Socialists in the street The socialists once again returned the people to the party of the tenth. The Steering Committee described yesterday’s statement in a balancing state of the Socialist Party. They are still not in the Albanian people, and they are no longer only representatives of inable to bear such ambitions, even when they are tormented by the resentment of lacking power or by the certainty that they will not have it again. At least they should call themselves the mob of the people they may have had, that is, say socialist people or communist groups mainly embedded in the leadership of their party. The electoral law presented by the Democratic Party is one of the laws already approved throughout civilized Europe. The lack of codes for communicating with this civilization is not the fault of the anti-communist part of Albanians, which is more than half of it. This part of Albanian politics finds it difficult to achieve understanding with democracy just as much as to behave in its field as a normal part of that democracy. They have called populism onto the stage, attempting to create in Albanian opinion the idea of an equal and balanced movement and not of normal elections of the day, with an imperial-style explanation that there is also a politics worthy of bringing it closer to Europe. If one were to judge only from the mentality of the socialists against the backdrop of a fairly European setting, yesterday’s statement alone, coming from their tower in the center of Tirana, would have been enough for Europe to raise a barrier against Albania. The terms and concepts spread throughout the statement resemble Marxist manifestos. The tendency to equate this campaign with what happened in Albania in '92 is the negative image of all those great events that saved Albania from communism. The call to the “people” to go out into the street and defend democracy, according to the socialists, is a manifestation of the destabilizing term that they gave Albania during their six governments after pluralism. Shortly after last night’s statement, the PS boycott does not even align with five of their criminal declarations to intervene in some streets of Tirana. What is of the streets is not tables that the socialists ask for so much in parliament, and likewise neither the people demand it, not even their own people. Nevertheless, that declaration itself in those environments without finding itself. The thieves of the people use it as they wish, and at least the declaration should not start being divided into progressive and non-progressive forces and Europe. It has no words, it has no trace of Albanian socialism, no sign of European social democracy. The European left has no further connection in Albania, and let it be promised that it does not know that it is the left of Europe. Yesterday’s statement of the Steering Committee of the Socialist Party deeply insults the dignity of the other left-wing and right-wing parties as well. It, as stated in the declaration, has taken upon itself to bring them into parliament by granting itself the role of arbiter of the parties below. At least the party of the right-wing spectrum are not mass organizations that, as Ramiz Alia wanted to do in '91, now the Socialist Party wants to do with them as well. This commitment cannot be assumed by either the Right League, or the Right Party, or any other political force. It can only commit itself in this declaration with some rare exception such as PSD or some other. Yesterday’s declaration calls socialists into the street to provoke them, civil unrest, to break it and destabilize the government. The election campaign will not be terror for provocateurs, communists, criminals, and Sigurimi spies. Meanwhile, the socialists and their front are united, differing only in name, since in all the demagoguery that makes up the electoral initiative of this party, it is not the salvation of democracy, but the salvation of criminals, spies, and communists of the socialist government.

The law on elections and political games By Dr. FLORIAN SHEHU p.2

Minutes of the meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the PPSH, dated 25 and 26 July 1974 From the fund of the PS heritage The Balluku file Minutes of the meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the PPSH, dated 25 and 26 July 1974 p.7

On 5 February The National Council of PDSH will meet The PDSH Presidency decided that on 5.02.1996 the National Council of PDSH will meet with the following agenda: “Preparation for the Third Extraordinary National Congress of PDSH.” Spokesman of PDSH

