EDITORIAL Silence—A grave complicity NO to “silence,” NO to “indifference” Today, the “voices of yesterday,” following a formal change of the collective name from PP to PS, with their presence—their platforms, their formation—are threatening the near future. In the face of this “threat,” we must not remain silent. We must not remain silent, so that “the past” does not weigh on us tomorrow, so that we are not “indebted” to the future of the younger generation. “I didn’t know,” “I didn’t see,” “I didn’t think it through”—these will be nothing but words that will serve no one. We say all this because we can all see what kind of revenge the PS leadership has embarked on, what psychological terror it is using to return to the seats it lost, which means that its threat to bring neo-Communism back to power is real. We must confront this danger with arguments, so that people do not forget the horror of the past and remain aware of everything they have gained during these three years of democracy. Silence is forgivable in no one, especially not in an intellectual. The intellectual looks only toward progress. He is the inspiration and supporter of progress, and therefore must not ignore the danger of ideas that lead to the opposite of development. Those who today offer Albania Marxism as an alternative for governing are offering it the chance to go backwards. So let us all “lend a hand in supporting” the promising developments of the past three years; let us take care to develop, strengthen and protect them. Silence and indifference—in today’s society, which respects individual freedom and rights—are forgivable in no one. To remain silent when the platforms that took the life out of this people for 50 years in a row seek to repeat history means nothing less than contributing to their cause. “I don’t like the Communists, but I don’t want to get involved in politics”—if this expression did not come from the Communist kitchen, it serves its strategy. Its “strategic ranks,” its tested “militant ranks,” cannot be viewed with indifference. “Their next step” calls for alignment—the coming together of everyone, the opposition of the majority, the opposition of the majority. History knows many cases in which the indifference of the majority gave “the minority the chance to usurp the powers of the majority.” Albanians know the results well. So let us join the call: “No to silence,” “No to indifference.”

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Read on page 3: The ABCs of Dokle’s 400 thousand dollars.

Recognition for material and moral support SHPETIM LUKU At last, the problem of the external debt has also been resolved. 400 million dollars were saved for the Albanian economy. Another 100 million remain to be paid off. The World Bank is also sending signals of optimism in this regard. It is donating 25 million dollars. Gratitude to this powerful international financial institution for its generosity. But even greater gratitude for the assessment it makes of Albania. This assessment is set out in the justification for awarding the grant. Reforms have secured macroeconomic achievements, and the country’s stabilization and recovery have been achieved. Private economic initiatives have responded very well to the opportunities created and have proved successful in increasing social output. An assessment we Albanians need, since we are still deprived of a sense of broad perspective. This assessment once again confirms the phenomenon that our self-congratulatory remarks are more often made by foreigners than by ourselves. The World Bank’s assessment, conveyed by its president, Xhejms Wolfensen, is the best rebuke to the efforts by various opposition political forces to nihilize these achievements. But, on the other hand, this gift—and the reason it is being given—also serves as a kind of jolt to our somewhat drowsy contemporaries, reminding us that we are on the right track. “The Government’s commitment to reform and the creation of a market economy, despite institutional and political problems, as well as the very encouraging results so far, lead one to understand that Albania will benefit...” And this was not only the World Bank’s judgment. The managing director of the IMF, Kamdesya, has also once again repeated his hopeful assessment of the positive progress of reforms in Albania. Our country has been used as a point of reference to demonstrate the effects of reforms aimed at establishing a market-economy system. Meanwhile, the European Community continues its assistance only after seeing that this aid is fully deserved. Thus, many economic and financial organizations all agree that Albania is on the right track. And it is up to us to listen to this “song,” regardless of the opposition’s anti-reform chorus, which rejects it for the petty interests of its leadership. We must listen because, by doing so, we express our gratitude for the material and moral support our friends give us.

