Meta's broom over the PS leadership The big game that has been played within the Socialist Party, especially in its leadership circles, seems to be becoming clearer. The clearly defined clans and the backstage of the fierce struggle that has been and is being waged between these clans, masked beneath the party's rigid unity, has now been exposed[?], not only to the political analysts who have followed this party, but also to its members and supporters, in whom profound disappointment is now being felt at every level. This time it is Ilir Meta who appears as the main character in this party, a man with a hidden ambition, who for many seemed somewhat unknown for a successful political career, if one can call successful a career within a failed party. Closely tied to the man from Bença (hashimet mua)[?] the third seems to rely on sophisticated intrigues, the one who in 1992 drew up a project to eliminate the potential opponents of their political clan, a project that in fact remained unrealized. But, as with proven Ciko[?] examples[?], has he not abandoned the practice of eliminating other clans that are not within their sphere? With patience and cold blood they weave intrigues without lifting an eye at the right moment, and with one sweeping move eliminate the reformist clan within this party, the one labeled as the elimination of the "five", or Berisha's corrupt people, neutralizing and paralyzing the reformist wing of this party to the point of inactivity, an elimination that did not go unnoticed in public opinion and that undoubtedly has serious consequences for the future of this party. The details of the harshness are especially at the end, when Meta and his clan seek to wipe from the scene the other powerful clan with Ruci, Dokle, Pollo, Imami, Brokaj, indirectly accusing them of the shameful failures of this party both domestically and internationally. Meta, masterfully instructed by the man from Bença Nano, is now turning on the wickedness and with his sweeping broom is clearing the PS leadership, turning this party entirely under the control of his clan. Precisely now Meta is fighting to reap the fruits of his and Nano's intrigues and to benefit as much as possible, of course, to his own advantage. A. DAJTI

His second visit to Albania Today the Bulgarian President, Zhelju Zhelev, arrives in Tirana for a visit. A mutual understanding between the institutions of Albania and Bulgaria has now been institutionalized, as shown by the exchange of visits and meetings at international forums. This is the second visit of the Bulgarian president to Albania. The first was in February 1993, when the treaty of friendship and cooperation between the two states was signed. One year later, in April 1994, President Berisha visited Bulgaria. During that visit, two agreements were signed on the protection and encouragement of investments and on economic and trade cooperation. The two countries have also initialed a number of other agreements, in fields such as industry, transport, entertainment and tourism, public order and security, and several more are in process. The Bulgarian president's visit takes place in the new situation created in the Balkans after the Dayton agreement. It is expected that one of the main topics of discussion will also be the joint declaration of the four heads of state, Albania, Turkey, Bulgaria, and Macedonia, on the East-West corridor, where further progress on its concretization will be discussed. ATSH

President Berisha met with representatives of the political parties Yesterday, the President of the Republic invited the leaders of political parties and those taking part in the post-election campaign to a meeting at the presidency. The Democratic Party, the Socialist Party, the Republican Party, the Social Democratic Party, the Party for Human Rights, Legaliteti, Balli Kombëtar, the Agrarian Party, the Christian Democratic Party, as well as independent deputies. At this meeting, several issues raised regarding the election law were discussed, such as the question of the 4% threshold for party representation in Parliament and some other proposed changes of a purely technical nature. The President stressed that he saw no reason to raise this threshold and that the presence of small parties in Parliament serves Albanian pluralism. After the discussions, it was decided by consensus that the 4% threshold would remain unchanged and that the parties would continue their consultations on technical issues and on improving the law. The President assured those present that the upcoming elections will be free and that he will consult the political forces on their date at the end of the full mandate of the current Parliament, fully respecting the existing laws. Photo: G. XHENGO

