Genocide in the dock 16 families denounce Ramiz Alia Another sweeping denunciation has been filed with the General Prosecutor’s Office in Tirana. This time the denunciation bears the signatures of 16 families from the districts of Shkodër and Malësi e Madhe. They denounce the former last president of the dictatorship, Ramiz Alia. Also named is the former Minister of the Interior, Hekuran Isai. The subject of the denunciation concerns the tragic fate of the years ‘90–‘91. The victims are young people, very young, who dreamed of a better life, but the bullet of the red criminals cut short their dreams and took their lives from behind. The decrees and laws had changed. But only to be thrown in the eyes of international opinion and to make it seem to Albania that dictatorship was a thing of the past. But the dictators were in power. In Tirana they were preparing their own farce, the 10th congress to rename, by decision of the Political Bureau of the PPSH, the PS, while giving orders as they had done 50 years earlier. They killed, they shot the innocent young people in the back again. In the latest denunciation, the victims of Alia and the others have concrete names. They are called Pellumb Palloka, Anton Hali, Vat Beqi, Elez Kruja, Dule Markan, Olsen Lorja, etc. Hypocrisy turned into law sentenced their “crime” to 6 months in prison or a fine, but they paid a very high price. They were removed from life so as to find the state power that Ali, Isai, and the last servants of the same line continued to serve, obeying Nano, Ruçi and company. The innocent killings, the genocide that was carried out against this people, have only just begun to emerge. Only the tip of the iceberg has been illuminated. But along with it, the reasons have also been illuminated for why today’s renewed socialists “judoed,” uprooted the customs and began the seventh dictatorial campaign. They have not broken with crime. They cannot break with it. Crime is today in the leadership of the PS. It orders, insults, and blackens democracy. The former Prime Minister Nano and his former Interior Minister Ruçi, under Alia’s blessing, continued with killings and abuses, above all the bloodshed in Shkodër, bleeding Albania. Today the victims call for the criminal to be held to account. The families of Paloka, P. Beqi, Mr. Halili, and Mr. Pellumbi demand justice. The victims of Gramsh demand justice. The victims of Pukë and Fushë Arrëz want the criminals to answer. The blood shed in Shkodër calls for the authors and designers of the crime. All of them speak clearly. Democracy must live pure. Therefore the rule of law must act. Therefore the law on genocide has been greeted by Albanians with a single voice.

TELEGRAM To the President of the Republic of Kosovo, Mr. Ibrahim Rugova To the family and relatives of Prof. Anton Çeta PRISHTINE With profound sorrow I received the news of the death of Professor Anton Çeta, one of the most distinguished personalities of the Albanian nation. On this occasion I send to you, to your family and to all fellow countrymen my condolences. The name of Anton Çeta is linked to the development of our Albanological sciences, to the courageous efforts, or to the struggles of the Albanian people for freedom and national and human rights. A clear, scientific and outstanding scholar, a great humanist and a tireless fighter for freedom and democracy, throughout his life he worked with dedication, contributing valuable work in many fields of knowledge, as a folklorist, ethnographer, writer, translator, but also as an eminent public figure and deputy of the Republic of Kosovo, always linking his work ever more closely with the lives of his fellow countrymen, with their wounds and sufferings, with their aspirations and future. Prof. Anton Çeta, by touching and healing the deep wounds of his compatriots, lived on in the hearts of Albanians, in poverty and misery as a wise man and legendary figure of reconciliation. Joining my sorrow to that of all Albanians, I express the conviction that his name and work will remain forever unforgotten. SALI BERISHA

