March 4 was marked not only as a day of shame, but also as a day of failure for the social-communist leaders of the PS. G. RUÇI—the former dictator's interior minister—roams from one city to another to destabilize public order and stage more “April 2” incidents, but nobody pays him any attention. DOKLE—in Patos, out of desperation, ends up in a tavern with only 9 people... Hysni Milloshi—struggles in Tepelene to resurrect Enver's Shogata. In Tirana, the police stop a group of 8 people—former officers of the secret police of Enver Hoxha and Ramiz Alia—who intended to destabilize the situation. THE PEOPLE SAID NO TO CORRUPTION. WHOEVER BREAKS THE LAW MUST ANSWER TO IT. RESPECT TO THE DEMOCRATIC ALBANIAN PEOPLE

-The former communist prime minister F. Nano will finally answer before the courts for his crime -Not one of the PS communists protested when the right of Albanians to survive was violated at the height of the crisis, but they protest for the “rights” of the person responsible for that violation- At last, the odyssey of the “Nano case” is coming to an end. The trial panel that will hear the case today in Tirana will, after the court proceedings, issue its verdict and bring this case to a close. On Nano's own orders, the left-wing extremists, the Enverists of the PS, mobilized everything to use this ordinary case to their advantage. They lied and made as much noise as they could; the thieves called him persecuted, the criminals promoted him as a hero. For months they built a cult around crime (in fact, they have been doing this for 50 years), screamed in its defense, and now they are trying to put pressure on the justice system. While accusing others of violating the laws and Human Rights with their ultimatum-like demands, now that the trial is beginning they are shouting: “Free F. Nano.” They say Nano's rights are being violated—but did the 3 million Albanians waiting for aid at the height of the crisis not have the right to survive? It is not the first time that “ZP,” and those whom it has represented and continues to represent, have rushed to defend the rights “of those who have committed crimes,” “forgetting” that defending a criminal's rights means denying the rights of the victims. These kinds of protests have become commonplace in the opposition press. A criminal commits a murder, and those criminals at least, as police, hit him with a rubber baton. 8 million dollars “disappeared” with Nano's help. Albanians had the bread taken from their mouths at the most difficult moments, and those who suffered most were precisely the people the PS claims to defend today: the poorest sections of society. Nevertheless, the Nanoists never protested for those whose most elementary right, the right to life, was being taken away; on the contrary, they protest and demand the release of the person responsible for these violations of human rights. But, as I mentioned above, this is normal for those who, after bleeding the country dry for 50 years, after imprisoning, killing, burying people alive, torturing and interning them, protested to international organizations because they had been moved out of villas and into apartments. These absurdities would astonish anyone, but not them. Accustomed to the arrogance of the time when the communists were in power, along with the criminals who served them, they have bared their claws and thought they could regain their lost privileges (it is no coincidence that the PS claims to defend the underprivileged). But they are wrong again, as they have always been; the time has not come for criminals to regain power, but for them to answer for their crimes. EDI PALOKA

-They continue to be held in isolation by the Montenegrin authorities- Well-informed sources report that on 27 February 1994, at around 23:00, in the village called Zelenoviç, in the municipality of Ulqini, gentlemen Moikom Zego, PS deputy, and Idajet Beqiri, chairman of the PUK, were stopped by police while in a car with Yugoslav plates. They were stopped because they did not have their passports or transit visas for Yugoslavia. It is said that on that occasion they themselves admitted that they had crossed the border illegally by boat on Lake Shkodra. Both gentlemen are still being held in isolation by the competent Montenegrin authorities. What is strange is that these gentlemen crossed the Albanian border illegally! This raises a number of questions. Why did they do it? The Yugoslav embassy in Tirana believes it would certainly not have refused them an entry visa for Montenegro or elsewhere in Serbia. They are prominent figures in Albania's political life! Why did they choose to travel incognito? Could it be out of habit, from the communist tradition of cells and underground activity? If so, what is their activity that needs to be concealed, that has to be illegal? Could it be that these distinguished gentlemen—the PS deputy and the chairman of the PUK party—were involved in some kind of illegal trafficking and therefore needed to act illegally? Many assumptions can be made. In any case, one thing is clear. For none of the reasons, nor for an honest undertaking by honest men, is illegality the way to go; everything is done properly and openly. That way there would be no cause for concern or complications with the police, and unpleasant opinions that inevitably circulate in such cases would also be avoided. It is said—perhaps they had been tasked by the Fourth Comintern to make this journey in the Comintern's own way, to create problems along Albania's state borders at this tense time. To avoid going on at length, we should say that God in heaven and they on earth know everything. And the truth may be very simple indeed. Comrade Idajet may have gone there on an honorable national matter, while Comrade Moikom may have strayed there without realizing it, carried away by poetic inspiration. THE OBSERVER

-G. Ruçi, at the head of the terror campaign, seeks to provoke unrest in several districts- -Democrats show the Nanoists their place- Yesterday G. Ruçi set off on a “mission” to several southern districts to personally stir up the Nanoists’ “protests.” Although he had been well informed that the rallies had not been authorized, Ruçi was determined to lead the terror campaign and provoke unrest. But, unfortunately for him, as reports from these districts tell us, he did not manage to achieve anything. In Berat, despite the efforts of PS chairman Koco Kocianti and district chairman Nevruz Kafazi, the Nanoists failed to emerge with any dignity in front of G. Ruçi. The pensioners with “republics” who set off to gather in the center of the neighborhood, at the Palace of Culture, received only the ironic jokes of Berat’s Democratic citizens. After appearing among the pensioners once, G. Ruçi set off for Kucove. It seems that this time the “architect” of April 2’s plans did not go his way. The Democratic citizens showed them their place. PD COMMISSION 4 March. The picture does not show a retirement home, but the PS headquarters, where the “Republics” and “Bolshevik-style tapes” have gathered “under the command” of G. Ruçi to protest for the chairman.

Is he alive or dead? These days, I happened to come across a photo card of Fatos Nano. It was an unexpected surprise when a friend of mine, apparently by chance, opened his wallet and took out one of those copies with which the SP advertises its chairman, continuing the longstanding tradition of former Communist leaders. “They have been distributed everywhere,” he told me, “in towns and villages. The SP sections have been ordered to equip their supporters with a photograph of the ‘leader’. In time, larger-format ones will also be prepared for frames to be placed in the sitting room or bedroom, while (Continued on page 4)

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5:00–6:00 p.m. - The rule-of-law state, mobilized and determined to defend itself, public order and democracy, and the continuity of the ideals of December 1990. - Instead of the army of tens of thousands announced by “ZP” for Fatos Nano, a gang of a few dozen people gathered. - The socialist command cannot organize, command and direct the few, aging Enverists into a confrontation with the defenders of the law and provoke unrest. - After a successful maneuver, they return gloomy and chastened by the indifference, reproaches and mockery of the youth. - Thus the PS’s balloon about a mass campaign throughout the country in defense of Fatos Nano bursts. - Tirana once again shows that it is the greatest, most steadfast and safest stronghold of democracy. - The democratic state, the rule-of-law state, thus demonstrates its organizational and practical strength, its maturity and professionalism. Tirana, 5 March Today the leader of the new blocmen, Fatos Nano, appears in the dock, where his second mother, Nexhmija, had also stood before him. Perhaps Fatos will regret that he will not have the good fortune to hear his second father, Enver Hoxha, see how he will “make his case” in defense of old and new red corruption.