From a former friend of the press, the Socialist leader has turned into its opponent Socialist leader Nano threatens the editor-in-chief of “Klan” magazine, Andi Bushati, over the publication of the special feature “Disappointment,” in which renowned intellectuals Frrrok Çupi, Fatos Lubonja and Remzi Lani perform an autopsy of the Socialist leader pages 4–5

By ENTON ABILEKAJ The OSCE is gone too. Now a fourth party must be found, because Berisha has no one left to fight. Yesterday he decided to remove the OSCE once and for all from election monitoring, after declaring it invalid as a third party in resolving disagreements over voting procedures. The leader of the DP chose the Council of Europe as a more trustworthy organization to monitor the elections, even though for this institution such a practice may only be experimental. What matters is simply that all the conditions are met for Berisha to take part in the local elections. All the parties, and especially the OSCE, have repeatedly stated—and perhaps sincerely believed until yesterday—that the dispute between the parties (which would lead to the DP withdrawing from the elections and would be fatal for Albania) was a joint undertaking. The government was blamed for every grievance of Berisha’s, which was echoed through the entire DP. The OSCE itself became involved in the whole process, even infringing on the country’s executive sovereignty. Its representatives, deployed throughout the districts, entered the local government structures and went so far as to determine the teams that would carry out the population registration, so that Berisha would be as satisfied as possible. The process was also changed through rules that guaranteed the DP leader local commissions in which he would also have a majority. Nevertheless, there was still no sign of any hope for cooperation. Until yesterday, when Berisha publicly called for the most experienced observers in the world not to come, solely because they belong to the OSCE. This proposal had been foreshadowed two weeks ago, when DP leaders in Gjirokastër began attacking two OSCE observers. It continued with an attack in Shkodër, and everything seemed to be their personal initiative, until a few days ago, when people close to Berisha—who have occupied a few internal DP seats merely for appearances’ sake—began attacking OSCE observers, while always taking care not to direct their arrows at the ambassadors Ahrens. Until yesterday, when Berisha, referring to the OSCE ambassador, called him an unelected Governor. Before yesterday, he had tossed this phrase into the general confusion surrounding the ambassadors still in Tirana, but yesterday he specified it, calling for the OSCE to be excluded from the elections and, consequently, from Albania. The third party, which as of yesterday no longer has any standing—the OSCE—is, according to the DP leader, left-wing and must now be removed from the elections once and for all. The Council of Europe is the party of peace in the elections. This is the fourth party. By the time the elections arrive, the number may multiply.

page 17 Meta, Mejdani and Rafti yesterday at the inauguration ceremony of Tirana’s telephone exchange Photo P. ILO

The deadline for the High Court to review the security measure has expired. The hearing on the custody of the children has been postponed. The enforcement of the decision will now be carried out by the Laç Bailiff’s Office The forensic medical examination is complete. Erieta’s murder: the body almost skeletal, the skull damaged, one arm missing and two prostheses page 8