President of the Republic Mr. Sali Berisha in the district of Kruja which entails honesty and correctness. Nikel: The President inaugurates the “Nikla” furniture factory No more than 6 km from the Tapiza bridge, as if to prove the fact that investments, enterprises, and successful businesses are widespread and numerous, President Berisha stops at the furniture factory of the “Nikla” company. The good name built up through its activity added to President Berisha’s satisfaction, which he expressed at the moments of the inauguration of the By SHPETIM LUKU Yesterday morning President Sali Berisha spent in the district of Kruja. He visited several private enterprises, the products of investment, to congratulate blocks and. A young man approaches and meets Mr. Berisha, telling him that he is a symbol of the fall of the dictatorship. Mr. Berisha replies: the symbols of its fall are all those who are building an Albania according to their ideals and wishes. Abaz Ulliri raises two issues with the President: the possibility of obtaining a loan and greater protection for the forest, issues to which the President expressed his commitment. Thus, after a cordial conversation, the President leaves this well-known company, a worthy competitor to imported products, and stops a few kilometres farther on at another manufacturing company producing

— “ZP” leads its chairman into a dead end DUKAGJIN HATA Yesterday, the refrains of Fatos Pasha continued in “ZP”; only this time Nano undertakes, in the event of victory (!?!), to take Albania back once again to the years 1990–91, when he was governing. At first, the journalists of “ZP” put the “economist” from the Institute of M-L in a difficult position when they ask him to give his opinion on Albania’s achievements in the economic field, such as production growth, currency stabilisation, inflation control, investments, etc. The “economist” answers that he lacks information on these matters; nevertheless, he does not hesitate to make “analyses” without information and calls these results insignificant, figures which, according to him, do not indicate any major development. Of course, the “professor” of M-L cannot have the concepts of specialists in This can be achieved only by raising taxes on the productive sectors, that is, on various businesses. So how does the “professor of Benca” promise, at the same time, to lower taxes and increase welfare provision? Only “ZP” journalists could swallow this kind of propaganda. It is true that there is another way—the one implemented by the PPSH and Nano for 50 years: destroying the Albanian economy by keeping phantom, unprofitable enterprises afloat and keeping people pointlessly at work. But this policy meant that by 1990 Albanians were at risk of starvation. Is this what Fatos Pasha is promising Albanians again? Nano is sure that Albanians will act as they did in Hungary, Poland and Bulgaria, where the ex-communists returned to power. But first Nano “forgets” how different these countries are from Albania, and secondly, he shows that he really does not have complete information. And what else does Fatos Pasha say? He complains that the democratic government is not fighting corruption and forgets that he himself is the best example of this fight. He makes promises! First one promise, then another, then a third and a fourth. He promises to do this and that, but forgets only one thing: to say how he will fulfil these promises. He forgets those wretched “alternatives” that are nowhere to be seen. Then Nano begins to babble (it is not his fault) and declares that Albania will be placed under an embargo by the international community; he declares that he will save Albania, that he is not fighting for himself but for Albania (he forgets that he will always remain just an ordinary convicted criminal). He declares that when he was in power Albania was open to Europe and programmes were being made, especially with Italy, whereas now these have been shut down. It would be good if the journalists of “ZP” had informed him a little better

Kruja. He visited several private enterprises, products of investment, to congratulate their owners, investors and workers on their achievements to date, on the contribution they must make to the market economy, on the new mentality and new prospects they offer in these new economic and social circumstances, etc. Nevertheless, let us “travel” with the notebook as well, to present in greater detail Mr. Berisha’s conversations with those whom he honoured with his visit. The ALB-INFRASTRUKTURE inert-materials production line, located at the entrance to the district of Kruja, in Tapiza, was the first stop where Mr. Berisha paused. This line is the result of an Italian investment, with a production capacity of 100 tonnes per hour. This facility has made it possible to employ 120 workers. “The construction-materials industry is more effective, the most advanced,” the President said after congratulating the entire workforce. It is providing good support to construction, which has experienced a very great boom. And since this line mainly produces asphalt concrete, the President outlined to those present the prospects for the market for their products. “This year,” he said, “the implementation of a series of road projects will begin. These projects will provide a boost to the growth of activity. There are around 2,000 km of rural roads to be paved under a World Bank project. More than 80 million dollars will be allocated solely for road paving and rehabilitation.” Meanwhile, when Mr. Berisha asked the workers whether they were satisfied with their work, the facility and their relations with the Italian investor, among other things, one of the workers replied by showing him the line’s old technology. A pile of rusty scrap metal, which seems to stand face to face with the new technology, appears to contrast the systems to which they belong from a historical point of view. The workers spoke in the warmest terms about their cooperation with the Italian investor, and Mr. Berisha added that this cooperation would become closer when the Albanian share, which is an integral part of this line, is privatised. He then gave his view of partnership, this important element of the market economy which multiplies opportunities, resources and construction materials. The ALB-INFRASTRUKTURE line has after congratulating the entire workforce. This company—a modern factory with up-to-date technology, the product of approximately 1 million dollars in expenditure, of which only 250,000 dollars came from a loan with very favourable terms—provides good working conditions for its employees and demonstrates, among other things, the important trend towards the advancement of modern technology. A market economy does not mean only simple calculations, but also intuition, foresight, a new mentality and courage. As he toured the departments of this factory, where the production cycle is completed, Mr. Berisha stopped in the finished-products pavilion. “What are these?” he asked the owner, Abaz Ulliri, about one of the products. “They are used for villa railings,” Mr. Ullini replied, adding that there was a great deal of demand for them. “I’m pleased,” said Mr. Berisha. “Today people are building better villas than the ones in which you live…” (Continued on page 2) At the shoe factory; Welcome by the people of Fushë-Krujë; At the furniture factory in Nikël