Talks have concluded with a delegation of the Commission of the European Union that had come to Albania to assess the situation in connection with the Commission’s decision to propose an Association Agreement for Albania. In the talks conducted with the Working Group representing the Albanian side, the country’s political and economic situation, the reform of sectoral laws in line with European laws, as well as European legislation, legal protection of copyright and industrial property, liberalization of capital movements and bank payments, and the effects of such an agreement on the national economy were analyzed. The Working Group emphasized the Albanian nation’s historic European vocation, Albania’s political will to integrate into Europe, the encouraging and stabilizing effect that an Association Agreement would have in Albania and the region, as well as the country’s overall development dynamic over these three years, stressing that these and other factors make it essential to begin negotiations for such an agreement with the European Union. Under EU procedures, the Commission may propose an Association Agreement with a third country to the Council of Foreign Ministers of the member states. The Council, in turn, makes the relevant decision.

MEKSI: “No other political force is presenting a program capable of ensuring progress for Albania” Salaries will rise again at the end of this autumn and at the beginning of spring ’96 PDSH Secretary General, Prof. Dr. Tritan Shehu, in Pogradec SHEHU: “Nothing unites us with the PS” A joining of forces to prevent the return of neo-Communism to power More details on page 2

IN THE PHOTO: F. Nano’s villa being built in Selite te vogel, Tirana. The workers said that Anastas Angjeli is supervising the work and that the materials arrive packaged from Greece ... Perhaps Pernjola is paying the money back

Bring two more shipments Hand over the printing house; this is profit! The $250,000 fund has not been touched Bring two more shipments. Hand over the printing house; this is profit! The $250,000 fund has not been touched.

As “Gazeta Shqiptare,” concerned about Nano’s fate, reports, Nano’s lawyer, Sanxhaku, has submitted a request to release his client to the Telepene Court. “I trust that the New Penal Code and the law on its entry into force have given my client a chance to get out of prison immediately,” says Sanxhaku. As can be seen, with the new Penal Code coming into effect, Sanxhaku is seeking to benefit Nano. Where have the claims of innocence gone, where has the “great uproar” about the courts’ subservience and unjust sentencing gone, and so on? Those belong to the past. Judging from his position, lawyer Sanxhaku has “betrayed” his client by confirming his guilt and asking only for a reduced sentence or release, based on his “trust in the new Penal Code and the law bringing it into force.” In other words, seeking a reduced sentence—or, put in the legal language used by Sanxhaku in the newspaper that has taken up his client’s cause, “all that is needed is for his case to be tried precisely under these laws.” When did Sanxhaku become convinced of his client’s guilt? Perhaps from the beginning, perhaps later. Who prompted him to admit it? Nano admits his guilt

A great many of the “die-hard” members of the PS have just two questions: Why does “Gazeta Shqiptare” show more concern for Nano than “ZP”? Or why doesn’t “Zeri i Popullit” do so (for “clan” reasons)? Or is “Gazeta Shqiptare” replacing it with the descriptions used by the independent Italian-Albanian daily? “Shqiptare” thereby increasing its “credibility.” Questions of this kind arose among “Nano-style socialists” not only because of the space this newspaper devotes to Nano or its reports about him, but also because of its “thoroughly independent” position when, for example, E.L. gives this commentary: “A trial which, in any case, has nothing to do with Nano’s guilt or innocence, but only with the length of his time in prison.” There really is much to learn from the “independence” of Bollino’s newspaper. “On Thursday at 14:30, the request for a new trial was registered at the Telepene Court registry”—that is the headline above the headline in Gazeta Shqiptare. But is the request addressed to the Court? The Court, Nano and his lawyers have approached it seeking acquittal, or a reduction of the sentence for the offence committed. So it is very concerned that, while the protagonists have publicly admitted guilt, “Gazeta Shqiptare,” in the name of “independence,” casts doubt on that alone. The newspaper’s own statement about Nano makes matters even more astonishing: a “yes-man” who happened to be present at a discussion, in keeping with his editorial freedom and independence, said, as if on first sight: Gazeta Shqiptare, Nano... Bard... vi... “Who knows why his tongue got tied up M.SHENU

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-The first enigma: the code of war -The second enigma: the by[ll] he gave Lloshi and the others in usurping the leadership of the PDSH. Who helped him, who looked after him, what is the political “background”? Read in upcoming issues. The secret of secrets: The Code of War If a state had a secret, it was the code, and among the secret codes was the Code of War. That is all for now, Mr. Gjinushi. We will inform you in greater detail in upcoming issues. NDREKE GJINI