As is known, Ruçi’s words in the “KJ” journalist’s notebook were: “The PS force will be merciless, deadly[?].” Jupe, who replaced the word “deadly[?]” with three dots, writes: “WHY DOES THIS PHRASE FRIGHTEN THE GOVERNMENT? WHAT SHOULD BE DONE TO THOSE WHO TOOK THE JOURNALIST’S TOOLS OF THE TRADE, WHAT SHOULD BE DONE?” p. 3

Overcome by anxiety and uncertainty, he accepts all the facts contained in the letter: he accepts that there will be cuts at the top of the PS, accepts that Dokle and Pëllumbi have become surplus to requirements in the leadership. But he also admits that he feels unprotected, irrevocably lost. Brokaj also says that the party’s grassroots are deeply shaken by what is happening at its top. Indeed, not even the second tier (the leadership’s contingent of incriminated individuals), the committee’s intermediary with the grassroots, seems likely to be able to preserve the balance any longer.

“The Arnauts are partly Christians of the Greek Orthodox rite and partly Muslims. Judging by what we know of them, they are very little prepared to become civilized. Their predatory tendencies should compel every neighboring government to keep them under strict military pressure until industrial progress in neighboring countries provides them with work as woodcutters[?] and water carriers.” “...It cannot be denied that the peninsula commonly called European Turkey is a natural inheritance of the ancestors of the South Slav race. They have possessed that land for 12 centuries. Apart from that small population descended from Slav roots but which has adopted the Greek language, the only rivals of the Slavs are the barbarous Arnauts or Turks, who have long been condemned as the fiercest opponents of all progress. The South Slavs, by contrast, are the sole bearers of civilization in the inland regions of the country.” KARL MARX p. 4

The Austrian News Agency APA also confirms Ruçi’s order: “Genocidaires, rally around me!” An unequivocal order has come from Ruçi’s office: a red card for all those implicated—genocidaires, rally around me. The history of political formations has never seen such a pure coming together of people who entered politics through crime as in the creation of the Red Front. First, those implicated usurped the leadership of the Socialist Party, since that was the ground closest to their past, in order to extend their branches into all the parties. They tried to do this as early as ’91 with the Democratic Party as well, but it cast out the genocidaires early on, along with Ramiz Alia’s obedient servants who had come to the DP to communize it. Thus was created the other pole of the genocidaires, the one that operates today under the leadership of the PAD, with the leadership of the Social Democratic Party, embodied by Gjinushi, not far behind them. The alliance that has now become a reality among these three parties is based neither on a program, nor on the reach of their electorate and the exchange of constituencies where they have greater influence, nor on similar political leanings. Their alliance was formed on Ruçi’s orders. It is based on the past shared by the leaders of these parties, and that past is bound up with crime, the absence of political morality, and each one’s contribution to keeping the dictatorship on its feet. Without such criteria, it would be hard to unite people with the same biographies and the same aim: to retain power for as long as possible. Thus the Red Front has taken on the characteristics of a political movement has taken on the characteristics of a political movement that does not express itself through political concepts and competition between alternatives. Both of these principles of political struggle collapse as soon as one considers, even superficially, the reasons for the front’s creation and its initiator, Gramoz Ruçi. The Red Front now has the characteristics of a criminal movement whose members, certain of their defeat and of being driven out of politics in the most shameful way, have been ordered to create the genocidal front. They are in different parties only for appearances, since they have the same leader, the same fragmented party, the same path to follow and, certainly, the same fate. The Albanian Democratic Forces have always been aware that the all-encompassing communist movement had struck deep roots in Albania. They were also certain that such a front would one day be declared. It has operated as a front more than once, on the most decisive occasions for Albanian democracy, both in the Albanian Parliament and in international organizations. For four years in a row, the two branches of the Socialist Party, declared to be parties, have not changed their position at all from that maintained by the leadership of the Socialist Party. Such a thing is not a feature of political alliances, but of alliances between servants and their master. They cannot act otherwise, and they have no intention of acting otherwise. The crime that unites them is stronger than their differences. Their call, after the elections, to provoke further early elections is fundamentally about using the candidates put forward by the Red Front as puppets. Through them, they want to change the laws enacted by the Albanian Parliament over these four years, in order to create avenues for their return to power. Thus they plan to change the laws on genocide and the vetting of political figures, so as to regain the seats that would give them the opportunity to attack other laws—the privatization laws, the land law, the property law, and so on. Ruçi’s order has now been carried out: the Crime Front is a fact, just as their defeat is a fact.

The hypocrisy of the Socialist leader knows no bounds

Statement by the Christian Democratic Party of Albania

The hypocrisy of the socialist leader knows no bounds Interview with Mr. Ali Spahia, Deputy Chairman of the PDSH and chairman of the parliamentary group Convention will be ratified soon Interview with Mr. Ali Spahia, Deputy Chairman of the PDSH and chairman of the parliamentary group The hypocrisy of the socialist leadership knows no bounds. In fact, there is no problem at all regarding ratification of the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. The Council of Europe reporters did not raise such an issue either, since there is no reason to raise a concern that does not exist. We are within the deadlines set when we were admitted to the Council of Europe p. 3

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The PSD’s second congress Gjinushi against the privatization of the economy “Common ownership is several times better than privatization with securities” “Gjinushi is the leader of our victories,” PSD Secretary-General Gaqo Apostoli stated seriously yesterday p. 3

Statement by the Christian Democratic Party of Albania does not cooperate with it Regarding the commentary broadcast by Radio Tirana yesterday in its news programs about the announcement from the office of the Christian Democratic Party concerning its refusal to sign, together with the PDK and PAD, the request addressed to the European Union of Christian Democrats to obtain a delegation of this union in Albania, the Christian Democratic Party expresses its protest, since the way the announcement was worded implied that the Christian Democratic Party cooperates with the “Reds.” The Christian Democratic Party declares that it is not part of the so-called “Red front” and does not cooperate with the Reds. The PDK is not part of fronts, poles or alliances, but conducts its own independent policy. The Christian Democrats will not tolerate any misrepresentation of their political position. The PDK is a party that bears no guilt from the past and has experienced the bitter taste of continuous persecution. Its political position is clear and enshrined in the party statute. The PDK is the only political party that is not affected even by the Genocide law, since every party member has signed a declaration stating that they “have not been an associate of the Sigurimi.” Any tendentious announcement implying that the PDK cooperates with the Reds will be met with a strong response from the Christian Democratic Party. We demand accuracy and a factual presentation, without improvised commentary, of announcements concerning the politics or specific political positions of the Christian Democratic Party. Chairman ZEF BUSHATI

How have we been deceived? As the election campaign approaches, the communist practice of newspapers-as-leaflets is once again taking the stage p. 3