Berisha’s last congress Berisha chooses himself, greets March 1997 The opposition boycotts the Congress, Butka the nominated candidate page 3

Is another congress of the chaos, of the industrialized-capitalism decree of 1991, being awaited, as predicted by all the domestic and foreign press and by everyone? Are the markets turning and values at risk? Berisha and his group, in order to hold power in the party for the third time, have made a very serious mistake in treating the congress in this way so many times. It is regarded as particularly damaging in this period because of the invitation to everyone from the opposition, and also because of the attitude toward the democratic ideals built by the PS? Alfredo Ujfole and the liberal-democratic mind of the PS therefore call for the liberal-democratic line of Anisudora of the hill. Others are calling for a reform of Berisha as well, for Berisha’s congress to change once and for all the Albanian state without the damaging influence. All this quarrel makes it clear that the congress is turning into a personal battle, unreal and a kind of desperate protest against one’s own history, in order to reassess defeat, as never before. This has brought everyone else onto another path: to build a truly right-wing party, freed from the crime of the past and from Berisha’s latest adventures. Today, ironically, and before leaving the center of this congress, Mr. Berisha decided to greet March 1997 for the third time. All the signals of that month are inside this congress. It is about lost time, a party without a program, based on the cult of a single man and on the return of the slogans of violence. There is nothing new except the tendency to use the congress as a personal instrument. page 3

Berat, PS conference The editor-in-chief of “ZP” loses ZP, the socialist deputy Erion Braçe, had moved on to another position where the editor-in-chief had been, Hysni Milloshi opposed another solution at the head of this newspaper and that the editor-in-chief of “ZP” made an unintentional decision. In the statement from “ZP”, the editor-in-chief is Mr. Pandi Majko. The socialist leadership: 57 votes for the editor-in-chief’s favorites and 46 determined. Hysni Milloshi has supported himself as a candidate for chairman. With one vote less, deputy Erion Braçe received 18 votes. Hysni Milloshi is currently chairman of a small party in the coalition. It is learned from ZP that in this opposition, in the party offices in Berat, Mr. Pandi Majko. If these results are confirmed, the PS base in Berat has given a strong signal to the PS chairman Pandeli Majko. This has caused reactions in various circles, linking the development to the recent debates within the left. Ambassadors will not attend the PD Congress Ambassadors will not attend the PD Congress, following the latest statements by Sali Berisha and his clash with the international community. It is learned that Western ambassadors will not be present at this event, which is seen as a sign of political distance. Some diplomats have expressed criticism of the climate and the rhetoric used. page 8

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