Albania will sign in capital letters for democracy Senator Engel: “With the eyes of the world watching, my hope is that Albania will sign in capital letters the excellent opportunity that will show the forces of democracy are inexhaustible” The all-Western support for the Democratic Party, its pro-Western-oriented policy and its forthcoming victory is the best contradiction of the empty demagoguery of the “Albanian social-communists” who continue to inflate the long-punctured bellows about Albania’s Eastern affiliation. Eliot Engel, a senator who has made a valuable contribution to the American Senate on behalf of Albania and the Albanian national cause, declares his confidence that Albania and the Albanians will know how to benefit in this election as well from the chance to live in democracy. “The forthcoming elections in Albania represent another example of the progress your country has made since the overthrow of communism,” he says in a statement addressed to the Democratic Party of Albania. inexhaustible”

Meeting of President Berisha in the Municipality of Vorë, Mamurras and Krujë President Berisha met yesterday with residents of Vorë, Bup, Buzinazë, Thumanë, Mamurras and Nikël in the districts of Krujë and Kurbin. Berisha assured Vorë that it would become one of the strongest municipalities in the area. “I have confidence,” Berisha continued, “that you will vote for the Democratic Party candidate Fadil Kepi, and not for people from fairy tales and white socks.” To the residents of Bup, Berisha said that the Democratic Party is the party of farmers, its party and its reforms. Saying that he would treat Thumanë and the surrounding areas as small towns, Berisha stated that it was impossible to satisfy all Albanians within four years, but that he would be pleased to determine how many of them were living better than before. Berisha emphasized that during these four years they had passed difficult tests, gaining experience for the first time. The Democratic Party’s program includes renewal of infrastructure, expansion of the network ... A new road linking Krujë with Tirana. For the village: infrastructure and a telephone network. Wheat collection will be carried out at the highest prices, raising them above those in other places. Increasing them by 25% this summer, Berisha urged residents of these areas not to forget that the socialists voted against the law on the buying and selling of land. By becoming a municipality, Mamurras guarantees support for the Democratic Party and, through the serious investments we have planned, the transformation of Qafë Shtama into an important, modern tourist destination in Albania. The Democratic Party’s program, he said, guarantees serious investment in Krujë’s food industry. Referring to the Democratic Party’s work over the past four years, the President ... Berisha assured Vora for the people of fairy tales and white [??].” To the residents of Bup, Berisha said that the DP is the party of farmers, the party of property and of their success. The DP is ready to correct its own mistakes, just as it corrected the mistakes made in raising taxes. “The one who corrects mistakes,” Berisha emphasized, “is [??] much better than the one who hides them or claims not to make mistakes.” Berisha then introduced the Democratic Party’s candidate for this area, Mr. Ferdinand Xhaferi. At meetings in Thuman, Mamurras and Nikël, President Berisha introduced the parliamentary candidates for these areas, Feim Godo, Njazi Kosovrasti and Dashamir Peça. [??] all Albanians within four years; [??] is pleased to say today that the majority of Albanians live better than before. Berisha stressed that during these four years, difficult tests of experience, undertaken for the first time, had been passed. The DP’s program includes renewal of the infrastructure and expansion of the telephone network, which it will carry out through aid and loans from Europe amounting to millions of dollars. Along his route, Berisha also stopped for an unplanned meeting with a group of people, with whom the President discussed the election campaign and their concerns, hardships and problems. President Berisha’s last meeting yesterday was at 18:30 in the town of Krujë. At a rally organized in the afternoon at Krujë’s indoor sports stadium, Berisha told the voters of this town that the program

