March 1991-Activists-Evidence of communist crime The mechanism of violence all the way to the ballot box and beyond... "Mirdita" The eyes-of-the-day political (mus 91) mondobor se parafumo me 31 mas '91, hera e beme nga u egjenda e duke vep[?]yo e te premë deri ne kutite e te votimeve... ROADS WITH "CLEAN HANDS" makasia 51 of Shkodër, Ismail Tasani, Orli Veli, Vexhi Kaq[?], Basan, Oret[?], Vexhi Kaq[?], sh[?]p[?] Dervishi, Kadri[?], e[?] 816; es, por qe me n[?]arizon, solli e ne skenen me 31 drejtues te PSH[?] oc[?]fafa[?]kall[?], from whom are denounced for violence, pressure, destruction and theft of the ballot boxes at the polling station. The perpetrators and organizers come from the old party-state structures and its local apparatus. Parts of the testimonies speak of pushing people toward the polling stations, control of the vote, surveillance and threats. In some cases, party secretaries, cooperative chairmen, police employees and activists are mentioned who acted as a bloc to ensure the result. The accounts taken from citizens and observers present a picture of psychological and physical pressure on voters, before and after the count. Orders, lists, pursuits and open interference in the commissions are mentioned. Many of these actions are linked to the fear that the loss of power would bring about the collapse of the old mechanism. In what follows, the testimonies show that violence did not end at the ballot box, but continued with pursuit, revenge, dismissal from work and marginalization of the people who did not obey the orders of the activists. This page brings fragments from those testimonies, as a reminder of the way political pressure was exerted in the decisive months of the transition. "ROADS WITH \"CLEAN HANDS\"