In Berisha I see a true patriot, a man of democracy, said President Weizman of Israel. Albanian-Israeli relations are taking on new foundations with the signing of bilateral agreements President Berisha continues his visit to Israel Important dimensions in relations between the two countries In Berisha I see a true patriot, a man of democracy, said President Weizman of Israel. Albanian-Israeli relations are taking on new foundations with the signing of bilateral agreements The President of Israel, Weizman, held a dinner at his presidential residence in honor of the visit of President Berisha, Mrs. Berisha, and the delegation accompanying him. Greeting President Berisha, President Weizman described his visit as a dimension representing a very important dimension in our ties with one another, our bilateral relations in investment, agriculture, tourism, defense, infrastructure, medicine, culture, science, etc. According to President Weizman, these relations are taking on new foundations with the signing of bilateral agreements. The Israeli people, said President Weizman in effect, honor him warmly, while extending such feelings in a difficult time. For his part, President Berisha called the trip to Israel a journey to a place of fellowship. The historical ties between Albanians and Jews, he said, have been more qualitative than quantitative, more symbolic than broad. Our two nations, among the oldest in history, have long experienced difficult times: ethnic cleansing, true horrors. During this century, the Jewish nation experienced the barbarity of the Holocaust, while Albanians, after being liberated from a totalitarian foreign occupation, experienced an internal (totalitarian) occupation which for about 50 years wrought a true genocide and many crimes against its people. Dwelling on the help of Albanians for Jews during the Second World War, President Berisha said that not a single Jew during this war was handed over by the Albanians. The protection of Jews in Albania is the very legend of loyalty to man, of the Albanian to his friend. Berisha said that the unique stance of the Albanian nation toward the Holocaust is not only evidence of its virtue, but also a great symbol, and for our ancient nations the most magnetic symbol. President Berisha then praised the efforts and work of the former Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and Prime Minister Shimon Peres to establish peace and friendly relations with the Arab neighbors, with whom Albanians have very good traditional friendship and cooperation. I am convinced, said President Berisha, that you, together with the Arab neighbors, will transform the Middle East into a region of peace, understanding and tolerance, cooperation and prosperity. At the end, President Berisha expressed his satisfaction for the existence of the mutual will for Albanian-Israeli cooperation in the most important fields. In honor of President Berisha, Mrs. Berisha and the delegation accompanying him, the Israeli artist Dorit, whose grandparents were saved by Albanians during the Second World War, performed several Albanian songs. In an interview given to Albanian television, President Weizman stressed that I am pleased that tonight I have here the President of Albania, a country which dictatorship separated from its friends. With Berisha, he said, we have met several times, he is a friend and comrade of mine, this is a true patriot, a man of democracy. President Berisha, Mrs. Berisha and the delegation accompanying him went on a visit to the forest of peace, in the hills of Jerusalem. President Berisha placed his own symbol in the forest of peace sent, which Afterwards, they made a visit to Yad Vashem, the symbol of one of the most important periods of the Jewish nation, the Holocaust. Everything here is a tribute to the 6 million Jews, victims of Nazi madness. President Berisha and his wife paid their respects and showed their respect and gratitude to the fallen. President of Israel Weizman and President Berisha during the visit.

The Russian agency Itar-Tass publishes the news The scandal of Serbian financing erupts in Moscow The Russian agency Itar-Tass publishes the news The scandal of Serbian funding for socialist deputies and the newspaper “Kl” has reached Moscow. It is the Russian news agency Itar- Tass which has broadcast this news in its bulletins. The news speaks precisely about the funding that the socialist opposition gives to “the newspaper defined as independent (Itar-Tass) Koha Jonë”. Meanwhile, the transmission of this news by another agency, said to make this fact even more worrying, the reactions of the leaders of “Kl” remain threats and attacks against the journalists who have published these facts in Albania. The attempt to falsify a interview of Pietro Zannoni cited in “Kl” by attaching other reactions from the leadership of this newspaper is making the fact transmitted first precisely from the Italian press office of Pietro Zannoni increasingly convincing. The parliamentary commission of inquiry into this matter is thought to clarify whether the millions of dollars poured in by Serbia into Albania to hinder the victory of democracy have also served to finance the newspaper “Kl”, thus securing at last the mysterious economic source of this newspaper. Meanwhile, returning, the Russian agency “Itar-Tass”, after publishing the news of the financing of the socialist opposition, finally emphasizes: “According to all prognoses, the Democratic Party and President Sali Berisha will once again have a majority in the next parliament.” E.PALOKA Reproduction of the Itar-Tass news item.

Albanians are not so stupid as to listen to Pëllumbi Albanians, beware of the fronts of the communists PS in a front for the destruction of democracy Albanians are not so stupid as to listen to Pëllumbi p.3 “I am like Well, a bit Mekrin”[?] Karl Marx is shot with pistols

Further integration of Albania into Europe is supported Official sources make it known that in Brussels a meeting took place between the Albanian delegation led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs L.[?]fred Serreqi and the current President of the EU, Mrs. Suzanne Angela, and the European Union Commissioner for Foreign Policy, Van den Broek. At the meeting, further approchement between Albania and the European Union in the form of a new agreement was discussed. Mr. Serreqi informed his interlocutors about the current situation in Albania, the development of reforms, the foreign policy priorities of Albania, and the stance on the Kosovo issue. Mrs. Angela and Mr. Van Den Broek expressed their appreciation for the reforms undertaken in Albania in the political, economic, and other fields, and once again assured their support for the further integration of Albania into Europe.

Majko against Majko A short time ago Majko stated that in the leadership of the PS there are pro-Serbian elements. Yesterday he called similar accusations provocations p.3

By Pietro Zannoni Millions of dollars in Serbian financing

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