How can one pass the time? THIS IS HOW THEY CONTINUE TO ANSWER THE QUESTION: HOW CAN ONE PASS THE TIME. How can one pass the time? THIS IS HOW THEY CONTINUE TO ANSWER THE QUESTION: HOW CAN ONE PASS THE TIME? It has now been a long time since the Socialist and Social Democratic MPs abandoned parliament and, in this way, disregarded the interests of representing events in this list and parliamentary entirety. The Constitution was used by them as a “cause” and as an “argument.” But the truth may be delayed, yet it comes out. The Socialist MPs and their allies in this action turn out to be bound by the great work they have done so far, in which the dominant effort has been to oppose everything. Now these MPs are making a valuable contribution by setting an example of how to pass the time. They need not hide the sun’s rays in the shadow of the parliamentary chamber; they should expose themselves to them there, on the hot sand of the beach. And in this, they are not entirely to blame. They have got used to spending this period at a different destination. The solution displayed in parliament—many of the boycotters continue to express it in various cafés through retorts, criticism, attacks and justifications. Some others boycott parliament because they have no qualms about responding to various invitations from abroad. It matters little to them that the invitations are accepted as MPs and carried out as “activities.” It matters little that, by boycotting parliament, they have also devalued all the MPs. But there is more. Quite a few others think it is time to get rich. So, come on, let’s get involved in a little business, because we have the opportunities, yes, contacts with foreigners, and we also have the authority that an institution gives you (which they abandoned so easily). Others regularly feel the need to drive, since they have cars but no driving licence. Some justify themselves by saying that they are spending this time studying the draft constitution (but some voices say they are studying the works of Enver Hoxha, Ramiz Alia and Mao Zedong. And why not believe that too? Anything is possible with these MPs. Faced with these alternatives offered by your MP with his refined taste, voter, there is no reason for you to be upset that you cannot please the Lord. Because you do not have a job, while your MP is paid to go to the beach or to expensive summer camps, whereas you have happened to get a responsible MP. You are reasonable, while your MP has happened to be reasonable only when it comes to his own interests. But you, person or group of people who have the misfortune of being represented by such MPs, also have the good fortune that we will remember you. Because you never know. People like these will ask you for your vote again.

Statement by the President of the Republic SALI BERISHA Asked by an ATSH journalist about yesterday’s statements by Greek Prime Minister Micotaqis, the President of the Republic, Sali Berisha, stated: From yesterday’s analysis by the Prime Minister of Greece of Albanian-Greek relations, we note with regret that, instead of the desired proposals on our part for reducing tensions and restoring dialogue between our two governments and our two countries, the Greek government responds by presenting a series of unacceptable demands, some of which even conceal extremely dangerous claims. Naturally, the Albanian Government will soon give its assessment and response to these claims, but what concerns me, and what I think should concern the whole region and the International Community, is the chauvinistic and insinuatingly threatening dimension of this analysis, which attests to a policy suited to those nationalist circles that seek and strive to spread destabilization in the region. On this occasion, I will remind the Prime Minister of Greece, as well as the International Community, that 1913, the year he mentions in his analysis, was the year Albanian lands were partitioned, and that there is not a single inch of foreign land in the territory of Albania; Albanians wherever they live as a compact population, in Albania or in the neighbouring states, are on their ancestral lands of thousands of years. In today’s troubled Balkans, they are a factor for peace and stability. In Albania, with great effort and great difficulties, we are building the rule of law and a market economy. Meanwhile, in the other neighbouring countries, with an openly discriminatory attitude, we are enduring with restraint the fierce nationalism that has denied them the human and national rights to which they are entitled under all international acts and agreements. Alongside these matters, I want to condemn as extremely reprehensible and fraught with unforeseeable consequences for the region the official endorsement of the Northern Epirus game, as well as regional parallels, which the Greek government had previously attributed to the ultra-nationalist and chauvinist circles of that country. I also wish to emphasize that Albania is determined to guarantee all the rights and freedoms of the Greek minority, including the political, economic, educational, cultural and religious rights provided for by the Copenhagen Document. The Albanian government has confirmed this today, and the International Community has repeatedly recognized and highly valued it at bilateral and public meetings; Prime Minister Micotaqis himself has done so, and Albania is transparent toward all organizations concerned with this issue. We undoubtedly expect and demand that the Greek government apply all the standards it applies to Albanians and other ethnic minorities living in Greece. However, we consider it unacceptable and dangerous to use the issue of minority rights to achieve the aims and ambitions of those circles that, for decades, have risen up against the abolition of the state of war with Albania. At the press conference, the Greek Prime Minister went so far as to interfere in Albania’s internal affairs, even reaching as far as its alliances, and this is completely unacceptable. First, Albania, as a democratic and independent country, is free and will choose its own friendships and alliances, naturally taking into account dictators of every colour. Nevertheless, although I disagree with the unacceptable demands and the chauvinistic dimension of the Greek side’s position, I once again express our readiness to restore dialogue and to address the existing problems in a spirit of tolerance and understanding, so that good neighbourly relations may prevail between the two countries. (ATSH)