Don Quixotes no longer have a place in Albanian political life 7–8 November are celebrated in the PS Don Quixotes no longer have place in Albanian political life It is not a sensation but a reality. In the headquarters of the PS, the Day of the Communist Revolution in Russia and the day of the plenum of the Party of Labour of Albania were celebrated, not illegally but openly. Almost all the top figures who had been courting the electorate in the last elections in the PS gathered in Pellumbi’s office in front of the bust of Marx standing on his desk. It is not known whether there, as in the past, the young bureaucrats swore to follow Marxist-Leninist principles to the end, but it is known for sure that they were delighted at the moment when on TV screens from Moscow there appeared two groups of nostalgics holding up a bust of Stalin. But Pellumbi, Ruçi and Dokle were not alone. Outside the headquarters and in its corridors many of those who on 16 October had been seen at the dictator’s grave had gathered. All these rituals seem not to be done for the first time since the old political bureau of the PLA took the decision to form the renewed PLA, otherwise called PSSH, but this time the fact is striking that the celebration was not kept secret. It clearly seems that soon Pellumbi and Ruçi will come out to declare that, just as Marx, Lenin and Stalin are upheld by many left-wing parties in Europe, so too the PS “renewed” should not fail to include them in its program. Anything can be expected from those who call the democracy for which Albanians voted on 22 March 1992 “a test that disappointed the masses,” who today cannot bear to return to where they were. Anything can be expected from those who in their 50-year-old organ publicly declare that Albanians are supposedly outraged by “the destruction of cooperatives and farms by people who carried PD cards and raised two fingers high...” Anything can be expected from those who only a few months ago considered the Security police criminals while at the same time “victims of today’s propaganda.” Anything can be expected from those who describe today’s workers as “worse than the officials of the dictatorship.” Anything can be expected from those who publicly celebrated 7–8 November despite the fact that they have publicly expressed all their aims to gather with one purpose only: to go back to Marx, Lenin, Stalin and Hoxha. But they are gravely mistaken. There is no longer room for these new Don Quixotes in Albanian political life.

Among the highest political personalities, present to honor Rabin’s memory was also the President of Albania, Sali Berisha Rabbi’s last farewell Respect, tears, pride for the man of peace Among the highest political personalities, present to honor Rabin’s memory was also the President of Albania, Sali Berisha More than one million Israelis yesterday gave their final farewell to the Israeli prime minister, the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, Yitzhak Rabin. The coffin with Rabin’s body was placed in front of Parliament on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem from the memorial, where he is buried with all the leaders of Israel, and war heroes. PRESIDENT BERISHA CONDEMNS THE KILLING OF PRIME MINISTER RABIN In a statement to TVSH, the President of the Republic, Sali Berisha, condemned the barbaric act of the killing of the Israeli prime minister Rabin. The killing of the prime minister Rabin, he said, was a tragic event, through which the Israelis lost the life of one of their most distinguished figures, one of the architects of peace in the Middle East. For this life greater than the life of freedom, Israel testifies to a true generation of peace. who, together with Yasser Arafat, have been brought to life in a peaceful process, would be a model for all humanity. But those who are convinced that this barbaric act will not endanger, will not harm the future of peace as it had been designed and as it should be, founder Rabin. On this occasion, also the head of state expressed my deepest condolences to the Rabin family, the children of Prime Minister Rabin, the government, the people of Israel, President Weizman. The President Berisha and his wife were delegated to Israel to honor the memory of Prime Minister Rabin. TELEGRAM FROM PRIME MINISTER MEKSI ADDRESSED TO CHAIRMAN OF THE IS SIMON PERES the temporary office holder in the function of Prime Minister of Israel Jerusalem Your Excellency, With deep sorrow and indignation I learned of the attack against Prime Minister Rabin, which caused the loss of his life. This is a criminal act against peace in the Middle East without which there is no cultural pluralism, economic progress, market economy, industry, science, achievements and repetition, and finally, democracy and equality. He was a hero and every approach of a man equally noble above the mountain of hatred, division and fear on an insecure road of hope. Deeply affected by the great loss, he joins the grief of the Israeli people and expresses my condolences, and, the members of the family. ALEKSANDER MEKSI Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Albania (Continues on page 2)

