Enver did not agree with the abolition of religion and the class struggle Nexhmije Hoxha speaks after her release from prison. I want to go to Enver’s grave page 2

. As expected, Sudja once again left her many clients empty-handed. Gathered in the courtyard of her home, around a thousand people waited in vain yesterday for the counters to open and withdrawals of deposits to begin. Everything has remained as before, while the moneylender has announced a new date for returning the money: 15 January. Nevertheless, even now, among the ranks of angry clients, hope is beginning to give way to pessimism. The first threats have begun to be heard at the entrance to Sudja’s apartment building. Sudja and Grunasi are the two most notorious bankruptcies the world of pyramid schemes has so far seen in Albania. At first, they caused widespread disillusionment among hundreds of thousands of Albanians who had blindly believed in the magic of getting rich easily and without working, which the pyramid schemes promised. The collapse of these firms also marked the beginning of a loss of faith in the investment companies, which must now contend with long lists of clients to repay and with deposits dwindling each time one of them announces bankruptcy. In this sense, the year we are entering will apparently decide, once and for all, the fate of the most sensational financial phenomenon of post-communist Albania. Meanwhile, Sudja and Grunasi will be remembered as the first swindlers to toy with the fate of thousands of families who are now roaming the streets in search of shelter. Interviewed yesterday by foreign radio stations, some of Sudja’s clients said they hoped for state intervention and for the new budget that parliament is expected to approve. Their difficult situation may excuse such naivety. They are now like a drowning person trying to grab hold of their own hair. But the truth is that the government can do nothing. It cannot even identify the person in charge, who is said to be among its own ranks. The only thing these people can do, to have a clear conscience, is report their former benefactor to the court, in the hope that a legal case will be opened against her. This simple act, which has not occurred to any of the clients, should have been done long ago, back when Sudja used to mock them over her megaphone from the third floor, while waiting for the boss with the mysterious name Kopenent. K.J. K[o?]petent.

Yesterday, after her release, Hoxha’s widow with her sons Ilir and Sokoli and her grandson Photo: G. Shkullaku Yesterday, after her release, Hoxha’s widow with her sons Ilir and Sokoli and her grandson. Photo: G. Shkullaku