Ceka begins collecting weapons on Monday, but not from the rebels ON PAGE 2

11 killed and 6 wounded in the past 24 hours ON PAGE 2

Gjonpalaj, a victim of the socialists’ terror ON PAGE 2

Scandal in the 29 June elections. Foreign observers, friends of the armed gangs in the South From left to right: Hans Picsher, head of the OSCE group for Vlorë; Zani Çaus[h]i; and two other observers, one of whom was American, posing with their arms around each other at the café belonging to the brother of the chief bandit, a member of the PS leadership in Vlorë

The members of the cabinet of the installed socialist government rushed, immediately after taking the oath, to occupy the large offices, get into the new cars and grab the mobile phones, beginning political purges on the very first day of their rise to power. But the world’s most criminal government is trying to console itself with courtesies from Western chancelleries, hoping to overcome the bitter taste left in Albanians’ mouths by the announcement of the names of those who will lead Albania. The map of the government published yesterday by an independent Albanian newspaper is a chilling synthesis of what has happened in Albania. More than discriminatory against Central Albania and the North, the geography of the “Nano 3” government is scandalous because most of its members were elected in the areas most inflamed by the rebellion. This is the best reward Fatos Nano has given the armed men who killed, burned and destroyed entire cities in the South of the country in exchange for the Socialist Party’s victory. It is now clear to everyone that this is the rule of a savage communist clan, ready to overturn every political, social and geographic balance on the basis of loyalty and merit in organizing the rebellion that violently overthrew the democratic state in Albania. All the well-known gangs of the South now have their own people in the state’s most important departments, people who have promised them a swift reward. In an interview with a foreign radio station, the prime minister of the installed government, Fatos Nano, claims that his administration will neutralize the armed gangs that remain free and at ease. We do not know what criteria he and his government will use to identify the gangs, but it is unlikely that the gangs of Goleka, Zani and many others in the South—who contributed powerfully to his Party’s victory in the elections—were at fault. This task seems all the more difficult when one learns that the notorious chief bandit of Vlorë was a friend of Hans Pics[h]ler, head of the OSCE observer mission for that city. So true is this shocking fact that the ambassador and several OSCE observers posed with Zani at his brother’s café in Vlorë, displaying an astonishing degree of familiarity. This is an even more compromising fact for the OSCE mission observing the 29 June elections in Albania, which the Socialist Party won by a large majority, although the elections themselves were deemed acceptable by the observers. In light of this photograph, the reports by OSCE observers—particularly in the south of the country affected by the rebellion—about the events of 26 May now seem like children’s fairy tales. But regardless of the fact that this is such a foreign party to the 29 June elections, this note includes the view that the PS, with Nano 3, will have greater control over the conditions in which the administration is formed. It is a government of rebellion, with numerous bases of power, almost as if it were alive everywhere, and with the Socialist Party bearing national responsibility. This “3” government, at least in its position on the OSCE, compromises the country’s standing, while offering a passion of its own in Shkodër; what it does in the country may perhaps be carried out seriously. On the other hand, it is a reason for a majority and another in the world, as a sub-communist force, to justify all three attempts to excuse its stance and tolerance of the world’s most unacceptable elections, and to define the “Nano 3” government as a government of rebellion. Author: PATOZI

Nano fulfills his promise to the committees Now that all the names of Albania’s executive and legislative leadership have been revealed, all speculation that the PS would try to restrain the rebellion after the violent overthrow of the Democratic Party government has been dispelled. Unfortunately, from now on the armed communist rebellion will govern the country. The President of the Republic comes from an electoral district that allowed, as an election poster, only a picture of Enver Hoxha in addition to Mejdani’s own photograph. Likewise, the Speaker of Parliament, Skënder Gjinushi, the Prime Minister, Fatos Nano, and nearly all the other ministers in Nano’s cabinet were elected in the Kalashnikov zones, where other political parties and their candidates were not allowed to compete. ON PAGE 3

PD responds to the installation of the socialist administration “ Nano 3,” an immoral government We call on Albanians to rise above the wicked aims of the current rulers and not to forget that reconciliation and national unity are the most fundamental conditions for our existence as a civilized nation. We call on the International Community to show understanding for our stance of not taking part in Parliament during the election of the “President of the clans” and the “Nano 3” Government. ON PAGE 3

PASOK–PS talks The Socialists will meet Milošević The Secretary-General of PASOK recalls that there is a problem concerning the Greek minority in Albania, which extremist circles in Greece think should be resolved through violence A chairman of the Socialist Party, ... of the Greek [party] (PASOK) in power, said at a press conference in Thessaloniki that “the problem of the Albanian minority in Greece, and the problem of the Greek minority in Albania, which extremist circles in Greece think should be resolved through violence. He said that the Greek government is not of the same opinion, but that it has not been able to distinguish the position of Greeks and Albanians in ...” He warned certain political forces in Albania not to undermine the new policy that the head of the Albanian Socialists is expected to pursue in relations with neighboring countries, since this could lead to the worsening of a new crisis in relations between Albania and Greece. On the other hand, the diplomat Majko and PASOK Secretary-General Skandalidis, who is in Albania to congratulate the Albanian Socialists on their victory in the violent elections of 29 June, did not specify what the issue was or what solution the disagreement between the extremists and the Greek government concerns.

The composition of the “Nano 3” government rejects regional, territorial and technocratic criteria The ministerial cabinet selected by Prime Minister Nano and endorsed by President Mejdani has now been presented in the Albanian press. We sought assessments of the cabinet’s composition from the following politicians: Vili Minarolli, Secretary for Public Relations of the PDSH; Mr. Guri Duro[l]lari, chairman of the PLL; and Mr. Zef Bushati, chairman of the PDK. ON PAGE 3

The opposition has no parliamentary group

Five killed and four wounded LEZHË — Five people were killed and four wounded in Zejmen, Lezhë, in an exchange of fire between the police force on duty and an armed group from the city of Shkodër, which failed to obey a checkpoint’s order to stop. Sources at the Ministry of the Interior said that police officer Shabudin Isufi, 37, was killed in the clash, and four other police officers were wounded; they are out of danger, as are three other wounded people. In the confrontation with the insurgents at the checkpoint, dozens of police officers arrived. After the gunfire continued for some time, [people] were killed and four others wounded; they were taken to the hospital in “Bënçë” in the city of Shkodër. The police said that the armed men were Lekë Leka, 29, a person much sought by the police; Pashuk Leka, 28; Lajçi [?]; and [?] Mate Ferra, 25.