. When Enver Hoxha and his entourage launched hostile fist campaigns or hostile fist campaigns, or purges, anti-national and anti-Western campaigns, he placed propaganda and demagoguery at the service of his malicious and ominous purpose. Anonymous collectives expressed solidarity, and PPSH organizations expressed solidarity as soon as the impression was created that all Albanians had eagerly awaited the destruction of churches and mosques, had eagerly awaited the break with the USA, the USSR and China, as if they had eagerly awaited collectivization and self-isolation. AND at the forefront of this fantasy stood the most conservative part of the regime, supported by uneducated veterans and robots. R. Alia chose precisely this approach to oppose 2 April, 8–9 December, 20 February... and this same approach was chosen by the heir leader of the Hoxha-Alia duo, Fatos Nano, to oppose 12 March and, most recently, the State Audit’s accusations of declared corruption against Fatos Nano. The pattern follows familiar communist methods. The chief police officer behind the 2 April massacre, Gramoz Ruçi; the corrupt minister Sabit Brokaj; the demagogue who violated his profession by closing the National University, Kastriot Islami; the fascist editor-in-chief of “ZP” after pluralism, Namik Dokle; the journalist from the “SS” groups of “ZP” after pluralism, Musa Ulqini; the corrupt and accused minister Pajtim Ajazi; the polyglot of war crimes and efforts to shamelessly defend the old associate of the Institute of Marxist-Leninist Studies, Fatos Nano. This conservative, Bolshevik and anti-democratic clan has risen with fists raised, as its only solution for defending its own crimes and corruption, to protect the former prime minister, corrupt and thief of 9 million dollars in Italian aid, Fatos Nano. The rallies with Tirana pensioners ended with the pensioners’ demand for work. The rally of pensioners in front of Parliament ended with the chants: “Long live E. Hoxha and F. Nano!” The Kukova rally ended with the failed attempts of the social-Enverists to (Continued on page 4)

The Albanian Prime Minister, Mr. Aleksander Meksi, held a meeting with the Greek Prime Minister, Mr. Micotaqis, in Athens. The two prime ministers assessed the particular importance of this meeting. At the meetings Mr. Meksi held with Mr. Micotaqis, they discussed the possibility of opening the way soon for Greek investments in Albania, as well as cooperation in a number of fields. The two prime ministers also discussed the crisis in the Balkan region. Mr. Micotaqis stressed on this occasion that Greek policy is one of good friendship, which will be further put into practice through agreements to be concluded in the future, as well as a treaty of friendship between the two countries. He also spoke about the possibility of seasonal employment for Albanians in Greece. Mr. Micotaqis expressed satisfaction with Mr. Berisha’s statement concerning the Greek minority in Albania and described it as a bridge of friendship between the two peoples. Mr. Meksi offered cooperation in tourism and other fields. Meanwhile, Mr. (Continued on page 4)

Prime Minister Sulejman Demirel was elected by Parliament as Turkey’s ninth president. During his swearing-in, he said he expected to combine impartiality with engagement on major issues. His election filled the vacancy left by Turgut Ozali. Turkey must now find a prime minister to replace Demirel, 68, who has headed the governing coalition for the past 18 months. “It is unthinkable that the president... should have no impartiality or adopt a position that could cast doubt on his impartiality,” Demirel stated in his oath-taking speech. “However, it would be wrong to interpret impartiality as avoiding national and international problems of a political nature, and as absolute non-participation in national affairs,” he said, acknowledging that the presidential powers provided for in the constitution drafted by the military regime in 1982, [the source text repeats the preceding passage and is incomplete]. (Continued on page 4)

At the invitation of Belgium’s Foreign Minister, Mr. Vili Klass, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Alfred Serreqi, departed for an official visit to Brussels. During his visit, bilateral talks will address relations between the two countries and prospects for their development. The ministers are expected to sign a joint political declaration concerning bilateral relations and cooperation between the two countries in the bodies and international organizations to which they belong. During their stay in Brussels, our delegation will meet with the Council of Europe, NATO Secretary General Mr. Manfred Werner, and senior officials of these two international organizations. These high-level meetings will discuss the regional crisis and its resolution. “RD” CORRESPONDENT

