Prime Minister Aleksandër Meksi declared that the principled goal of the current government and of the future one, after the implementation of the deep reform in the public administration, will be to cut by 15 percent the employees paid from the state budget. This will create annual savings in state budget expenditures of at least 1 billion lek. Prime Minister Meksi made this statement in the People's Assembly, in his speech during the plenary session on the occasion of the discussion of the political program of the Council of Ministers and the new government cabinet. Prime Minister Aleksandër Meksi said that the coalition government until June 1996 will carry out transformations in its structure as a result of the necessary changes in the country's economic structures and of the continuing demands for greater professionalism and success in government. According to him, the reduction in the number of ministries and their orientation according to the main functions, into ministries of economic development and social affairs, alongside the classic ministries of public order, defense, justice, foreign affairs, etc., as well as the changes in the structure of the government, are adjustments to the market economy structure and will be carried out in such a way as to affect operational structures as little as possible. From the merging or amalgamation of ministries and institutes, fewer ministries will be created, but stronger and more capable ones in following the reform in the market economy. In the new government, the Ministry of Trade and Tourism, the Ministry of Labor, Emigration and Social Welfare will be created, and the Ministry of Economic Protection will be abolished. Likewise, the Ministry of Education will be merged with that of Culture, Youth and Sports, while health and the environment will be placed in a single ministry. The Prime Minister said that the experience so far in democratic governance, especially in building the system of laws and administration, has been such that ministers of previous governments have often played the role of coordinators of the implementation of the reform, while executive tasks have been carried out by the bureaucratic apparatus of the ministries. He added that this role will continue to be strengthened, but the ministries will be smaller and with fewer links. (Continues on page 2 )

The latter are even more necessary, because at the current rate of entry of the new workforce into the labor market, with economic growth of 6-7 percent, I would need no less than 20 years for a gradual easing of unemployment. Thus, despite the satisfactory pace of economic growth in the last four years, unemployment is capable of rising already in the short term, that is, in the next 2-3 years. This explains the need to continue economic reform at a high pace in the coming years. This would also require achieving a high level of growth, at least 8-10 percent per year, in order to ensure faster employment rates. This requires not only increasing investment, but also directing it toward sectors and activities that need more labor than capital. These criteria have been considered in an overall way by the new government in drafting its program, so that it presents general and harmonized solutions to economic objectives with social ones. (Continues on page 2 )

With this government, historical consolidation has a pluralist governance forward line, because there will be the official reports and economic separation with needs...? Albanians are trying to consolidate the climate of political distrust of the KE, that they will manage to govern the TESH and the TISH government and the government of... "KPD..." The PD and its allies have every right to be optimistic because the government is being built with a new team, with a new mentality and with a clearer approach to reform. However, the results remain the main test. (Continues on page 2 )

Interview with Mr. Halit Tugu, Director of KESH Question: The independent press has just come out, and several opposition forces in the country have echoed the latest statements regarding the privatization of the Albanian electricity sector. What is the truth? Answer: KESH is one of the country's most strategic enterprises and any manipulation around it must be seen with great responsibility. The data recently published about energy imports, costs and privatization are in some cases inaccurate. Question: Is there a concrete plan? Answer: Yes, but it must be based on real analyses and on the public interest. (Continues on page 2 )

Speech to the General Assembly of the PD, 2 Tritan Shehu This government opinion, which has been part of parliament in government with such a cabinet, will achieve reform with a relatively calm cost. This is because, first and foremost, the reform will be linked to the creation of a stable climate of public trust. (Continues on page 2 )

Their iron framework, between the Ethem Beu mosque and the Clock Tower, on 17.12.1994, in the morning. One day before this date, more than 500 Muslim believers gathered in front of the Ethem Beu mosque and the Clock Tower, where they asked the authorities for a solution for the return of the headquarters of the Albanian Muslim Community. Their protest was carried out peacefully. (Continues on page 2 ) Their iron framework, between the Ethem Beu mosque and the Clock Tower...

Private bakeries produce around 450 kv of bread 20 December. The newspaper published a chronicle entitled "Bread in the capital Tirana". In the chronicle of the 12th, in the first column and on page 2, it was stated that in Tirana private bakeries produce around 300 kv of bread. Following complaints received, we clarify that their production has reached around 450 kv of bread. (Continues on page 2 )

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