Enver’s dance of death—Nano’s dance of shame From the Socialist Party rally in Korçë It isn’t the rain’s fault that people aren’t gathering, but corruption. Even God has punished the chief of thieves. Enver’s dance of death—Nano’s dance of shame THE CANNONS ARE “FIRING” FOR FATOS NANO! From the Socialist Party rally in Korçë It isn’t the rain’s fault that people aren’t gathering, but corruption. Even God has punished the chief of thieves. The people of Korçë stamped the thief Nano with the seal of shame! The “dead souls” of communism at war with “windmills...” They shout “Down with corruption”—those who are drowning in corruption... Korçë still remembered the meetings with the President of the Republic, Mr. Sali Berisha, and the rally at the sports palace, where you could hardly throw an apple for all the people there; it remembered the enthusiasm and the faith of democratic Korçë in democracy and the DP. On the evening of 1 June 1993, as the President came out of the sports palace, hundreds and hundreds of calm people who were strolling in “Rinia” Park greeted him. In that cool air, peaceful life had returned for these people, who had emerged from dictatorship, even if they were still somewhat under its shadow. And so, immediately after this event, which would not soon be forgotten, they hurried to get to the place where duty called them. The hour passed, and Comrade Fatos still hadn’t appeared. He had shut himself in the office of Kosta Duka’s PS, and together with Dokle and Pellumbi was drawing up a protest against God! Against the God who had left neither a church nor a mosque standing. But now even God knows these cannibal faces well. He sent the fire of thunderbolts to burn them, sent hail to drown them. The Almighty God, too, punished the chief of thieves, Fatos Nano! A PITIFUL CHRONICLE OF A 15-MINUTE RALLY

Strengthening ties in all areas and the situation in the region were two issues discussed at the meeting President of the Republic Sali Berisha held on Friday with Austrian Vice-Chancellor Busek. Mr. Berisha emphasized the historical ties between the two countries and expressed his satisfaction that bilateral relations had improved rapidly and fruitfully. He expressed his gratitude to the Austrian government, which was among the first to show its readiness to provide concrete support to the Albanian people during the difficult moments they had experienced over the past three years. This interest was also expressed through the visit by Austrian Foreign Minister Alois Mock last year. President Klestil also expressed Vienna’s support for Albania during the meeting of heads of state at the Hofburg in November 1992. Regarding the situation in the region, President Berisha emphasized that Albania had continuously tried to help find a solution to the crisis in the former Yugoslavia. But action in this direction depends on others. “I am convinced that Greater Serbia, which Mr. Milošević is creating by force, will be a factor that fuels war and destabilization in the Balkans,” he said. The issue of Kosovo’s status must be put on the negotiating table, and the sanctions against Serbia and Montenegro must not be lifted until a solution is reached. Vienna’s recognition [unclear] under the control of UN and NATO troops would avert conflict and make it possible to reach an agreement. Likewise, respect for the rights of the Albanian community in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia would serve only to stabilize that country, Mr. Berisha said. He thanked Foreign Minister Mock for his positions; Mock was the first Western government official to recognize and openly express the seriousness and potential of the Albanian question in the former Yugoslavia. Regarding the situation in the region, Mr. Busek said that the two sides shared the same assessments and positions, and expressed his appreciation for the democratic Albanian government’s high standards in respecting minority rights. “You are thus setting an example for the whole region” of how such problems can be resolved, he said. Mr. Busek also expressed [unclear] that Albania’s particular value lies in the peaceful coexistence and tolerance among religions, none of which displays characteristics of fanaticism or integralism. (ATSH)

The Albanian government decided in recent days to privatize more than 500 small and medium-sized enterprises. The government made this decision to accelerate the privatization process and give as many people as possible the opportunity to become owners, according to a statement from the spokesperson for the Council of Ministers. This decision is based on the Democratic Party’s program and on the experience of other countries, especially those of the former communist countries of Eastern Europe. In drafting this decision, foreign advice was taken into account, including that of the World Bank, the IMF, etc. “This decision is also accompanied by several far-reaching decentralization measures,” the spokesperson emphasized. For example, enterprise employees receive up to 20 percent of the proceeds collected from the privatization of their enterprise. Employees are given preferential treatment in privatization, being allowed to buy the enterprise at auction for a lower price than others. Local government is allocated 28 percent of the revenue collected from privatization. The district, as part of this branch, is authorized to decide how privatization will be carried out for almost all enterprises in the district that do not exceed a certain size. The public will be notified about the enterprises to be privatized, with no fewer than four announcements in the newspaper, etc. Meanwhile, work is under way on the privatization strategy and new laws, the law on land prices, and several Council of Ministers acts implementing the law on “the return of… “What land are these people demanding back? Could it be Fatos Nano’s cooperative, or a new collectivization? Do they want to divide it up as before, like bandits, simply because they kept a rabbit at home? Meanwhile, what the Democratic Government gave them is sacred today to every honest, democratic villager, and stands as an indictment of communism! The owls of the Mera were screaming in vain! The rain that fell was cleansing Korçë of their socialist-ovenrist poison...” Eastern, formerly communist. In drafting this decision, consultations were taken into account with members of parliament, grassroots leaders, businesspeople, specialists and ... [text above cut off] (ATSH)