EDITORIAL Clan warfare, terror against ordinary socialists Among Albanian socialists, the witch hunt has begun. Under the old pressure of clan warfare, the former communists are now enraged under the tutelage of waiting for the end of the fiercest clan war that has broken out within this party, after the approval of the law on the verification of the figures of high-ranking personalities and state officials. The panic caused by this law in the Socialist Party stems not so much from the fact that a list of names is being removed from politics and thus used up because of the cause[?], but because it is still unknown which clan will take hold of the party's reins. Nano's silence, and especially the fact that in 1992, when he tested the former collaborators of the state security in the PS by asking for a law on files, shows that the battle is not over yet. The barons of 1 i Bença[?] are still incomprehensible while tension in the corridors of the PS remains high. Meta's counterattack and his effort to take the party's reins completely into his hands has caused within the Socialist Party the greatest and irreparable reaction that can bring to a party of fanatical communists the rise to the top of a man who has never been taken seriously even by the communists of Pojan. In their long statements, in order to replace the figures that are burning with soldiers from the 140-thousand-strong army of the PS, the profile of the fierce clan war that has gripped this party is clearly visible. In this light, all internal developments in the PS in recent times have been directed. It is enough to understand the way in which the last five members of the leadership were eliminated, after one of the deputy chairmen cynically declared that he had met with Berisha. The emotional, political and functional use of the clan war within the party is the worst precedent that can be created in a party claiming to take power. The Socialist Party, with its irresponsibility and especially with the political fragmentation created by the clan war, is a permanent danger to the country's stability and national interests. A party that manufactures, as leaders, the guardians of the grazing grounds of Fat[?]os Nano proves that it has lost its existence as a political institution. Faced with the chaos in the PS and the outbreak of the fierce clan war, there is the calm of the Democratic Party and its determination to govern Albania according to European standards. A party that managed to avoid provocations to destabilize the country for four years, a party that managed to calmly avoid the cyclical "vanguardist" campaigns that would begin whenever the scissors and cold handcuffs rang, shows that it is determined to place the interests of the country and national stability above the clan interests of the Socialist Party for power. After this, very few can believe in the PS, which has terrorized ordinary socialists for four years by keeping them in a state of readiness for pre-election campaigns and the remnants of the clan war within the PS. After this, very few can be convinced by the empty demonology of the PS about stability, when as early as 23 March 1992 it began efforts to destroy the first democratic government after fifty years of dictatorship in Albania.

PRESIDENT BERISHA received the Swedish Minister for International Economic Cooperation President Berisha expressed his gratitude for the support and assistance Sweden has given Albania and appreciated the cooperation to date between our two countries. He stressed the importance of increasing the involvement of Swedish investors in Albania as well as guaranteeing their investments through financial institutions. Alongside this growth in bilateral cooperation, President Berisha also pointed out that Albania is interested in strengthening cooperation with Sweden on a multilateral level. Minister Shori said that Sweden follows Albania's reform efforts with sympathy and values its achievements. “Albania needs to be helped and we are ready to do that,” he said. “My arrival together with Swedish businessmen and the forthcoming visit of our foreign minister next spring are important impulses for increasing economic cooperation between our two countries. He also expressed the Swedish government's commitment to supporting Albania within international organizations.

THE KILLER AND THE KILLED DISCUSS DEMOCRACY - We remained friends again. There's no reason for us to bear a grudge against each other just over a little killing. I killed you, executed you, and sent your family into internal exile because that was the time ... Whereas now, together, we must build the rule of law... ... WE ARE FRIENDS AGAIN.

The politicization of such dramatic events, such as the case of the tragic incident that should be clarified with a faster procedure, when they are turned into a tool of exploitation for the political class. This immoral segment of politics, which has usurped the party that is the largest governing force in Albania, is regrettable, propagandistic, and the raising of a creed and with such tragic events. [...] But socialist pain is even more cynical than it appears in its presentation, but a false artistic pain and the police eye which, as recently as the not-so-distant past, used to be part of the negligence, and now is presented as an actor with such sympathetic words and without free speech. In all this there is a confusing propagandistic sense for political gain as ugly as the incident itself. [...] it seems, is not so easy. DUKAGJIN HATA

Minutes of the meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the PPSH, dated 2 and 3 July 1974 P. 6

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