At long last, Fatos Nano and his clan have lost their last line of defense. Italian justice has opened criminal proceedings against 12 people accused of corruption involving aid, including in Albania. Among them are Xhani De Mikelis, two of his deputies, Xh. Pergnola, president of “Levant Co” of Bari. When B. Çela accused Nano, the latter defended himself by saying that Italy had remained silent. When Pergnola was interviewed by “ZP,” he stated that the criminals Lakrori Zeneli, the whistleblower Lekka kompani... defend Nano’s corruption. KD of the PSSH in the districts, the communist veterans’ organization, defend the former nomenklatura, with R. Alia at its head; the red Enverist pashas and those illegally involved in the private economy in Albania defend him too. But everyone forgets that their failure is [?] already evident. Neither the PS, nor God, nor Nano himself can defend him. He is corrupt. He has robbed Albania, his own suffering people. He has encouraged corruption among those in government at every level. He robbed poor Albanians of their emigrant dollars through his discredited friends whom he brought in, such as Hajdin Sejdia and Xhuzepe Pergnola. Nano’s end is very near! Italian justice is having its say, while the only justifiable action left to Fatos Nano is to resign. The only path left for the PS is to distance itself from its own man, mired in corruption and crimes, in genocide and financial scandals; to distance itself from E. Hoxha, whom Nano calls “father,” and to be true to itself. The Nano-Alia-Levante Co collaboration has finally failed! Now “ZP” will no longer dare to interview its thieving partner at “Levante Co.” F. Nano no longer has corrupt friends in Italy to support him, as his corrupt friends in Albania are supporting him. But what will B. Brokaj, ZP, Dokle, Ulqini and the ‘democrats’ of their company now tell Nano and the people, whom they have been deceiving for so many years? Will they say that Italy, too, is dictatorial, and that its government must resign? No, gentlemen! The corrupt, conservative and Nazi communist spectacle of the PS, led by F. Nano, is over. The justice systems of two states have stood shoulder to shoulder for the cause of European humanity and Albania’s survival. The documented reality of the communist degeneration of the Nano clan has been publicly exposed as a failure. The era of Nano, the era of corruption, the era of the thieving and corrupt president and prime minister, is being brought before the law. Justice will not remain silent. It will act with determination and dedication, to expose the dark side of corruption in the Nano-Alia cabinet, to show the long-suffering people who the thieves of millions of dollars are—the people of revenge and the unreformed demagogues of the PS/SH. Nano and his criminal, corrupt lawyers failed because the system and ideal they had set out to build had failed; their Bolshevik mission had failed—to keep Albania poor and desolate forever. accused of corruption in the aid to Albania, among whom are the names of Xhani De Mikelis and his deputies, as well as Xh.Pergnola, president of “Levant Co” of Bari. When B.Cela declared that Italian justice had found him innocent! “ZP,” “KJ,” “24 Ore” attacked; K.Islami, L.Çuçi, S.Brokaj, N.Dokle and M.Ulqini attacked; “the pensioners and former communists attacked, defending their thieving leader, but Blerim Çela and the deputy prosecutor of Rome raised the voice of accusation and drew up arrest warrants. The communist leader Fatos Nano, who unfairly deprived his own people of 9 million dollars in Italian aid, together with the favored speculator of the Ali-Nano duo, Xh.Pergnola of “Levant Co,” is accused by Italian justice and the Albanians. The communist conservative F.Nano, who began his political career as a gentle lamb, is ending it as a thief! His attempts at revenge, to overthrow the government and cause unrest in Tirana and Kuçove, resemble the efforts of a gravely wounded man trying to bring down the world. Nano is defended neither by the 1,000–2,000 pensioners of Tirana, nor by the 300 Enverists of Kuçove and Zvica, nor by the 25 new PS members in Fush-Kruje, nor by his parliamentary group, filled with criminals, spies, thieves, swindlers, fascists and drunks. Nano cannot even be defended by the deputy S.Brokaj, with his fascist speeches, against whom the accusation of stealing 40 tons of French medical aid for Albania has still not been dropped, from when he was Minister of Health. This is precisely the source of his extremism in defending F.Nano’s corruption: by defending Nano, he defends his own corruption and the government’s black files, and opens the door to corruption—the Nano government. S.Brokaj’s Bolshevik, slavish and fascist oratory in parliament may be linked to Nano’s statement in Switzerland, according to which “the PS always frees one deputy who stands up in parliament and says what must not be said, what is not right!...” And Brokaj is playing this role very well, except that his failure is unmistakable. Nano’s corruption is defended by the dictator of April 2, Gramoz Ruçi; the butcher of Fush-Arez, Ylli Bufi; the minister who closed the National University, Kastriot Islami; and others, corrupt to the core, S.Brokaj and P.Alia, the fascist journalists of “ZP,” M.Moçkovoda and Luan Rama, children of

