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Rilindja Demokratike

22 October 1997

With Berisha toward victory

The 4th Congress of the PD concludes, “New elections, a solution for Albania” With Berisha toward victory Abnori is the first to congratulate Berisha's election. From the Congress to the great protest in Skënderbej Square. Tirana cheers Berisha. The new PD statute is approved PD, Albania’s new chance Albanian democrats... in the lands that called for the new Berisha at the head of the PD with 29... other nations! the victory of 29 June. The Fourth Congress of the Democratic Party held its proceedings on Tuesday morning and ended with the election of Berisha as its chairman. The hall, packed to capacity, was a magnificent display. Hundreds of delegates, especially in the afternoon session, but also after the proceedings ended, turned it into a huge rally celebrating the rebirth of this party. For the first time since its downfall, the PD last night staged a major opposition demonstration in the center of Tirana. The main opposition slogan that the country, “At the moment the most important thing is to return to power. All our energies, all our efforts, all our thoughts have only one purpose: to overthrow this government!”, was confirmed by the powerful cheers of tens of thousands of democrats in Skënderbej Square, where the place is decorated with inscriptions left over from the electoral campaign of 29 June. On Tuesday evening, hundreds of cars drove along “Dëshmorët e Kombit” Boulevard and the central ring road of Tirana with national flags and Democratic Party banners, arriving in Skënderbej Square, where tens of thousands of Tirana citizens shouted in one voice: “Berisha, Berisha!”, “Come on, let’s make Albania like the rest of Europe!”. Mr. Berisha's speech in the evening before the citizens, as well as the presence of other opposition leaders, showed that the right wing has entered a new period of mobilization. ON PAGE 4 Berisha's election is greeted with powerful cheers in the Congress Hall. The national board of the PD

PD will soon come to power

Abnori immediately after the announcement of the vote results: It was good that Berisha won Today's PD is reborn, has known how to analyze its own mistakes, and to look calmly at what has happened to its own party and to itself. This vision from others comforts us. From today on, with this new spiritual way, with this sacred spirit of the democrats in action, we have the right to be optimistic! P.K

Berisha: This government has numbered days

The head of the democrats warns the rulers “The only alternative for this parliament is its dissolution and the calling of early elections” “I am convinced that, in order to carry the building of freedoms through to the end, each of us must take into our own hands the fate of our children and not accept the lack of peace. Not accept evil. Not accept the poverty that surrounds it. Rise up in civic protests because today's government is the most corrupt and most incapable government in the history of this country. It is the government that is stealing the free vote. It is the government that is plundering the property of Albanians. It is the government that is holding the state and the law hostage.” Berisha said that “the Democratic Party will do everything to restore hope, dignity, and faith in the vote to Albanians.” In another part of his speech he stressed that “this parliament does not represent the citizens and the only alternative remains its dissolution and the holding of early elections.” ON PAGE 4

PD capable of entering the political struggle

Pollo praises the Congress and the changes to the party statute ON PAGE 2

Grosbruk: There is no aid without respect for the opposition

The EDU representative greets the Congress EDU supports the right-wing policy pursued by the democratic leader and has wished the largest opposition party a quick return to power in order to restore democracy in the country ON PAGE 4

“Commando” against VFA and the PD

SHIK prepared a macabre scenario The people who will carry out the plan, for a diabolical dimension that can safely be called a “satanic scenario,” have been carefully selected from the ranks of the former State Security, after a strict two-month screening ON PAGE 5

Photo: A. Frashëri ON PAGE 3 ON PAGE 4