Mr. Anxhelin Ceka acquaints the President with the profile of his company. “I employ 45 workers; I produce construction materials, floor slabs, pipes for motorways and for irrigation.” He tells Mr. Berisha about the undeniable advantages of this system and the space it creates for private initiative, illustrating this with his own example. “Forty years of work in the cement factory left me with nothing,” he said, “whereas these years of democracy have made me wealthy through the sweat of my brow. That is why we must preserve democracy,” said Mr. Ceka. “We will preserve democracy, and we invite you to the ’96 elections by working to implement the entire programme of the PD,” said Mr. Berisha. “We have the work; the others have the podiums. Some politicians have launched themselves into a feverish election campaign, using language unusual for cultivated politicians, but I think the campaign will begin in the spring of 1996. Until then, we have time to make intensive use of the opportunity to consolidate the institutions and the market economy. This is the best way to ensure the victory of the democratic forces again in 1996. Intensive work on reform and the market economy is the best investment for the ’96 elections. We will continue working to create a society of tolerance and mutual understanding, that is, a free and emancipated society,” he stressed.

Nano is sure that Albanians will act as they did in Hungary. information, of M-L cannot have the concepts of specialists from specialised international organisations; however, he knows enough about economics to understand that it is precisely these macroeconomic figures that show a country’s development. It is just that this does not interest the former prime minister of the crowds. Not only that, but Nano begins to talk about imaginary crises from which he would save Albania with the plans he had prepared in Bence. Some of the “professor’s” ideas are astonishing, even for someone who knows a little about economics. Nano talks about lowering taxes for the private and public sectors and increasing welfare provision. From an economic point of view, this is simply delusion, since increasing social assistance means taking a great deal of money from the productive sector and making it available to the non-productive sector, throughout the world. power. But first Nano “forgets” how much these countries differ not have complete information about what is happening (that is what happens when you read only “ZP”). Nano does not know that in Hungary the left-wing government dropped a bomb on the citizens with tax increases and other drastic measures, which naturally provoked a reaction. Nano does not know that in Poland the people have taken to the streets again with the slogan “Enough of communism”. Nano does not know what is happening in Bulgaria, where the ex-communists have distanced the country from Europe, blocked reforms and are calling for the return of cooperatives. In truth, Nano should know all this, even if he reads only “ZP”; these are precisely the “changes” he promises the Albanians. He wants to see Albanians rushing towards ships again, but forgets that very soon, if the communists return to power, he may see Albanians in the square again, shouting “Enough of communism”. Meanwhile, in this debate about the party, and I believe he is completely certain that he will have three representatives to condemn (ordinary [criminals?]). have been good if the journalists of “ZP” had informed Nano a little better about this too, so that he would not talk nonsense from the other side of the river. Just one day earlier, one of the “ZP” journalists was at the Italian ambassador’s press conference and, like everyone else, heard the long list of agreements concluded and reached with Italy in just one year. But apparently Nano means the agreements he made with Craxi to embezzle the aid that the Italian government and people gave to the Albanian people. In that, he is entirely right. But to reach such agreements, Nano will first have to defend his conviction and then go looking for Craxi in Africa, perhaps he will manage to get something again. “ZP” would do well to publish interviews like this with its chairman from time to time. It will receive nothing but our thanks for the assistance provided.

The PS withdrew a sum of 151,000 dollars from the PPSH Central Committee fund between the beginning of 1991 and April 1992. On the “Alia-Nano-Dokle-Ruçi-Benç” scandal The PS withdrew a further sum of 151,000 dollars from the PPSH Central Committee fund between the beginning of 1991 and April 1992. The change in the intended use of 400,000 dollars taken from the Solidarity Fund, which had been earmarked for the purchase of a printing press but was allegedly diverted to trade in grapes, plums, “mililit” or tractors, is not the only scandal involving the PS leaders. Since the beginning of 1991, the PS leaders have withdrawn another sum of 15,000 dollars from the notorious solidarity fund of the PPSH Central Committee. The paradox is that the PS, under its new name, continued to plunder state money from a fund that formally still bore the name PPSH. This money was withdrawn up to April 1992, when the Meksi government decided to transfer this solidarity fund to the state budget account. Thus the PS, which declared that it had nothing in common with the PP, is shown by the documents to have continued illegally withdrawing money from the solidarity fund—money earned through the toil and sweat of the people. Deeply mired in the river of corruption that has engulfed the socialist leaders, it is still unknown what further act of self-discrediting they will inflict on the PS, a worthy successor to the communist party PPSP.

The son of the most brutal dictator the Albanian nation has ever known, the defendant Ilir Enver Hoxha, without the slightest pang of conscience over the hundreds and thousands of Albanians killed, sentenced and interned by the regime he designed and implemented, found words to declare before the court that he “has the honor of defending his father at all costs.” He even goes so far as to call him “the pride of the nation.” In his explanations regarding statements he made in an interview given to the newspaper “Modeste,” in which he insulted and slandered people using such absurd terms as “vandal gangs,” “the defeated,” “blind tools,” and so on, and also called for the use of violence, the defendant Ilir Hoxha tried to portray himself as a “victim of politics,” even though, unlike during his father’s reign, he is guaranteed all the rights the law grants him to defend himself. After his “explanations” and those of the witnesses Hoti and Drizari, it is up to the court to deliver the people’s verdict regarding this defendant.

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