The PD leader will celebrate liberation on 28 November, while others mark independence in the rebel city Page 3 Otranto, is the state guilty? BY AUDI BISHATI The tragedy of the “Otranto” cannot be the fault of the judges’ clerks in Lezhë! Nor can it be the fault of the captain of the ship “Sibila”, who was given permission and set sail through the Otranto Channel for those Albanians who leave and keep leaving every day, driven by hardship at sea? The blame remains after the sinking of the Albanian dinghy with the Italian Defense Minister, Napolitano [?], and not with the organizers of the departure, who was investigated and tried! The Albanian authorities must take this sinking into account and begin from their own shores. To this day the figures regarding the guilty parties and as a tragedy, the killers and the tragedy itself, are decided. The Bari port authorities direct the rescuers from their own cargo legionary onto land. If the members of this prosperity keep pushing on and other Albanian citizens are prevented, they will be killed by the slipping water. In the name of the families of hundreds of people who drowned in the collision between the Italian ship and the Albanian dinghy, there must be, once and for all, a full trial. A trial that does not blame the victim, but the state and the real guilty parties. If one or two minor people are declared guilty, then this tragedy will remain without justice. Page 3

Leaves the US temporarily, arrives in Tirana in December Sali Berisha during one of his earlier visits to the city of Shkodër Former PD chairman: “There is still time needed to carry out the reform of the party...” Eduard Selami, former party chairman during the years 1992-1995, is coming to Albania in December, but not to return permanently. In a clarification for “KJ”, Eduard Selami states: “These days I am staying in Albania for a short time to hold several political meetings. I will meet with some of the new leaders of the PDK and with intellectuals close to this party. In recent days I have been involved with the reformist force, within which I think it is appropriate and timely, a force for which time and calm would be needed. Whether I will join these developments or not will be my responsibility. If I become part of the reform, I will do so after my return to the US, where I have lived for a long time. He also says that developments should now be calmer and asks the party leadership to keep this in mind and adopt this style. Selami emphasizes that it is time to avoid division and personal conflict, therefore more time is still needed to prepare the reform of the party.”

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