Memoirs of former U.S. Secretary of State, James Baker, about Albania Memoirs of former U.S. Secretary of State, James Baker, about Albania Taken from Radio “Voice of America” Chapter 26 of the memoirs of the former U.S. Secretary of State, James Baker, titled “From Berlin to the Balkans” begins by citing a statement by Sali Berisha, leader of the Albanian opposition: “We have killed communism but now we are fighting its remains, which are still toxic” In the section below, Mr. Baker speaks about his visit to Tirana in 1991. He describes the road from the airport to the capital as well as the unusual welcome that the Albanians gave him. The more I approached the center of Tirana, the bigger the crowd became, and the more slowly we moved, recalls the former Secretary of State in his book “The Road Near 2 (Continues on page 2)

The disinformation of “Gazeta Shqiptare” When asked by “RD” about an article in “Gazeta Shqiptare” that had written nonsensically that “the PD had gathered to discuss excluding certain individuals from the Law on genocide,” Mr. Spahia said: The law on genocide is completely clear When asked by “RD” about an article in “Gazeta Shqiptare” that had written as if the parliamentary party PD had gathered to discuss the exclusion from the Law on genocide of certain specific persons, Mr. Spahia said: The information given by “Gazeta Shqiptare” contains many falsehoods. The journalist who wrote that notice is disinforming in a shameless manner when he says that soon there will be a meeting of the parliamentary group and the elected This is not true. It is also not true that there had allegedly been a broad meeting at the PD headquarters regarding the implementation of the law against a polemical group in the PD, exclusion from the law of those who have scientific degrees. On the contrary, every effort has been requested to remove the scientific degrees of those who are affected by the genocide law. But the law is completely clear, well defined, down to the level of where the responsibility for the crimes against humanity and genocide against Albanians reaches. It also clearly specifies the deadline for the government to issue the implementing bylaws related to the law. So the notice of “Gazeta Shqiptare” in my view only aims to arouse confusion.

A PDSH delegation at the EPP congress On 5 November 1995, at the Eurobuilding Hotel, in Madrid, the 11th Congress of the European People’s Party (EPP) began its work, in which a delegation of the PDSH also took part, led by Mr. Albert Brojka, chairman of the Tirana branch. Among others, at the opening session the following spoke: Wilfred Martens, chairman of the EPP, Klaus Welle, secretary general of the EUCD, Jacques Santer, president of the European Commission, and Jose Maria Aznar, chairman of the People’s Party of Spain. At the start of the proceedings, on Mr. Martens’ proposal, a minute of silence was held to honor the figure of Yitzhak Rabin, former prime minister of Israel, and the 11th EPP Congress adopted a resolution on this tragic murder. In his greeting, he emphasized the right of the European right to unite and to lead Europe forward, since the strength of the right is that it can connect Europe at this stage of development. Klaus Welle called on Europe to build all democracies and not be tied to the socialists. Martens regarded Welle’s words as a new spirit and a mentality that should find a place in the EPP. After the greetings, Mr. Brojka met with Klaus Welle, who conveyed the greetings of the General Secretary of the PD, Mr. Tritan Shehu. Mr. Brojka also met with the delegation of the Democratic Party of Greece, made up of the Chairman of the New Democracy Group in the Council of Europe, and Mrs. Marieta Gionako- Kokionkou, secretary for their international relations, to whom he issued the official invitation that a delegation of New Democracy led by Mr. Eveni should visit Albania. The EPP Congress continues its work.

“On the marked lack of vigilance and the grave mistakes of Kadri Hazbiu at the time when he was Minister of the Interior” From the Plenum meeting: “On the marked lack of vigilance and the grave mistakes of Kadri Hazbiu at the time when he was Minister of the Interior” Enver Hoxha: “And it had to be negotiated that Beqir Balluku had taken part in the Tirana Conference, then he would no longer be minister, but they would have cut off his head” PAGE 5

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