To the deceived people of Vlora whom the devils called “angels” Taken from the Italian magazine “Panorama” A macabre scene worthy of the criminal mentality of the middle ages: Socialist vampires, now known to all the people of Vlora, sucking the blood of the victim (the SHIK hero) after he has been brutally attacked by the rebel sadists of Vlora. All this inhuman scene took place before the eyes of the hunger-striking “angels,” accompanied by their applause and cheers. These are the duels of the PS...

Your victory is an example for everyone The victory of the Union of Democratic Forces in the parliamentary elections gives me the opportunity to convey my congratulations on the success achieved. Your victory is an example that should be followed by all of us; we wish you further success in your sublime work in building democracy and prosperity in Bulgaria. Chairman of the PDSH Prof. Dr. TRITAN SHEHU

Shtylli will not become prefect of Vlora TIRANE - The Albanian Parliament yesterday approved, despite Socialist opposition, the changes proposed by the Meksi government to the law “On prefectures”. The law, which defined more clearly the relations of the prefecture institution as an intermediate link between central and local government, was the object of opposition by Socialist deputies, who insisted that the draft be sent to the Fino government for review, as it had not deigned to examine it and bring comments to Parliament. The Socialists’ opposition, which could in no way be motivated as an attempt to correct any procedural violation during the passage of the draft from the government to Parliament, had to do with strengthening some changes that would expand Fino’s powers in appointing and dismissing prefects. After destroying the lawful institutions of local government in the southern cities, the Socialists aim to seize, through their prime minister, everything they need for full control of the electoral process. By insisting on this, they showed that the formula of national reconciliation government, which has left the Minister of the Interior, the representative of the Democratic Party, prevents them from acting with the prefect of Vlora, Albert Shtylli, or with Gjirokastër’s Gëlek Malaj. Yesterday’s parliamentary decision is a good example of peace and reconciliation, since it blocks Prime Minister Fino from appointing criminal prefects or prefecture secretaries such as Shtylli and Co., even though they accompanied him during visits to the South with the Kalashnikovs that have killed and destroyed the lives of these cities. ARSEN KRUJA

The state administration under terror Socialists threaten... “administratively” The Socialists have intensified the campaign of propagandistic terror against state administration employees. In areas controlled by left-wing leaders and armed forces and weapons of murder, this includes not only local leaders, ordinary members and sympathizers of the Democratic Party, but also the entire state and public administration. In many districts of the country, as a result of this physical terror, local administration employees feel extremely unsafe in their work, or they work under the constant threats of armed gangs. At the same time, the Socialist Party press, whether dependent or self-proclaimed independent, has increased the intensity of psychological terror against the state and public administration. Even a passing glance at the headlines of the articles is enough to immediately see that this is a well-organized campaign with very clear aims. As is known, the Socialist Party in the previous legislature systematically voted against the vast majority of the fundamental laws of the free-market economy and the rule of law, presented in Parliament. The dismantling theory announced by Mr. Nano before last year’s general elections failed, but it seems that Albanian Socialists have not abandoned it. As soon as the National Reconciliation Government began work, the socialist prime minister and the other ministers of the former left opposition proclaimed the demonization, or rather the camouflaged intention, to penalize the entire Albanian state and public administration. Under the pretext of so-called reorganizations of local government, military units, prefectures and administration in general, the National Reconciliation Government was transformed into a truly socialist government, one that had not only a socialist prime minister and several ministers, but also its main purpose. The reorganization of the Intelligence Service, of RTV, of local government not only of the appointed but also of the elected one, are only some of the declared points of the socialist prime minister. The arguments presented that these demands come from political parties at tables turned once again into toys for meetings are merely a justification for the socialist prime minister’s appetite, but in fact they constitute a danger for him and his party. The decision to dismiss General Shehu is not simply an unlawful decision, but the culmination of the threat to the entire state and public administration. This decision means for all state and public administration employees that “they must work for the PS, obediently; otherwise they can be freely thrown into the street on a party proposal or by committees,” because when the PS removed the General, who was not within its competence, it is clear what it can do, for example, to a civil affairs clerk. The warning is more than understandable and quite concrete. Coupled with this, the propagandistic threat of the rule of law ultimately outlines, not merely a campaign of purges in the administration, but an attempt to penalize and criminalize the state and public administration by forcing it to work against the interests of the state and the people. It is by no means surprising that in the pages of the Socialist Party press, state and public administration employees, specifically or even in general, are portrayed as being compared with the fascist administrators of the time of the Second World War. The trends toward surveilling the state and public administration to unimaginable levels undertaken by the Socialist Party through propaganda and concrete actions by its prime minister are expected to intensify further, when the “parties” propose other dismissals, hirings and removals from office, as well as other appointments through “consensus,” naturally all “administrative” and within the “competence” of the prime minister. Having tried to eliminate the Intelligence Service, one step was attempted with RTV, another with the Police Director, General Shehu; all these illegal and unconstitutional actions were carried out under the mask of reconciliation and unclear agreements. In fact, this above picture darkens even more, as suggested by the left-wing press and the certainty of the prime minister’s statements, who is not even able to reconcile the rival groups within his own party, and the most natural question a newspaper can ask is: “Who is the next target for dismissal,” by vote, “administratively” now that it is the time of reconciliation? In such a fabricated time, of course, this question is also unnecessary. SH. PEPOSHI