The launch of Operation “Tangentopoli” and the arrest of Xhuzepe Santoro, a senior official at Italy’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs who dealt with aid for developing countries, once again rekindled the suspicions that had been gnawing at ordinary Albanians for nearly two years regarding corruption in the arrival of Italian aid in Albania. It was not long before, recently, the chairman of the State Control Service, Berim Cela, presented a report on this matter to Parliament. The Socialists’ forceful reaction was also to be expected, since uncovering the truth about Italian aid in Albania would discredit them and, to some extent, loosen their grip on power. One of the crucial points in Cela’s report on corruption by the communist governments in connection with Italian aid to Albania was the appointment of the Italian-Yugoslav company “Levante Co” to deliver this aid. On the one hand, it seemed somewhat unnatural for the Albanian state to have a hand in appointing this company for the task. And this is what the Socialists base their outcry on, in defense of their leader, Nano. Indeed, the question naturally arose: “On what basis would the Albanian government appoint an Italian company to bring Italian aid to Albania, when, under Italian law, this should have been done by the Italian government?” Moreover, as Mr. Nano himself said in a televised debate some time ago, a kind of competition between various Italian firms should have been held for this purpose. But the links between “Iliria Holding” and Haxhid Sajne, this international swindler, and “Levante Co,” as well as the connection between the son of former president R.Alia and the administrator of this firm, gave rise to considerable suspicion that the Albanian government may have influenced the appointment of “Levante Co” to bring Italian aid to Albania. The appointment of “Levante Co” by the Italian government would be an argu- (Continued on page 2)

THE COURT OF APPEAL ADDS A FURTHER 2 YEARS OF IMPRISONMENT TO Nexhmije Hoxha Today, it begins for everyone: on 27 January 1993, the Tirana District Court sentenced Nexhmije Hoxha to 9 years’ imprisonment for misappropriation of property, and Kino Buxheli, former director of the Record Directorate, to 4 years’ imprisonment for abuse of office. They appealed this unchanged ruling to the Court of Appeal. In the morning, the second-instance trial of the criminal case against both defendants took place in a courtroom of this court. The panel consisted of Nikoletta Kita, presiding, and Arqile Ndini and Zyfil Beqo as members. In a letter read aloud by the presiding judge in court, Nexhmije Hoxha stated that she did not consider it appropriate to take part in this trial and that she had appointed her lawyer, Mr. Dhimiter Beshiri, to defend her case. After once again reading the Tirana Court’s ruling against both defendants, panel member Mr. Arqile Ndini announced the protest by the district prosecutor, Mr. Avni Doçi, who considered the Tirana Court’s ruling unjust. In his view, Nexhmije Hoxha should have answered for the misappropriated sum of 498,000 lekë, not 32,960, the amount for which she was convicted. As for defendant Kino Buxheli, the district prosecutor argued that the finding of guilt for abuse of office was correct, but that he should also have been held accountable for misappropriation of property. The appeal submitted by defendant Nexhmije Hoxha was then read, and... (Continued on page 4)

