The Hours of the Coup d’État
The arrest of Sali Berisha and six PD deputies is demanded
The crisis of the tables Teta and Pashko, how Tirana was saved
[Pages 2-18] The crisis of the tables BY ARBEN HASANI On Monday for a coup d’état in Albania? Or finally, once again, after eight months of protest and clashes in the capital on Friday, 13 March 1997. Concluded at another moment and through the decisive intervention of the state police, with its tragic ending. Politics is that during the night and day from Sunday afternoon until yesterday morning, during the first six hours in the institutions of power in Albania, the first coup in Albania was being launched, while Monday had officially already fallen, with arms and names and violence, and the attack ultimately emerged as a political risk. What happened in the country, and the climax and chaotic political disorder and the accusations against the Fierza Council in turn. In words, an idea pulled from the government’s cooling-off. The overthrow? for the evening of power by force from the rebels for a moment? This with the market scene, only a possibility is not raised. With investigative light and in the attempt at a coup in which all sides were involved, shelter, revolt and here with the bread-baking of the Court. From voice to eyes, but also the representation of war and the nerve that the unchecked bloodshed of the coalition government of Pandeli Majko would place the rebellion in blood? At least this had the clear outcome as a disregard for the 1997 referendum, with some temporary quiet overturning of the order and the institutions of the Republic. Sunday evening. Under the calm wave of the capital? "Crisis," they argued with tragic fate? and redirected toward the closure of power by force from the rebels in the streets and the clashes with the guard. That perhaps? for a failed and clearly ruined coup d’état. On Wednesday the 17th? In the morning, the main word of Sunday, the country woke up with smoke and low flames. Two armored vehicles and a pickup truck were set in motion. The center of Tirana was plunged into panic. Around 9:30 several police posts and the Prime Minister’s office were attacked? The assault aimed to seize several state institutions. There were gunshots at the scene. The law-enforcement forces and the state police intervened and managed to regain control. Afterwards, the situation calmed down, while investigations began into the organizers and participants. [text partially illegible?]
PD demonstrators in the capital’s military parade ground