The DP has kept its word
After three years of governance by the Democratic Party
Commitments and their fulfillment
The DP has kept
its word
After three years of governance
by the Democratic Party
Commitments and their fulfillment
Democratic anniversary.
On 22 March 1992,
after the overwhelming and
indisputable victory of the DP,
Albanian governments began, led
by it, for economic recovery, for
the development of relations with
the Western world and for the
consolidation of democratic
institutions.
A. IN THE
POLITICAL FIELD
• In the first year, the main
problem of the new government
was the restoration of order and
political stability.
• Under the terror of the heavy
legacy of the dictatorship, the
grave events of democracy and
the biblical exodus of the
population, Albania seemed
almost “atomized,” depersonalized,
with a population disoriented to
a hopeless degree.
• Albanian political classes
inherited and continued a deep
political polarization inherited
from the monist style of the
democratic system.
• Albanian TV and radio, the
country's main newspaper, were
in the service of the opposition.
• For a year and a half, the
problem of democratic control
over the army was prolonged. The
pressure from unions to take over
their work and that of the police
was overcome by transforming
the army and the police into
weapons of the democratic state.
• In the Albanian dualist system,
the 1993/94 constitution was
organizing and not merely a
parameter.
• From a heavy socio-economic
legacy and the immaturity of
specialized institutions, the police
and the state intelligence service
managed, in three years, to
disrupt hundreds of criminal
gangs, to destroy and uncover
some of the most dangerous
conspiracies organized by the red
alliance with Albanian extremism,
and, in a very short time, to
identify and bring before criminal
justice the authors of notorious
crimes.
• The government and the
President of the Republic's
program for the demilitarization
of institutions, as well as their
turning into professional
institutions, was successfully
implemented.
• In conditions where the
legitimate democratic institutions
had to be established —
parliament, government, courts,
civil administration, the
prosecutor's office and other state
services — after three years of
DP rule, Albania has fulfilled the
commitment undertaken for
integration into European bodies
such as the Council of Europe,
the Western European Union, as
well as Partnership for Peace.
1. THE INDEPENDENCE
AND SOVEREIGNTY
OF ALBANIA
During 1991, Albania was in a
situation where the values of
sovereignty and national
independence were at risk.
• Let us analyze this in terms of
the main indicators.
- The top leadership of the state,
the democratic and political
government, has been established
and carried out independently.
- First. Albania has a pluralist
system; Albania, where dozens of
political parties gather in a more
organized way.
- Public TV and radio, as Albanian,
are in positions and actions from
the state. Freedom of speech and
press is fully in force.
- All confiscated property is in the
process of being returned to its
proper place.
- Strong foundations have been
laid for the banking system.
- Important laws relating to
property, income and human
rights have been drafted.
2. LEGISLATIVE REFORM
In fulfilling the promise of
legislative reform, during this
period the Albanian government
adopted a series of laws
necessary for governing a free
society.
2.1. Civil Code in parliament
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