The Meksi government will pursue the fight against corruption to the very end. On Monday, 15 May 1993, a meeting between the citizens of Elbasan and the chairman of the Democratic Party of Albania, Mr. Eduart Selami, was held at the city cinema “11 Nentori.” The large turnout showed the citizens’ interest in the meeting. After the occasion was introduced and a welcome was extended by Mr. Agim Hoxha, chairman of the steering council of the Democratic Party branch in Elbasan, Mr. Eduart Selami took the floor amid warm applause. The chairman of the Democratic Party spoke highly of these traditions and closely linked them to the great support that all the people of Elbasan had given over the past three years in the struggle for democracy. The people of Elbasan, Mr. Eduart said, see their great desire for freedom, social justice, culture and democracy embodied in the Democratic Party’s political, economic and social program, and that is why they have stood and continue to stand by it in all the campaigns. In his speech, Mr. E. Selami focused on recent events involving the exposure of the corruption that has engulfed the Socialist Party’s staff and, above all, its leader, Fatos Nano. For our people, the crime of misappropriating aid given to us in difficult times by the Italian government and people is extremely grave, because it concerns children’s lives. The evidence gathered so far is sufficient to expose the corruption and crime of Fato Nano and his associates. Now the time has come for honest members of the Socialist Party to distance themselves from their corrupt leaders, Mr. E. Selami stressed. As for punishing them through the law, which was of great interest to those present in the hall, Mr. Eduart said that this would certainly happen, but stressed that it is already known that in many cases the judicial authorities have shown sluggishness and become an obstacle to tackling corruption. These authorities have several times blocked the proper work of the authorities [text continues, cut off at the bottom] democratic; therefore, it has become an urgent necessity to cleanse them of elements from the past and replace them with people committed to justice and democracy in Albania. These points made by the chairman of the Democratic Party won the full approval of those listening in the hall, who repeatedly interrupted him with applause. To cover up his deepening corruption, Mr. E. Selami continued, with the utmost irresponsibility, Fatos Nano has begun quixotic forays into several districts of the country. He goes there hoping to find support among those he can easily deceive with his characteristic phrase, “one word in Albanian and a hundred in foreign languages.” Naturally, he does deceive some, with the experience he has accumulated over the years in the places where he has worked, but not the whole people. He can no longer escape the facts, the truth, justice or the law. These “acts of courage” by him and the people who follow him are feigned. Their supposedly restrained movements, speeches, meetings and obfuscating interviews must never be regarded as proof of their innocence or as weakness on the part of the democratic government. On the contrary, democracy draws its strength from patience, tolerance and facing issues openly, while dictatorship is weak—the dictatorship Fatos and his associates dream of. The decree issued by the President to fight corruption, the chairman of the Democratic Party stressed, will be fully implemented by the government. It is entirely true that, in Elbasan as elsewhere in Albania, many former high-ranking officials, those who held power, and many of those who exercised violence and terror are still on the market, have amassed millions and established connections with the outside world. Where did these people get their millions, when everyone was believed to have only a low salary? How did they manage to establish connections and friendships with them?

No more and no less than what he has done in Albania ever since the day of Mr. Blerim Cela’s interpellation in the People’s Assembly. -Protest by the General Steering Committee of the PSSH, addressed to international bodies, over the violation of human rights and freedoms in Italy. -He will immediately send emissaries to Italy to stir up Albanian refugees and hundreds of thousands of Italians to hold rallies and demonstrations against the Italian government, which is conducting an anti-democratic, revanchist political campaign against his close comrades in ideals and corruption at “Levant Co” and elsewhere. -At rallies and on every page of “ZP” and its other spin-off newspapers, large headlines will call for new political elections in Italy, the resignation of the new Italian government and early elections. -Open the files on all those officials investigated by the state audit, the police and the prosecution in Italy, to examine and publicize the ties of the government and the senior officials, as well as their grandfathers and fathers, to the Italian secret service. -Accuse and denounce the Italian newspapers and RAI for their secret collaboration and mutual support with the State Audit Service of Albania, with the Meksi government and the PD, aiming to remove from the Albanian and international political horizon the chairman of the PSSH, the biggest and brightest star in the socialist constellation, the greatest fighter for defending the image and work of Enver Hoxha in Albania and throughout the world, in his theory and practice of socialism existing only in dreams and on paper. -Just as in Fushë-Krujë, thousands of Albanian and Italian refugees, girls and women, will express their wish to join the ranks of the PSSH. If 25 girls were admitted in Fushë-Krujë, in Italy the figure is expected by Comrade Fatos to reach 25,000. XHEVAT MUSTAFA

PRESIDENT BERISHA CONGRATULATES MR. SULEJMAN DEMIREL ON HIS ELECTION AS PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY On the occasion of Mr. Sulejman Demirel’s election as President of the Republic of Turkey, the President of the Republic, Mr. Sali Berisha, sent him a congratulatory telegram, in which he states, among other things: “On this occasion, on behalf of the Albanian people and in my own name, I reiterate once again the will and readiness of the Republic of Albania to further strengthen cooperation with the Republic of Turkey and the brotherly Turkish people, for their common good and for the benefit of peace and stability in the Balkan region and beyond.”

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A warm conversation between members and supporters of the Democratic Party in Elbasan and Mr. Eduart Selami.