Berisha’s government launched the fight against genocide with a pro-fascist and inhumane spirit Interview with the former last communist president People are not brought into or taken out of poli- tics by means of laws. Today everyone is doing politics: doctors do politics, even on health matters; some do economic politics; others engage in educational politics; some deal with cultural politics (at the Berat Festival, which was declared apolitical, politics imposed that songs about the War, the partisans or the martyrs should not be sung); journalists and TV reporters also do politics; as do filmmakers, writers, even painters... I entered politics as soon as I joined the Anti-Fascist Movement here 50 years ago. No law encouraged me, nor did it stop me from engaging in politics even after Liberation, from holding important official posts, up to my election as President of the Republic in the first pluralist Assembly elected by the vote of 31 March 1991. For all these reasons, when I heard about the law on “genocide”, I became even more convinced that the country is moving along the road of barbarism, that attempts are currently being made to govern with those attributes that were envisaged in the Draft Constitution presented in the Referendum of 6 November and which the people, by their free vote, rejected. page 6-7

The Czech parliament rejects Havel’s proposal for additions to the law on the secret police, which forbade appointments to state posts until 2000 The Czech parliament rejects Havel’s proposal for additions to the law on the secret police, which forbade appointments to state posts until 2000 The Czechs “tolerate” genocide Berisha’s examples have fallen away In a tense parliamentary session, the Czech Parliament opposed President Havel’s request to add a time extension to the law on the secret police and their collaborators, so as not to allow their appointment to state posts until the year 2000. — page 3

His grandmother and her lover had organized the sale of the child Miraculously saved from being sold in Germany One-year-old Xhoi Marku after escaping the kidnapping page 2

The voter should vote not only for the grouping but also for the party 13 parties sign Godo’s proposal against changing the electoral law The voter should vote not only for the grouping but also for the party — page 3

Fatos Nano in Tepelenë reminds us of Lenin, who commanded from a hut in Finland The Republicans at a press conference Godo: In government with PD after the elections Fatos Nano in Tepelenë reminds us of Lenin, who commanded from a hut in Finland page 3

Statement by the Albanian Helsinki Committee Although it has not yet been officially announced, the election campaign has practically begun. Political forces have started presenting their programs many months before the election deadline, which regularly falls in the spring of 1996. The first tests of this electoral showdown are not very promising; indeed, they give reason to express reservations and concern. A widely spread opinion is worried about further developments, and people are asking what may happen as the time of the elections draws nearer. The Albanian Helsinki Committee expresses regret over the often quite serious incidents that have recently occurred during meetings and gatherings organized by opposition parties with their supporters. It is a necessary condition for the civilized development of political debate that the activities of opposition parties find the necessary space, without unlawful restrictions, and without restrictions not based in law. KHSH voices the concerns of broad sectors of public opinion regarding these incidents and calls for lawful measures to be taken in order to create a peaceful atmosphere, indispensable for the normal development of the election campaign. The political parties are called upon to abide by the requirements of the law in organizing their events. But the call is addressed even more strongly to the law-enforcement bodies, so that they show self-restraint and avoid using force against participants in these events. The law-enforcement forces have a special responsibility for ensuring social peace. 18 October 1995

She was traveling with a group of refugees to Greece DEVOLL - The cries of a child born still at the border. She set off as a clandestine migrant toward Greece, but precisely as she was about to cross the border, she gave birth in the open air to a boy. The curious story has as its protagonist the woman S.F from the Berat district, who a few days ago, although pregnant, joined a group of refugees in the clandestine adventure toward Greece. And near the village of Kuriëd, while they were resting at midnight, she suddenly showed signs of labor. It was too late and the arrival of a nurse called by the pregnant woman’s fellow travelers, after the latter had brought the child into the world. Despite this “clandestine” birth, the woman insisted on continuing on the road of migration, a source near the event says, but she was forced to turn back together with the boy, who for the moment has been given the name Refugjat. GËZIM ASHIMI

NATIONAL LIBRARY TIRANA