Anyone observing today’s political developments will have no difficulty understanding the declared alliance between the communists and the motionists. This alliance, which reflects the same political groupings in the country and the same process in the development of extreme neo-communism, has as its aim to turn back the democratic processes and draw them into the bosom of the PD. This alliance was secret at first; it took shape during the government of stability, was openly exposed after the Democrats’ victory on 22 March 1992, and turned to aggression after the elections of 26 July—a victory achieved to the satisfaction of the PS, especially thanks to the motionist-communist alliance. Now this black alliance had everything in common: the stories against democracy, the theses against reform, the attacks on foreign policy, the idea of the communities’ union (which remained a lament for these two groups of careerists), their attitude toward the dictator E. Hoxha, their inspiration for joint actions devised by the State Security and veterans of the Institute of Marxist-Leninist Studies, and their renewed efforts to overthrow the government and the democratic state and create a government and state with a democratic façade, while carrying within it the corrupt structure of the communist state. This alliance persists in the illegal and immoral methods used by these two forces, from communist guerrilla actions to their obscure writings and newspaper gossip—things even street thugs would not write—and on to the rallies of Nano’s Enverists, who bring the dictator’s bust out of the darkness of dictatorship. This alliance is cemented by the defense of corruption, the revanchist structures that plan it, the blacklists they draw up against Democrats, and the constant undermining of democracy. This alliance, which tramples on every political and civic ethic when the PS parliamentary group and the motionist gentlemen refused to vote for the law safeguarding fundamental human freedoms and rights, cannot be separated even by the blood and the lives of free people; they will do anything to reach the seat of power. Therefore, our society must remain constantly vigilant against this alliance of hell, which could cost the nation dearly. MUJE BUÇPAPAJ communists and motionists. This alliance, which comes as a message of the same political strata in the country and as a shared process in the development of extreme neocommunism, has the aim of turning back democratic processes—a revanchism built on the slogans of “human alliance” and “absolute freedom,” a terror stemming from the Hitlerian glorification of the black suits of the communist-motionists. But where is this alliance most clearly crystallized? First, it has distinguished itself through megalomania and a lack of national feeling in the anti-Albanian propaganda carried out by the miserable ambassadors of these two forces in Europe, even in its highest forums: propaganda about instability in Albania, the overthrow of democracy, mass unrest, neodictatorship, right-wing revanchism, and so on. This dreadful propaganda, unified by a joint communist-motionist command, has barked so loudly in Europe’s clubs that people have said new elections are being prepared in Albania!!! Why would these souls, sold to communism and the State Security service, do this? First of all, to destroy the good image that democratic Albania has created in the world, and to claim that supposedly nothing has changed there. Secondly, to create fear and insecurity among foreign investors by artificially dramatizing the political situation in Albania. And thirdly, by portraying the sociopolitical situation as complicated, they promote PAD and PS as the only forces capable of giving a positive direction to developments in Albania. This has marked the propaganda, or the rotten lies, of the motionists and communists, which has been detailed down to the smallest point according to a joint plan, including the theses to be used against the democratic state and President Berisha. Within the country, meanwhile, this alliance has long since crystallized. The communists had worked for a long time to secure this alliance, beginning when they arranged for the degraded core of the motionists to be placed in the service of the State Security service, or ...

On Friday, the President of the Republic of Albania, Sali Berisha, received the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China, who presented his credentials. A new procedure to be used at our counters following the granting of a licence to issue travellers’ cheques was the purpose of the seminar held on Friday morning. The seminar, led by Ms. Xhejn Tank, head of the Central and Eastern Europe section at the International Travelers Cheque Centre, highlighted the benefits for Albanian travellers: the opportunity to obtain travellers’ cheques of all types and values at the various foreign-currency counters, in exchange for the amount paid in, the possibility of replacement in the event of loss, and their practical use.

The Ambassador of the Italian Republic to our country, Mr. Paolo Foresti, at the invitation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Alfred Serreqi, made a working visit on Thursday to the city of Shkoder, a centre of Albanian Catholicism which, before liberation, had close economic, commercial and cultural ties with Italy. At meetings with the chairman of the district council, Ali Kazazi, the city’s mayor, Filip Guraziu, the head of the Public Order branch and others, they discussed renewing the city’s cooperation with Italy and the possibility of investment by Italian companies in various sectors. Mr. Foresti promised to bring well-known Italian investors to Shkoder to help reactivate industry through the creation of joint ventures and the opening of new branches, which would make it possible to provide people with jobs. The good example set by the “Adelchi” shoe-manufacturing company was cited in this regard. During his stay in Shkoder, Mr. Foresti also visited the building where the former Italian Consulate in Shkoder carried out its activities, as well as the city’s Cathedral, where he was received by the Archbishop, Dom Zef Simoni.

On Friday, the President of the Republic of Albania, Sali Berisha, received the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China, who presented his credentials. People’s Republic of China, who presented his credentials. Present at the credential-presentation ceremony were the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Alfred Serreqi; the Secretary-General of the Presidency, Koles Topalli; the director of the Third Directorate at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Leonard Domi; the President’s diplomatic adviser, Fatos Beja; and diplomats from the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China.

Unlike many cultural centers, the one in the city of Përmet has not stopped its activities. In recent days, the Cultural Association “Vellezerit Frasheri,” in cooperation with the district museum, organized a jubilee session dedicated to People’s Artist Mentor Xhemali. People’s Artists Mustafa Kranja and Avni Mula also spoke at the session. The event concluded with the folklore group “Vellezerit Frasheri,” of which the renowned singer, People’s Artist Mentor Xhemali, was also a member. Also, the cultural group “Vellezerit Frasheri,” at the invitation of the “Dora Strati” Institute of Folk Culture in Athens, is preparing to travel to Greece in the coming days to perform.

The reconstruction of Tirana’s electricity network will be completed by the end of July, our reporter learned at the city municipality. Following debates and exchanges between the work teams of the Municipality and the Albanian Electric Power Corporation, work has been stepped up to carry out investments in this area worth 6.5 billion lire, assistance from the Italian government for the capital. Seventeen state and private contracting companies are carrying out the final works on 36 electrical substations, while also building 29 more substations. In addition, nine other installation companies have dug 13 kilometers of trenches, laying the cable system in them; alongside this, they are working to dig another 11 kilometers of trenches. As a result of the work under way, residents of Tirana are already beginning to notice an improvement in the electricity supply. ATSH

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—Fatos Nano and his gang—a huge stain of corruption and a disgrace for the PS and the alternative it represents .