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. On Sunday, the National Council of the Democratic Party selected the names of most of the winners for the 29 June elections, stressing that their victory would be shared with the allies of “Union for Democracy” and with the Albanian right-wing electorate in general. The Democrats’ highest forum stressed that, for them, a future coalition-based government is very important, as one of the factors that will make it possible to resolve quickly the crisis that has gripped the country because of the communist rebellion. At a time when the Democratic Party expressed itself clearly and practically in support of its permanent allies, the Albanian socialists provided a typical example of burying their allies and small parties in general. Their demand, which is the clearest proof of a party’s political hypocrisy, and its approval by the Constitutional Court, pose a serious challenge, forcing Albanians to make partners of the smaller parties in the Albanian political spectrum. Whereas until yesterday the Socialist Party had tried to somewhat clean up its past after the departures of the smaller parties, now, for fear of a heavy defeat, it is showing that it is prepared to seriously damage the interests of the smaller parties, some of which are seen as vital to the new Albanian politics. The contrast is more than clear. While the Democrats legitimize their support for their new allies, stressing that they are also open to the Republican and Balli Kombëtar electorates, the Socialists not only struck down the smaller parties’ claims to representation with a single stroke, but showed no mercy even to their natural allies. The Constitutional Court’s decision, prompted by the Socialists’ insistence, strikes not only at small parties in general, but also at the Social Democrats, who had signed a pre-election alliance with the Socialist Party only a few days earlier. Armed. Their leader, Fatos Nano, was yesterday confronted with persistent questions by citizens of Vlora, who forced him to admit[?] that he would return their lost money. If Nano’s statement was merely intended to get him through a difficult moment in front of the people of Vlora, it is deeply compromising for the Socialist Party, which until yesterday had been insisting that it could not return a single lek from the pyramid schemes. Either way, Nano is in a tight spot: either he has grossly deceived the people at the protests, or he must explain where he will find their huge[?] sums of money. There is little chance that the money stolen and plundered by the committees can be repaid from the pockets that the pyramid schemes have swallowed up in Albania. Only if Nano means that returning the money means printing it himself, in black and white, for the armed forces that fought directly with Kalashnikovs to bring his party to power in the South. Meanwhile, former Austrian Chancellor Franc Vranicki did not leave the Socialists any room to block or sideline the elections when, after his fifth trip to Albania, he declared that they must not obstruct the holding of the 29 June vote and the announcement of the results. At the same press conference, the ODIHR representative in Tirana said that it was clear[?] that the soldiers of the million-strong force [?], who are in Albania to help the Albanians, are there to protect the mission of foreign observers, who may encounter armed members of the committees. No great expert is needed to reach this conclusion, since so far foreign monitors have been obstructed in their mission only by the armed gangs of the southern committees. The armed men, all carrying Albanian weapons, have been deployed with the stated aim of not allowing Democrats to campaign at all in the areas they have occupied. Meanwhile, nobody has prevented the Socialists and the others from campaigning throughout Albania. The conditions of barbarity balanced across the country in the coming period will not at all suppress the freedom of the Albanian Democrats and their right-wing allies, who will restore a government of agreement for a prosperous Albania. Nano’s representatives’ statement in Vlora is part of a great uproar for Albanian unity, for the good. In reality, it has proved that they are seeking to obstruct constitutional implementation and prevent elections from being held in the territories represented by their leaders. Thus PAT[?]OZI

A coalition with the allies of “Union for Democracy” is decisively important. The DP is open to the PR and BK electorates — the SP buries all the small parties.

Vlorë. The leader of the PS declares that he will return the money from the pyramid schemes NANO: You saved me from prison. MALAJ: I cannot ensure transparency before the elections. SHYTI: The Democrats are not letting them campaign ON PAGE 3 President Berisha received the OSCE envoy June 10...

President Berisha received the OSCE envoy MALAJ: I cannot ensure transparency before the elections. SHYTI: We will not let the Democrats NO, government with the socialists It has already been decided, Berisha said, that the traffic ban will be lifted on election day. I would appreciate as many international observers as possible, and we will make every effort to create the conditions and ensure the safety of their activities

President Berisha received Monsignor Zhak de la Port Albanian clerics have played a very important role in rebuilding the spiritual infrastructure of Albanians as a whole. This is what President Berisha said about the role of religion in the country after the advent of democracy, during a meeting with Monsignor Zhak de la Port, President of the French Commission “Justice and Peace”, who was also accompanied by Monsignor Rrok Mirdita. “I greatly appreciate your solidarity and cooperation with the Albanian clerics in their efforts to revive the Albanian Catholic Church,” President Berisha told the French clergyman. As one of the churches with an ancient tradition and a valuable contribution to national and European history and culture, it experienced, like our entire society, the harshest communist persecution and repression. President Berisha also praised the role of Albanian clerics during this difficult period for the country, emphasizing that Albanians are determined to restore Albania to the path of democracy and integration through elections. For his part, Monsignor Zhak de la Port wholeheartedly wished that the elections would take place in as calm an atmosphere as possible and usher in a new stage of peace, peace and stability in Albania.

Pack, fully aware of the criminal role of the committees, considers their dissolution an important condition for the peaceful conduct of the elections, since, among other things, they operate without legitimacy The Socialists have gone crawling to Pack . In a statement sent to the People’s Assembly, the chairwoman of the European Parliament delegation, Ms. Doris Pack, reveals that the Socialists have come to regret their agreement with the committees on March 28. “This was a major political mistake,” a leading Socialist Party figure told her during her stay in Tirana. This reveals the Socialists’ full complicity with the committees. Pack thereby sheds light on one of the most negative moments of the Albanian crisis, definitively directing responsibility for the crisis, crimes, arson and theft toward the Albanian Socialists. In her statement about her visit to Albania, she says it is worrying that only representatives of the Democratic Party publicly accepted that they would respect the election results in every case. Representatives of the other parties, unfortunately, did not state their position on this issue clearly. legitimacy. “It is regrettable that the Socialists are not respecting the March 9 agreement, having signed another agreement with the committees on March 28 and thereby legitimizing them as full partners,” she says, adding that a leading Socialist Party figure told her that this agreement had been a major political mistake. Ms. Pack praised the exemplary commitment of the OSCE to conducting the elections, while she did not consider the role of the multinational force in Albania particularly commendable.

The OSCE envoy, Franc Vranicki, and the director of ODIHR, Jerard Stoudmann

The Democrats’ National Council selects the winners for 29 June

ODIHR: “Alba” protects observers from the committees

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