The government's failure to function is destabilizing the situation in Albania Late last night, Majko, Meta, Poçi and a host of ministers signed a declaration against the SP chairman pages 3–4

The Socialist leader Nano did not hesitate at all to rigorously apply the Statute regarding irregularities in the legitimacy of the election of a considerable part of the members of the General Steering Committee. Given the situation in the party and the balance of forces between his supporters and opponents, Nano could not afford the luxury of failing to apply the statute in the above case, even though his insistence is more likely to victimize his supporters. Given that applying the aforementioned rule does more to weaken Nano's own position, one might think that the Socialist leader is inclined to strengthen the party so that it can withstand the forthcoming local and parliamentary elections, which he himself may well call for. In that case, with such a party, where violations and abuses of the statute are not permitted, the electorate is being sent the message that a mindset of order and respect for the laws will also prevail in the country's governance by this political force. The negative reaction of the Socialist leader's opponents to the idea of returning to the congress is mostly linked to their fear and suspicion that this may be a maneuver by Nano to purge the GSDC of his opponents' people. However, the fact that the party leader has presented several alternatives for resolving the above “flaw,” including repealing or amending the article requiring a 50-percent threshold to be elected to the GSDC, is more likely intended to reassure his rivals. By demanding that the statute be respected over such a “minor” flaw, Nano has warned that “liberalism” in this regard is over. The truth is that the man who returned to lead the largest party in the governing coalition, bringing about the coalition's biggest shift in fifteen months, after reflecting during the period when he was stripped of all power, is now determined to abide by the party's internal rules. Specifically, in the past, he has often been attacked for violating the statute. Yet in his commitment to [text unclear] and for violating the statute, Nano is also hampered by the statute. The statute [text unclear] regarding the statute, Nano is also hampered by the statute. The statute contains [text unclear] duties and does not allow him to call the congress, leaving this exclusive prerogative to the GSDC or one-third of all party members. Consequently, instead of rushing to call the congress, it would be more useful for him to lobby to find a way to overcome his objections and rigorously apply the statute. In the above case, being blocked from holding a congress with an opposing faction risks holding a congress that would compromise his victory at the congress.

page 7 Vehbi Alimucaj yesterday at the Tirana court photo P. ILO

The father of the missing child has been found The long story of the child who had been missing for a long time has come to an end. The baby found in an entranceway in Kombinat, abandoned by the home, had a father. It was the father himself who had thrown him out, claiming that his wife had conceived him with her lover. Thus began the ordeal of the innocent child, whose family was found thanks to the cooperation of the neighbors. The latter had sensed what the child's father had done because they had not heard the child crying for some time. And, prompted by the absence of the neighbors' “annoyance,” they went to the police and reported that the child had been taken from the home. This is how the connection was made with the father who had thrown out his own child. page 9