—German cooperation will turn Bulqizë into a modern center From meetings of the Chairman of the Democratic Party of Albania, Prof. Dr. Tritan Shehu, in Bulqizë and Librazhd Thousands upon thousands of people from Bulqizë filled their town square yesterday. They welcomed Tritan Shehu, with applause and enthusiastic cheers. He went yesterday to meet the residents of the area together with the Democratic Party’s parliamentary candidates for the area, Messrs. Safet Zhuhali and Azem Hajdari. For minutes, the square rang with calls in support of democracy and the candidates Zhuhali and Hajdari. Greeting those present, the chairman of the Democratic Party of Albania, Tritan Shehu, pointed out that the Democratic Party’s program includes developing the mines, so that people can work with dignity and security to improve their own well-being. Bulqizë, once a prison-mine. For decades Bulqizë was a work center that resembled a huge grave, where there was no difference between prisoner and free person. With our development programs, we will change the town’s appearance, and working conditions in the mine will meet European standards. Cooperation with a very powerful German company, which will be signed in the coming days by the Council of Ministers, will give Bulqizë the appearance of a European center, as it fully deserves, Mr. Safet Zhuhali said in his speech. This investment, worth millions of dollars, will triple the number of workers, Zhuhali said. “In the last four years,” Zhuhali said, “there has not been a single fatal workplace accident in this mine, whereas for decades, during the communist regime, dozens of miners met their deaths here...” Yesterday’s second meeting, in Gjoricë, a village where the border isolation fence ran alongside the houses, began with remarks by the chairman of the Democratic Party, Mr. Tritan Shehu. “You, who had the barbed wire closer to you than anyone else, can never be on the side of the past. Our program,” Shehu continued, “guarantees you property, freedom, support and freedom of movement, in a united and free Albania and Europe.” Regarding the left-wing opposition, the chairman of the Democratic Party of Albania, Shehu, said that it personifies only the past and the structures of the former State Security, which currently lead this political force. “Their election campaign,” Shehu said, “is being led by Servet Pëllumbi, a man disqualified from standing as a candidate by the Commission for the Verification of Figures as a spy. The man who denounced his students,” Shehu said, “must first, in accordance with the law, request the publication of his personal file as a State Security spy. He and Ruçi must publicly apologize for the spying they carried out, sending their friends and innocent citizens to prison, and then leave the political scene themselves,” Tritan Shehu said in Gjoricë. Mr. Shehu expressed his conviction that after the elections the socialists themselves would call for Pëllumbi, Ruçi, Islami, and the entire old guard to leave the leadership of the Socialist Party, in pursuit of a path toward the European left. The Democratic Party, Shehu stressed, “does not promise miracles, but all of us together, through inclusion and our work, on the sacred principle of property, will build this country according to the European vision of the Democratic Party.” Meanwhile, the parliamentary candidate for this area, Mr. Azem Hajdari, promised that he would always be by their side and serve the community. Throughout the day he had been seriously engaged in resolving their concerns regarding the supply of gravel and the release of assistance, problems that the local socialist authorities had deliberately created to obstruct work and stir up discontent. Shehu then continued with several spontaneous meetings in Ostren i Madh, Fushë Studion, and Zgosht in the municipality of Lunik, where the democratic leader focused on freedom of movement, which continues on page 3

The Democratic Party of Albania strongly protests against RTSH because the airtime allocated to political parties on television is still not being respected. The Democratic Party calls attention to the need to strictly follow the ratio for coverage of the election campaigns of the governing parties and the opposition, as set out in advance by the Central Election Commission.

Pope John Paul II called for a joint effort to address the problem of illegal Albanian emigrants by turning cities into places of hospitality. At the ceremony blessing a holy site in the Diocese and Archdiocese of Lecce, in the southern region of Apulia, where many Albanians arrive by crossing the Adriatic by boat.

Page 3 Anastas Angjeli, owner of a recently built villa worth 70 thousand dollars, is not satisfied with that, but also seeks to forcibly become the owner of other people’s premises. We are publishing the statement of citizen Nezhat Cenomer concerning Angjeli’s occupation of her premises.

Page 3 If Monika’s Euro-socialists have “looked into the matter more deeply” and understood their mistake, then why is the Euro-socialist vice-president protesting?!

Wheat will be collected at the highest prices, increasing them by 25%. Vorë will become one of the strongest municipalities in the area. Qafë Shtama will become an important, modern tourist destination in Albania.

Shijak’s crossroads A BAD OMEN for the Socialist Party Pëllumbi’s guards threatened people with guns Page 3

The face of the Socialist Party: Ermelinda Meksi — a forger and thief of 1.1 hectares of land in Tirana