ALBANIANS DO NOT TAKE ADVICE FROM FORMER SIGURIMI MEN UKZENEL BUCPAPAJ The servants of crime, whenever they find themselves face to face with the state of repentance, at least in a retrospective way, return to what they are, recognize the trembling from sin and invent all sorts of laments in favor of the victims and supposedly against the executioners. Tools of the dictatorship, feeders thrown haphazardly to associations and parties that roam the streets and work to repair the old machine, whose dangerous wheels, which cost thousands of victims, paralyze the future of the nation for years on end, in the form of former Sigurimi men and financed by the secret police of the red nomenklatura, have long been serving the victims the idea of reconciliation with the executioners, which they call "national reconciliation," although up to this moment none of them has asked for their own black deeds to be forgiven, not even hypocritically. The beginnings of this movement are linked to the beginnings of pluralism in Albania, and its bells are being rung more now than then by the pseudo-intellectuals, because the genocide law makes it possible to separate the victimized from the victimizer, guarantees the cleansing of freedom from crime, destroys every kind of premise for class struggle, hands over the guilty to justice, closes the wounds of the masked, and thus lays the foundations of true national reconciliation. In addition, the genocide law, under conditions of freedom, creates favorable conditions for confession even for criminals and, above all, prevents the transmission of murderous and depersonalizing practices to children. Besides that, it extinguishes the pistols of Hoxha and Alia, which, loaded as they were with bullets and poison, supported the heavy assemblies fabricated by former state security agents who have committed more acts of crime and humiliation against innocent people than they have ever buried in their whole lives. Very soon the Albanian public will be enraged by the deeds and blood of these cuckoos who are trying today to sing and act like doves of peace, among whom stands out the statesman and sower of hatred Nasho Jorgaqi. Albanians, now freed from the claws of Bolshevism, do not need their mediation, these people who opened more graves than they planted fields of grain, in order to reconcile, to live in peace, and to advance. They have freedom and, under its command, they will clear all the seeds of democratic development from the thorns of the criminal psychology of the idiot type Beqir and Bedri Dedja. Therefore, the national reconciliation trumpeted by these dictatorial remnants, these men of snow, is an answer meant to cover up and conceal the social, economic, political, moral, physical and religious genocide of the red caste; it is a violation of freedom; it is blackmail against democracy; it is a sinister propaganda for the return of the communists to power; it is a grave offense to all those who were persecuted, condemned, interned, imprisoned, hanged, and unjustly shot by the Enverist dictatorship.