As part of the assistance to the Albanian Police, the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany has sent 10 “MUZ 251 SA” motorcycles, including equipment for the motorcyclists .

The sole actor of the “monoclestones,” the handsome, white-haired Ceka, with strongly marked notes of ego, jealousy, envy, hatred and contempt, interviews him in “Alternativa SD” to convince us all that the actor is still the same as he always was: a pose maniac who talks nonsense, spouts rubbish, a man who does not know where the mentality of the pioneer hero lies, and is distinguished by class purges and hair dyeing... The sole actor of the “monoclestones,” the handsome, white-haired Ceka, with strongly marked notes of ego, jealousy, envy, hatred and contempt, interviews him in “Alternativa SD” to convince us all that the actor is still the same as he always was: a pose maniac who talks nonsense, spouts rubbish, a man who does not know where the mentality of the pioneer hero lies, and is distinguished by class purges and hair dyeing. Beyond his own intellectual pretensions, A. Imami defines the limits of his own morality: careerism and servility. Ceka’s announcer, the actor Imami, eager to strike the pose of the Monist standard-bearer in the anti-law struggle, recognizes neither law nor principle. With the slyness of a lackey, when someone asks him about something as important as the constitution, Imami does no more and no less than his president Ceka: he gives no coherent answer, since even he has admitted that no one believes what he says. And the actor, battered by his skates and dreams of power, is ready to ask the PS for a helping hand and marry it, if only the actor can be called a director! The reaction of the gangs and bad dreams, along its immoral path, accuses President Berisha in the most absurd way. And “the wall cannot speak otherwise,” like the rash that is entering its first year of life without achieving its only dream, demand and programme—the meeting with President Berisha. In response and revenge, Imami, actor of a party with 200 members, pants, curses, slanders, threatens and, in the end, falls off his skates. That is what happens when someone asks for an opinion on the constitution from a deputy like A. Imami, a deputy who is afraid and cannot meet a voter, a deputy who enters the temple of justice and demonstrates that he puts himself above justice in the whole world: his idea is to take officeholders; that is the state of justice. And this deputy, in a hurry, between himself and others, finds the morality of his comrades still in parliament. The law and human rights—A. Imami, little Rizanri and E. Hoxha voted against them for 50 years of Albanian history. The only contribution of Imami and his patron Ceka is that, in the Albanian guidebook, they have become a symbol of people regarded as used-up, whom nobody believes any more! For a skating actor, that is no small thing. THE OBSERVER

