The legacy of the dictatorship cannot reconcile itself with democracy Note: Fatos Nano’s speech commemorating the founding of the Communist Party of Albania is an alarm bell for democratic parties. Apparently the time has come for the Socialist Party to seriously condemn Stalinist ideology and expel from its ranks the ideologues of this failed ideology. To affirm that Albania’s current crisis is the result of 2 years of democracy and not 45 years of totalitarianism is then an accusation not against democrats but against the intelligence of the Albanian people. Nano implies that democracy is the guilty victim, whereas the only victim of real socialism was supposedly socialism itself. In fact, real socialism killed man, morality, the economy, the future. Neo-communism is trying to change its skin, but not its mentality. It will try to overturn history and rehabilitate old symbols.

social. In the latest meetings of PD chairmen, it became clear that in many districts there are attempts to spread the idea that the democratic order has brought only poverty and chaos to the country, even though the economy was degraded by the previous government during its 45 years of rule. Since some foreign newspapers are also dealing with the “bankruptcy of Albania,” we feel it necessary to clarify once again to the public through factual data. It is enough to compare people's lives under dictatorship with today’s conditions. They presented Albania as a prosperous and happy country. But for 45 years every Albanian family received corn, rice, oil, sugar, soap, etc. by ration card. Or has our people not eaten meat by ration? Or have they forgotten that they did not have the right to drink a glass of milk? And did the previous government solve pensioners’ problems? Or is it not true that our families lived in rented single rooms, even with other families, without drinking water? And why not say that hundreds and hundreds of young families had no hope for housing? In Albanian cities a person could not dress as they wished, could not have anything modern at home, could not buy a television without connections, while a refrigerator was a luxury. Today these wounds have not disappeared, but an effort has begun to heal them. Our people are tired of the lies of the social-communists. They know well who brought the country to this condition.

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Foreign Minister of Turkey [?]. ANKARA, 27 July - Turkey’s foreign minister Nezati [?] said that his country was focused on providing aid to Albania. He underlined that the needs are great and that cooperation should be expanded in many fields. The minister praised bilateral relations and expressed readiness to help the democratic process in Albania.

MOVEMENT - VIOLË - KUKËS - TIRANË MOVEMENT During controls carried out in a series of enterprises in Devoll and at NP Prerja e [?], many criminal acts weighing on former directors came to light. - VIOLË - The quantity inspector at the state distribution office in Maliq, Zenel [?], together with warehouse chief Sabrie [?] and others, committed illegal actions with industrial goods. - KUKËS - In Elbasan [?] [?], inspections carried out in connection with the management of the glass and cardboard enterprise [?] found financial violations and major abuses. - TIRANË - A recent inspection carried out by the prosecution has revealed damages and responsibilities in several sectors of the administration.

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