Interview with the President of the American-Albanian Investment Fund given to deputy editor-in-chief Edi Paloka Dr. Domenico Scaglione is one of those people who always started from zero and, thanks to their abilities and work, managed to build an outstanding career. Born in Sicily in 1951, Scaglione grew up in an orphanage and later in a religious seminary, something that helped a great deal in his relations with people. He left his homeland very young for the USA. After completing American education in the field of Finance, he graduated in Finance at Rutgers University and then began working at Citibank. It was at that time that his banking career began, although it became widely known only in recent years. From Citibank, Scaglione's career continued at the Commercial Bank of North America (today Nat West USA) and then at Chase Manhattan Bank, where in 1973 he was appointed vice president. Working alongside people such as David Rockefeller, Scaglione demonstrated his worth in almost all areas. His name also made contacts with well-known politicians such as Cuono or Kissinger preferable during political movements. In 1987, after achieving full success in banking, Dr. Scaglione began as an initiator in the creation of several Chambers of Commerce linking the USA with many European countries, with the aim of encouraging American investment in those countries. He has meanwhile been invited to take part in many international conferences and seminars on economics. A member of the boards of many American and European companies, Scaglione is currently President of the American Foreign Policy Institute, a research center for trade and investments directed to foreign countries. For his work, Dr. Scaglione has been decorated by several heads of state and by the US Congress. One year ago, Domenico Scaglione was appointed by US President Bill Clinton to the post of chairman of the board of the American Albanian Enterprise Fund (American-Albanian Investment Fund). Question: Mr. Scaglione, what does the American-Albanian Investment Fund represent? This fund was created by the will of the USA to help small and medium-sized businesses in Albania, to develop the country's needs. We seek to help these industries so that, first and foremost, they can increase employment. Secondly, we will help those enterprises that not only create local jobs but also produce goods that are currently imported. So, first employment and second production, in order to reduce imports. There is also assistance to produce goods that can be exported, so that Albania can collect foreign currency by exporting abroad. These are the principles on which the American Albanian Enterprise Fund was created. We want to help Albania a lot; we want to work together. We have not come here to give fish, nor to catch fish, as the saying goes; we have come to work together so that these means may be used according to the will of the Albanians, with help. This is what is in the spirit of my work. I am an emigrant from southern Italy who went to the USA to live with dignity, and I know what it means to be given things instead of giving. Therefore we are not here to make you feel bad; a source of help can sometimes be taken as an offense, but to work together. We will help those enterprises that are interested in the development of their country. The Fund has 30 million dollars. We know that with 30 million, for a country that has a lot to do, this is little, so we are trying to create a private fund that will have greater financing possibilities. We are holding talks with various multilateral agencies such as the European Bank, the World Bank, etc., well-known organizations, with the aim that the Fund will have greater capital to invest in Albania. I have complete confidence in Albania because I see that the population is very young, has a high level of education, at times even higher than that of many other developed countries, people have willpower and want to work with dignity, and that is very important. So, in this economy now guided by the free market, which I am convinced will give you satisfactory results and dignified development, the Fund seeks to provide its help. We want to put our technical and financial resources at your disposal in order to act together for the development of business in Albania. I hope I have explained what the mission of the Fund is. Question: What has been your activity so far, and what plans do you have for the near future? We have opened an office in Tirana's Trade Center. Unfortunately Albania, like all the other former communist countries, did not have a business information center that could help people avoid making mistakes, and therefore in this way. The goal is, as Continued on page 2 In the photo: Domenico Scaglione

On Thursday, in the hall of the "Vehbi Buharaja" Library in Berat, a working meeting was held with the PD group-section of District No. 3. Present at the meeting was also Mr. Dylber Vrioni, PD deputy of Berat. Among other things, in his speech Mr. Vrioni said: "Although in opposition until March 1992, PDSH imposed deep political and legal changes on the Albanian political reality." The socialists took this statement out of context from Mr. Dylber Vrioni. For two days in a row, "KP" and "ZP" have been distorting Mr. Vrioni's words in order to give courage to PS for the upcoming elections. "ZP" instructed its leaflet "KJ", its daughter, to deceive, so that then it could print at length the fabricated quote placed in Vrioni's mouth: "Socialists should be sure that PD will be strong even in opposition and will direct the holders of power in the interests of all Albanians," as it republishes on Sunday on the front page. On Thursday, it comforts itself. Mr. Vrioni, in his speech, did nothing other than state the truth, that when PD was in opposition it emerged that it determined many aspects of the country's political life. This was not because it was a majority in parliament; after all, the communist-socialists were the majority. But because the parliamentary majority of that time was burdened by the 2 April massacre in Shkoder, by theft, corruption, robbery, and school psychological genocide. PD was not a parliamentary majority, but it had moral power, and so it became the protagonist of the country's political life. It was PD that imposed the land law on the social-communists; it was PD of freedom and Sali Berisha that rose up against the interests of a dishonest opposition and addressed world personalities seeking the help so necessary for Albania. The embittered faces of the parliamentary majority are still remembered when US Secretary of State James Baker declared in Parliament that he was Berisha's guest. Above all, PD, with its firm stance against communism and for the establishment of a new democratic order, managed very quickly, on 22 March 1992, to put an end once and for all to the black days for Albanians.

