The Albanians did not say “YES” to the communist past, but “NO” to a dictatorial future The failures and shameless lackeys still refuse to accept the crushing defeat they suffered at the hands of the Albanian people on November 6. Although they are trying to manipulate things, yesterday the chauvinistic and discredited loudspeaker TVSH, by means of a few phrases cherry-picked from foreign newspapers, gravely insulted all those true citizens who, wisely, said “NO” to one-man rule, said “NO” to the rise of new dictators, said “NO” to the manipulation and subjugation of the judiciary, said “NO” to political imprisonment, said “NO” to the imprisonment of journalists and the violation of free speech, said “NO” to the politics of the mountains, said “NO” to the medieval code, said “NO” to Albania’s membership in the Islamic Conference, said “NO” to the oil, drug and arms smugglers, said “NO” to corruption, said “NO” to this regime, this mediocre government, incompetence, servility, vengeance, violence and crime. But the TV misses, so heavily made up from the field trips they take, following Berisha all the way to the summit of Dukaçin, are now left with their fingers in their mouths and refuse to accept defeat. Instead of reporting the results (as much as they have available so far), they collect the foreign press and, pencil in hand, pull out phrases that insult the free vote. Thus, last night on TV it was said that “Albania voted for the communist past,” “The communists won,” “The Albanians voted against the Constitution, against joining Europe,” “The Stalinist constitution of ’76 remains in force in Albania,” etc. The foreign press does not know what is going on in Albania and may write inaccuracies, but the utterly unsympathetic misses should know that the 1976 Constitution was repealed in 1991 by the first pluralist parliament. They should know that nobody votes for Enver Hoxha, the cooperative, or the centrally planned economy anymore. The Albanians voted against Berisha and his power. They did not vote, and will never vote again, for the communist past, but for their future, to be free and to have no more Envers in Albania. If the vote had been for the past, the first to vote “FOR” would have been the communists, Enverists, lackeys and incompetents who have filled RTV. The Albanians have chosen their path; you should follow it, so that tomorrow you are not too late. A. FRANGAJ

Berisha deemed the voting regular and democratic; Selami excuses his defeat with humorous statements The ruling DP accuses the opposition of manipulation (?!) Nobody, and Edi least of all, can play with the votes of more than 1 million Albanians page 3

— Nobody forced Berisha to seek this vote of no confidence page 2

Veli Budo, another member of the Constitutional Court, declares: “This constitutes a major stain on the Constitutional Court” page 4