IDAJET BEQIRI, among other things, stole two trucks carrying aid and thousands of marks that came from Germany At last, the symbol of ugliness, intrigue, slander, deception and political pettiness... Idajet Beqiri received his sentence; like many of his comrades, he has been preparing it for himself for some time. I, who write these lines, had the opportunity to work at the newspaper “Kombi,” and not only was I forced to leave there, but even today I live with the question of how any political force could be represented by a man like Idajet Beqiri, and, moreover, how he could call himself leader of the National Unity. Anyone who has had occasion to visit the offices of “Uniteti,” or, as they call it, Idajet’s harem, will have noticed that a dangerous centre for Albania’s fragile democracy has been created there. All kinds of criminal sinners from the former State Security gather there, chatter and shout; shamelessly and selfishly, without human decency or manliness, they gossip and slander. These comfortable premises that Idajet Beqiri was gifted by Ramiz Alia have become not only sources of dollars (since they are exploited by businessmen with connections) but also a force of upheaval, ready in an instant to turn Tirana into Sarajevo or Mogadishu. It was inevitable that justice would deal with an intriguer like I. Beqiri, who, in the interests of his communist puppies, does not hesitate to slander everyone. This adventurer, pseudo-politician and pseudo-journalist, using other names such as Arbër, Jeton, Bora, etc., has spared no one who has served democracy and reform. Mr. Idajet Beqiri has always been firmly in the sights of the PPSH, while remaining hidden within it. He has understood nothing of the words “unity” and “nation”; he has used them only as slogans for deception and personal gain. By cynically exploiting the national feelings of Albanians outside the borders and of our emigrants around the world, Idajet Beqiri has stolen and speculated with their aid and money, as in the case involving Mr. Emil Kastriosi from Germany. This “great leader” stole a truckload of aid and used it to sell the goods for himself. I. Beqiri has not used the foreign embassies in Tirana to do anything good for the nation, but rather for visas and forgeries. By using the Party seal, faxes and fellow-countrymen’s guarantees, he enriched himself. A party with no income like his—how did it cover the huge expenses Idajet ran up every day without limit? It is enough to look at the invoices paid to the vehicle fleet serving delegations to see the scale of the expenses. Irresponsible as a politician and journalist, unscrupulous and immoral in his private life, Idajet Beqiri represents a danger and a damaging presence in Albanian pluralism. By handing over ordinary people like Idajet Beqiri to justice—people for whom morality and honour mean nothing—a great service is done to national unity and to Albania’s new pluralist politics. No one today has any reason to defend the baseness of dictators like him, who only dream of terrorizing Albania. But a light-breeze defence like Idajet’s cannot stand up to the honesty, patriotism and manliness of Berisha. The communist-socialist attempts to unleash destruction and strife under any disguise are doomed. His associates, such as the Beqiri of the Bahri Brisku type (an agent of the Yugoslav S.P.B. in Ulcinj), must now cease their anti-Albanian activities. The patience of the Albanian population is strong, but there is a limit to tolerance! Characters like Idajet Beqiri are made for bloodshed and destabilization, and justice has finally shown them where they belong. O great Lord, protect us from Idajet and his comrades! (Continued in the next issue) BUXHIM ALI KOJË

HAVE THE JUDICIAL AUTHORITIES BEEN REFORMED? It is not a difficult question to answer. Look in the legal aid offices, beside the Tirana District Court. It is on the second floor, in the corridor. Opposite, you will encounter a quotation written in capital letters, in red. It is by former Comrade Enver: “Our laws, (missing, socialists express the will of the people, protect their interests. Therefore they are sacred and untouchable.” ...(the name Enver is missing) Turn your eyes to the right and you will see the “Emulation Corner” board. These things are still alive there, as a reminder of a time... Simply nostalgia, or...? These things only outside, but further...?—The Observer

Mr. Sali Kelmendi, Mayor of Tirana Dear Mr. Mayor, We personally thank you and the Municipality of Tirana for the decision you made to name the square near the ash Maqos of New Tirana “President Wilson Square” and the secondary school “Henry Fultz Secondary School.” It was a great honour for me to receive your letter setting out the decision of the Municipality of the City of Tirana. It is an honour for my country, but also an honour for all those people who, although they were not from Albania, worked tirelessly for Albania (here I also mention the name of Miss Edith Durham or the devoted teachers of Korçë and Karvaje), as well as their Albanian colleagues. I am sure that you have received the responses from the “Fultz” supporters in the United States of America, who are ready to begin working again in Albania with the restoration of the “Fultz School,” using modern methods and focusing on business education. From what I have learned about Mr. Fultz and what I know about President Wilson, I believe both were modest men. I think they would have been proud, though perhaps embarrassed, to see their names given to squares. But although the decision has been made, the naming of the Square and the School after them should serve as a reminder of what they did for Albania, and as a reminder for the present and the future. I wish you success and all the best in your difficult task. Sincerely, William E. RAYRSON U.S. Ambassador in Tirana