International conference in Tirana on NATO policy in the Balkans From 17 to 19 November the Albanian North Atlantic Association, in cooperation with the NATO Press and Information Office, is organizing a conference at the Palace of Congresses on the theme of NATO policy and stability in the Balkan region. The conference will address issues of the Partnership for Peace, the activities of analogous North Atlantic associations, as well as the current political engagement of NATO in Europe and especially in the Balkan region. The conference will also be attended by members of the North Atlantic associations of the USA and other NATO member countries, as well as from the Balkan countries included in the Partnership for Peace program. ATSH

A few days ago, a delegation from the Council of Europe came to Albania to become acquainted with democratic developments. The delegation met with Albanian state officials and did not even think to ask about the opposition, what the left had to say. This fact greatly angered Pellumbi, Gjinushi and even Ceka, who were more troubled by such an attitude (and rightly so) than offended by the indifference shown toward them. One tried to console himself, while another, in despair, made one of the absurd statements that have now become common for them. "The agenda of the meetings was prepared by the PD, which does not allow them to meet with the opposition." What a ridiculous madness born only of despair. It is known that not even a foreign tourist, let alone a Council of Europe delegation, can be forced to meet with whomever one wants. The problem is that the Council of Europe delegation did not show any interest at all in meeting the opposition. Before the disappointment of the left-wing leaders over this fact had even passed, another delegation came to Albania, this time from the Venice Commission. Perhaps the opposition leaders were ready to vent on Venice what they could not vent on the Council of Europe delegation, but once again it was a flop. The Venice Commission delegation also preferred not to listen to what the opposition leaders had to say; in fact, the delegation was not even interested in the so-called "draft constitution" prepared by the illegal commissions. These kinds of "snubs" directed at the far-left opposition certainly come as bitter messages, especially when combined with declarations by politicians who see the return of the communists to power as a catastrophe. The world cannot be expected to keep looking with indifferent eyes while every day it receives letters praising every dictatorship in Albania and then rises up in defense of the bloody communist past, by those who complain that the PD left the country without a constitution and then launch into hysteria against any idea of giving Albania a Constitution. That is why the opposition leaders have reason to despair twice, since it happened again this time as well. In any case, this is good for them, because they will be prepared not to be so disappointed after their next electoral defeat. E.PALOKA

Yesterday morning, the head of the Organization Department, Mr. Mirush Muça, held a working meeting with representatives of the International Republican Institute, headed by Mr. Peter Dickinson. First, Mr. Mirush Muça gave a brief overview of the organizational structures and priorities, placing the main emphasis on the efforts and proper coordination of work among them, especially those needed to improve and strengthen the electoral outcomes through the work and broadening of the scope of party activity from the sections to the center. In addition, Mr. Mirush Muça mentioned that PDSH keeps in close contact with the International Republican Institute, which would help in raising the scope and transparency of meetings. Peter Dickinson and his colleagues understood the usefulness that the International Republican Institute will provide through the training program on organization and electoral campaign work, planning and its strategy, methodology and program. Press and Information Department

in place of "The Hazbiu File" we are publishing "The Macabre Legacy of the PS" The Hazbiu File will continue in the next issue

"A people that forgets its past is destined to relive it" Shkoder Those who killed our children must answer before the law "A people that forgets its past is destined to relive it" Kolqi - A synonym of the cleric, intellectual and patriot Prof. Dr. Selaudin Bekteshi p. 8 Football: Today and Tomorrow

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On 29 October 1995, the newspaper "Zëri i Popullit", in its edition inside Kosovo, took material from the newspaper "Financial Times". The news about the shares of Berie in place of the foreign governments, with the title: "We want the opening much less privates and copert and raise the duration and with result! Internal socialists of the party governments ...". The phrase "former communist" has also been removed. "In truth, the average reader, already through censorship, masking, lies, insults, the mudslinging against the noble Albanian spirit, has shed a lot of tears and perhaps it is not worth reminding him of this, but we feel it as an obligation to 'inform' the world-famous newspaper 'Financial Times' that from now on, before publishing its own articles, it should ask permission from 'Zëri i Popullit' first, because it should take them from it" Albania plans law to purge ex-communists