[The text at the top begins mid-sentence] in the DP, that evening of 1 June... The President was also greeted by hundreds and hundreds of calm people who were standing in “Rinia” Park, in that... [unclear] ... peaceful life had returned for people who had emerged from dictatorship... After this event, which would not soon be forgotten, the red mafiosi prepared the ground for the arrival of the scandal-ridden rally leader, Fatos Nano. We say this because wherever this corrupt man goes, he finds... “go qelize, successors and people of baba...” [unclear] something will surely happen... either something bad, or the road will be blocked by the “dark forces,” or there will be... a clash with the police! Unthinkable! Only Nano is followed by episodes like these. And he doesn’t forget to stage protests all the way to the President... Initially, the organizers of the little “march” of the “guerrilla youths,” the man carrying two unripe pumpkins under his arm—one being the secretary of the PS(PK,PP) in Korçë and the other the scribbler (blackie) of ZP, Comrade Koço Duka—held meetings and, in an almost clandestine manner, distributed leaflets inviting people to attend the “magnificent rally” where Fatos Nano would be present. But the old-style socialists ran into a fairly big problem: the delegation couldn’t go out into the streets of Korçë or stay in hotels, so they devised an old-style version of holding discussions face to face with “the people” in communist underground bases, especially in the villages. And the day came. 4 June 1993. After a beautiful summer day, it happened... amid flashes of lightning. A huge... [unclear] that had not been seen in... years in Korçë poured through... and the characteristic streets... dressed and carrying... The “Skënderbeu” stadium... had been chosen as the place to hold its rally. The elderly socialists... gathered in the shops, recalling nostalgically how “beautiful”... that time of the Hoxha era was, when they smashed... with milk bottles... or kilos of gas. ... They remained in the shops with... because of the hail, while the thunderclaps... of God... Fatos (How could they know that... had arrived!)... Corrupt Nano and... But also because of the hail... Even today...

...a church or mosque standing. But by thieves, Fatos Nano! At last the time was set at 5:15 p.m. Suddenly, the bells of St. Elijah’s church rang out. What was happening? These sounds, like those in a funeral procession, accompanied the Nano-Dokle-Pellumbi-Duka funeral party, who arrived and took their places on a makeshift platform assembled from whatever was at hand. A few old men, imported from Tirana, cleared the way for them. A crowd of 300, with four or five flags in their hands, most of them from the villages and Maligi, chanted “Socialist Party,” “Fatos Nano.” Meanwhile, another group, who had taken up positions a little farther away, burst into angry shouts: “Thief! Thief!” “Fatos Nano in handcuffs!”, “Down with communism,” “Long live Sali Berisha,” “Our heroic Korçë is with the Democratic Party.” The rally was opened by Comrade Kosta Duka, secretary of the PS in Korçë. He knows what he said. Not a word could be heard. The square roared with shouts: “Thief! Thief!” “Fatos Nano was applauding. He considered it an honor for his coterie! Then Comrade Dokle, the “presidential candidate,” took the floor and tried to stir up the pensioners, soaked by the hail, but in vain. He received the people’s “red card” and handed the microphone to Comrade Pellumb. He didn’t go on for long, frightened by the revolt of the people of Korçë, who kept shouting without pause: “Thief! Thief!” Interrupting him with chants of “Thief!” and relentless calls to put him in handcuffs, they passed the “baton” to the corrupt PS leader, Fatos Nano. He tried in vain to speak. He strained his voice several times, but nobody could hear him. He caught the flu in Korçë—the flu of the people of Korçë’s revolt and protest against his revolting corruption. He himself probably didn’t know what he said. Two or three mercenaries spoke as well; they don’t deserve attention. They were “generals who stand guard over the king’s decorations,” as Cervantes says. But what surprised us most at this rally were two or three slogans that read “Down with corruption,” carried by corrupt people, former members of the Sigurimi, who were asking... They thought they could wash themselves clean with them...

