Dokle: “If you don't vote, they will immediately expel us from the Council of Europe.” Majko narrowly escapes resignation Socialists vote shamefully The “Arbnori Amendment” came to a vote with it receiving an almost unanimous majority. Albania's Mandela has made it this far through a great sacrifice, on the brink of self-immolation. If there had been a hunger strike, hundreds would finally have obtained from the Socialists the right to speak and to free freedom of speech from Communist censorship in the state media. A high and inconceivable price for a democracy worthy of the name and for any government that wishes to govern ordinary citizens in a normal way. The Arbnori Amendment was voted through a compromise between the PS and the PD. Despite this compromise, the Enverists in parliament wanted to mark such an agreement in the name of continuing further censorship in all state media, and especially on Television. It was entirely possible for the majority to vote against if the request for a separate vote had been cancelled by the leaders of the parliamentary group. The Speaker of Parliament, Namik Dokle, declared to his masks that if this law was not voted through Albania would be expelled from the Council of Europe, while Majko said he would resign. This means nothing other than that the majority is made up of Enverist and extreme left-wing elements, whose votes can be expected to do anything. Deep despair and a shudder showed on their faces, their expressions stricken because they are increasingly realizing every day that their days are numbered. The desperate vote once again shows that establishing democracy is paramount to its position as a constructive opposition. Without this stance, we would have had a license for chaos within this parliament, for all Albanian society and for the country's democratic processes. This parliamentary vote is an indication that the Socialists are invincible, frightened, and understand that in this parliament they are less than legitimate. The insistence of the PD and deputy Arbnori, together with major initiatives by European and American politicians, made the Socialists back down. They came to understand that democracy cannot be built by force, as can their desperate socialism. The Socialist vote for this law should create no illusion that they can be corrected. For them to take such a step, the best-known caricatures of the West had to intervene, and Arbnori had to go just one step away from being robbed. The struggle of thousands of democrats and the support shown to us before by the PD, as well as the solidarity of all Albanian democrats, women and men, of all PD members and supporters throughout Albania, and of all the Socialists—and specifically President Meidani—had to make them take one step back. Nevertheless, the unequal conditions in their own house remain, regardless of the votes. Meanwhile, the whites have no way of understanding why they are there and have no contribution to democracy. Their corruption of the state is like that of the bearers in 1945, who wanted a man to come out every day, just one person to be punished by them. But for the desperate Socialists, only a spirit of despair served as the reason for their vote. Hope follows every failure, and a parliament far removed from public TV. Communists or propagandists such as Eduart Ndoci, with their arrival, have served democracy throughout all these times. They have been damaged by the various monologues, by the politicization of the newspaper. A... [?]

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Meeting Berisha–Spatafora. Emigrants, victims of the deals and traps laid by former Albanian Communists together with Italy's Communist media circles “We would greatly appreciate the interruption of the return of emigrants from Italy,” the leader of the Democratic Party, Prof. Dr. Sali Berisha, told the Italian ambassador in Tirana, Spatafora. During a meeting between Berisha and Spatafora, requested by the latter, the problem of the return of emigrants and the conditions of the recent changes in the country were discussed. Raising the issue of Albanian emigrants, the leader of the Democratic Party expressed to the ambassador the Democratic Party's deep concern for emigrants who are victims of the deals and traps laid by former Albanian Communists together with Italy's Communist media circles, who during March drove these people into poverty and exodus. Furthermore, discrimination against Albanians is contrary to the feelings of friendship between our two peoples and to the generosity and solidarity that the friendly nation of Italy has shown towards Albanians; therefore, we would greatly appreciate the stopping of their expulsion from Italy. Mr Berisha expressed the view that, after 29 June, the new rulers had replaced reconciliation with revenge in all their activities and in the country. They are destroying the institutions built over these five years; unlawfully, they are pushing out the Head of State and the General Director of RTV, as well as the Governor of the Bank; they have violated the Rome Agreement on the opposition's share of space; they have rejected the parties' round table for national reconciliation; and they have approved the unconstitutional law on the High Council of Justice, overturning the balance between members elected by the judicial and legislative powers. This balance, contrary to our previous law, our Constitution, and those of all democratic countries, has now been overturned in favor of the legislature. Regarding the Constitution, without any prior consultation with the opposition, which was not invited, the majority decided unilaterally to appoint the chair of the constitutional drafting commission, set the number of its members, and then decided as it pleased on all these matters, before sending an invitation in the evening to discuss the commission. As justification for this haste, those in power falsely claim that the Donors' Conference in Rome will not be held unless a decision on the Constitution has been made. For the Democratic Party, the most urgent priority today is restoring constitutional and public order throughout the country and creating conditions for the opposition to engage in free political activity in areas still controlled by gangs, where the right-wing press is not allowed. After that, we would agree to a round table of political forces on the principles of the Constitution. Albania must have a European Constitution, and this cannot be achieved by appointed parliamentarians. We therefore propose the election, under a proportional system, of a constituent assembly to draft and approve the Constitution, which should be put to a vote before its approval and then to a referendum. Ambassador Spatafora said that there should be no haste or impatience over the Constitution, and that a round table of the parties would be useful and could be fruitful. He also confirmed that the October Conference is not conditional on a decision on the Constitution. We believe that a round table of political forces is indispensable for resolving the country's major problems and advancing national reconciliation; we call for the appointed opposition to be abandoned.

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The parliament of masks is forced to withdraw its revenge against freedom of speech. The “Arbnori Amendment” is approved

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