system we overthrew. God … debate and dialogue among matter of personal beliefs save us from anyone who … our citizens. “Everything and communist logic? The thinks of bringing back … the President says [...]” rule of the “anti-democrats.” that time. A. FRANGAJ

— THROUGH DOCUMENTATION SIGNED BY FINANCE MINISTER GENC RULI, ALBANIAN OIL CROSSES THE BORDER, VIOLATING THE UN EMBARGO AGAINST YUGOSLAVIA! — WHILE ALBANIAN DIPLOMACY SHOUTS: “FOR KOSOVO”! — THROUGH DOCUMENTATION SIGNED BY FINANCE MINISTER GENC RULI, ALBANIAN OIL CROSSES THE BORDER, VIOLATING THE UN EMBARGO AGAINST YUGOSLAVIA! — WHILE ALBANIAN DIPLOMACY SHOUTS: “FOR KOSOVO”! From well-informed sources who declined to be identified, we have been informed that during the days around the New Year (perhaps this time period was deliberately chosen), several tankers filled with oil arrived at the Han i Hotit customs crossing in the district of Malësia e Madhe, seeking to cross the border into Montenegro. These sources report that the tankers were equipped with proper official government documentation signed by the Minister of Finance, Mr. Genc Ruli, and Deputy Minister Naskë Afezolli. We are also informed by these same sources that, despite this documentation, the Chairman of the Public Council of this district decided to suspend the tankers’ border crossing and, in connection with this, contacted the President of the Republic directly. The President thanked him for his diligence and vigilance and advised him to remain calm, as He himself would deal with this important matter. But the strangest thing is that, after this brief suspension, the tankers crossed the border toward their destination. Reprinted from “LAJMËTARI” Regarding this news item published in the newspaper “Lajmëtari” a few days ago, we contacted the people accused in the report above. From Minister Ruli’s Cabinet we learned that this department had issued no order or document that would contravene the two UN resolutions imposing sanctions on Montenegro and Serbia. On the contrary, all goods leaving for countries covered by the embargo, or even for neighboring countries, have been subject to very strict controls. Accordingly, exports or transit of goods originating outside the country and bound for the other republics of the former Yugoslavia that are not included on the list of goods subject to the embargo, although legally permitted, have been carefully monitored by the Ministry of Finance and the Customs Directorate, with transit permission granted only in cases where the goods’ destination has been verified. The Customs Directorate’s investigation of this case also shows that the claims in the article are not true. There were no violations of the embargo—not only on 31.12.1992, but earlier as well—and, furthermore, none were ordered from above.

According to several sources, the youngest member of the Albanian parliament, a lecturer at UT and the newly appointed chairman of the FRPD, Mr. Arben Lika, has compromising documents in his possession concerning several ministers in the “MESOJME” cabinet. We are “LEARNING” that, if published, the Meksi government could fall and a parliamentary crisis could ensue. Not only the FRPD, at its last Congress, [called for] the dismissal of several ministers, [but] it has also been suspicious about the reform […] Lika is not publishing those documents, but allows himself to be surrounded by a dangerous mystery. Is he afraid of some unexpected accident, or has he decided to keep silent because his friends will not let him speak? We will try to get an interview with him about this matter for the next issue. We stress that the news reached our newsroom from a student who did not wish to be identified.

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