...even though they are corrupt... but also [unclear] purchases... and Nano’s corruption... CORRUPTION... [the text continues, cut off/unreadable in the upper section] THE “DEAD SOULS” OF COMMUNISM AT WAR WITH “WINDMILLS” An interesting episode was also observed. Who said the chairman of the “Enver Volunteers” association had died? Hamza Koçi, whom Korçë knows well. The association lost its seal, but Hamza did not. He quickly raised his devilishly clawed head at the rally. When a sizeable group of people greeted Fatos with shouts of “Thief! Thief! Thief in handcuffs!”, Comrade Hamza forgot his chronic illnesses, bared his teeth like a gladiator, and charged forward with his umbrella open, to attack, like DON QUIXOTE, the “windmills.” I say windmills because none of the dozens of young men angrily shouting about the thief Nano intended to concern themselves with “dead souls” like Hamza and his comrades. In fact, those young men laughed when they saw the last remnant of communism dying. THE PEOPLE OF KORÇË STAMPED THE THIEF NANO AND HIS COMPANY WITH THE SEAL OF SHAME... And so this 15-minute rally came to an end. We, two journalists, followed it closely. We know that Luan M. Rama and the other scribblers will call it “magnificent,” but will they be able to hide the sad, disappointed faces of the honest socialists who silently went home with their heads bowed? It seems difficult. In the background remained, fists raised to salute their party leader and the tragicomic gentleman: Comrade Stavri Jano, former head of personnel of the PP, and Vasili Nemçja, who vainly searched in the rain for the lost seal... But amid shouts of “Thief!”, Comrade Nano hurried away toward his car, as if trying to cover up the traces of a mafia crime. Democratic and stamped his company with the seal of shame too...

The “prophecies” about PAD are coming true It was impossible for Security Directorate spies and persecuted people, idealists whose “ideal” was based solely on hatred of the PD leaders, and intellectuals and anti-intellectuals to coexist in one party. When PAD appeared on the scene, many ideas, assumptions and truths emerged about its role and life. Of course, in a democratic country, any group of people with common interests can form an organization to defend those interests. From the outset, many people described PAD as unsuccessful and short-lived, basing this assessment precisely on the points mentioned above: the common interests that brought people together in a political or social grouping. PAD could not survive as a party because people with different interests and even different convictions joined it. The largest group in that party consisted of careerists, those who, after losing their posts in PD, hurried to take up posts in another party. The party also included Security Directorate collaborators (by now known, even within their own party). Many also joined PAD whose only “ideal” was tied to the hatred of someone who, being below, wants to make those above him feel as much pain as possible, and whom he cannot overtake by other means. But others joined that party too: young people who may have had democratic ideals, but mixed with an ambition that exceeded their capabilities. The latter, together with a group of intellectuals, may genuinely have dreamed of creating a party of intellectuals, a party of idealists, but with ideals that crossed from democracy into anarchy. Being idealists, they completely lost their ideal

The “prophecies” about PAD are coming true Twenty-eight percent of the revenue collected from privatization is made available to the local authorities. A branch board of the Privatization Agency is formed by members of the local authorities ... [text above cut off] ... ideal. (Continued on page 4)

A group of businesspeople from the Italian-Albanian Institute, headed by its president, Senator Zanibanleti, arrived in our country on Friday. This privately owned Institute includes presidents of powerful Italian companies and corporations such as FIAT, ARISTON, SIP, FOCHI, etc.

These past few days, the capital experienced disruptions in the bread supply. Residents managed to obtain this product only in the late hours of the night. Given that the regular bread supply had been stable for some time, the anomaly of the day before yesterday could not go unnoticed. Saying that it would not happen again in the future, we contacted the distribution director, who explained that our observation was entirely correct. Yesterday’s disruption in supply occurred because we still have no coordination with private businesses. For organizational reasons of their own, private businesses sometimes fail to ensure the usual daily supply. As a result, residents rushed to the bakeries and the shops were emptied. Certainly, the reason given by the director cannot be disregarded, but the supply problem does not seem to me to be insoluble either. “In this particular case, the capital’s bread supply should not be left to the residents’ wishes; the Trade Section of the Tirana Municipality should establish binding rules for them. Otherwise, situations like this will recur.” Z.LL