“I refuse to become a victim of political passions” Deputy Minister of the Interior Agim Shehu sues Fino in the Constitutional Court “I refuse to become a victim of political passions” Page 2

Austria gives the green light to the sending of a contingent of soldiers to Albania The Austrian Council of Ministers yesterday supported the participation of around 115 Austrian police officers and soldiers in the Multinational Force in Albania, said a Council spokesperson. The Austrian police officers and soldiers, whose task will be to guard the temporary aid in Albania, are to depart soon. The Austrian contingent will be placed under the command of an Italian paratrooper regiment and, possibly, will protect the OSCE headquarters in Albania.

The Fino mechanism has been moved to the second floor of the Prime Ministry together with the intrigues, tricks, traps, and communist threats cooked up in the PS corners Fino rolls toward resignation Page 3 The Fino mechanism has been moved to the second floor of the Prime Ministry together with the intrigues, tricks, traps, and communist threats cooked up in the PS corners

ASSAULT on police lieutenant colonel ARBEN UJKA ASSAULT on police lieutenant colonel ARBEN UJKA Page 2

A completely baseless and malicious fabrication A completely baseless and malicious fabrication - The article in the newspaper “Corriere della Sera” of 20 April 1997, titled “70 comrades train in Feken” and published in capital letters in today’s “Zeri i Popullit”, is a completely malicious and baseless fabrication. Neither today nor at any time over the past five years has even a single SHIK employee trained in Feken. It would have been better if, before publishing its issue in the style of pretentious articles, the newspaper “ZP” had asked SHIK for clarifications on this matter, and we assure you that had it done so, it would not have become a conduit for shameless disinformation that serves no one. Today the Socialist Party heads the Government of National Reconciliation, it takes part in Parliament and has all the possibilities to control the activity of the State Institutions, and consequently of SHIK. Spokesman of the National Informative Service

Leaks? A tale from the past of the PP... “The PD structures, Tirana branch, are in full efficiency, at all levels. Our leaders are in committees for every voting center, even in families, based on the scenario that was badly misused at the expense of Albanians,” says the branch secretary, Prof. Shaban Memia. Regarding what was rumor in the press dependent on the scenarios that Fino supposedly said journalists are following, dozens of reports by branch leadership analysts, The deputies near and delegated by the PDSH leadership, in a phase of a timetable approved by the branch leadership. “No, they say, anyone who was Tirana, the center of intellectualism in Albania, must lead political action; we are now in the phase of selecting candidates for deputies, and in the phase of determining electoral staffs. Leaks? A tale from the past of the PP. I declare with full responsibility that not only is there no public in our structures, but there is a mix of optimists and new interests, and an intellectual engagement, at very satisfactory levels. We are seriously prepared for victory in the campaign and will work for it.” Meanwhile, the schedule is loaded with 2-3 meetings per day.

On 24 April, Thursday, At 11.00, near the Central Headquarters of the Albanian Democratic Party, will be held the meeting of the National Council of the Youth Forum of the PDSH with the topic “Analysis of the current situation as well as the determination of ways out of the passivity that has affected the structures of the PDSH” The council members as well as the chairmen of the FRPD in the districts will take part.