"No contact with the PD and its allies unless they denounce the Coup d'État" Page 3 Hour by hour BY FROK ÇUPI Published by order, violently, threateningly and full of hatred, to appear again in power and to usurp it. Only their leader knows where it came from. How it came prepared for the people he had chosen. How it came to carry out the coup. It crossed it in a confused and foggy way, as if to rummage, to make a rocade. 10 criminal shadows of the organization(?) on Monday? On Wednesday evening President Rexhep Mejdani said on television in a statement that "the parties that organized Monday's event, after their refusal to sit at the table, must first denounce in words and deeds the coup d'état they carried out". Today at 09.00 a strained meeting in the premises of the Presidency came to an end. The situation and the reactions were not lining up. Around 12.00 the President's statement was made public in the media. This is a clear condition before there can be talks with political forces positioned in the streets. The shame of Monday is still not being discussed in extenso; everything speaks of the coup. What was not known to the public became known today from the statement. Today at 10.00 the troops and leaders of the armed forces were lined up in institutions and in their buildings. On 14 September, in Tirana, weapons and state means were used against the state. That is the essence of the head of state's statement. He said that contacts with the Democratic Party and its allies will not be made without their distancing themselves from the events. The Presidency's stance comes after a day of political and military tensions.

UGK accuses Berisha of the Coup

The Police Commissariat of Lezhë is attacked A large number of armed men descended on Lezhë last night. Meanwhile, dozens of others from Central Albania have moved northward in trucks and cars. Last night around 22.00 the Lezhë police commissariat and several other state buildings came under gunfire. Bursts of automatic weapons and explosions were heard in the city. Law enforcement forces and residents were on alert to confront the attack. The situation escalated in the late evening hours.

In the early hours of this morning, numerous law enforcement units circulated on the main arteries of the capital. Unofficial sources speak of movements organized by opposition supporters. In several points, checkpoints were set up and vehicle inspections were carried out. In tense circumstances, the law enforcement forces keep state institutions and strategic objects under surveillance. At the same time, political circles have renewed calls for self-restraint and a return to normality.

Armed movements and sporadic clashes have been reported in the north of the country. Local sources have reported high tension in several cities. The authorities have called on citizens not to go out at night and to avoid unnecessary movement. The situation remains unclear and serious. Information is coming in piecemeal, while communications with some areas are interrupted.