How Delvina was drawn into the rebellion SPECIAL FEATURE ON PAGE 5 How Delvina was drawn into the rebellion Here are the terrorists of the southern city SPECIAL FEATURE ON PAGE 5 What is in Delvina’s black dossier? - How did the protests over the lost money begin? - Who were the organizers? How long did the “people’s” rallies continue? - The companies’ managers. - How were the protests transformed into a rebellion? - When did the attack on Delvina begin? Where was the command post? - Who attacked the police station, the bank and the other institutions? - Were there SHIK agents in Delvina? - When was the infantry battalion attacked? - Who ordered Arbër Qillimi, the battalion’s former commander, to hand over the weapons?

Marathon meeting of the National Council of the Democratic Party. A final break is declared with the rule of killings, corruption and smuggling Berisha: “The opposition will not adhere to the theory of revolution, but will follow the democratic path to remove from power the most corrupt government in Europe”

. The Democratic Party’s decision to sever all ties with the current Parliament amounts to a decision to break with the very institution in which it still sat alongside the people of gangs, smuggling, corruption, crime and the murderers of the opposition. This is precisely about preserving the values of democracy, and even more about perfecting them, as well as continuing to trample on people’s interests. This institution, dominated by representatives of the communist rebellion, managed in one year to become a symbol of serious violations and the destruction of many institutions, right up to the point of making it even clearer that not only the government and the other institutions dependent on it, but also the Albanian Parliament, are among the nodes of Albania’s crisis, antidemocratic violence and all the vices that are unprecedented in a system of government or rule. The DP left Parliament to leave the government alone and isolated, as it is, the government that made Albania the number one country for corruption, that has made smuggling the order of the day and opened all its channels to the regional mafia, that killed and wounded, imprisoned and persecuted the opposition at the same rate as Ramiz Alia killed people at the border throughout 1990. It left Parliament because this very institution is also the most violent, dominated by communist gangs whose members hold parliamentary mandates. Its father, Skënder Gjinushi, has turned it into a springboard for all the government’s crimes. Today it is the place from which crime and violence, smuggling and corruption begin; it is the right hand of political and economic crime combined. Democrats have a mission at this important stage of democracy in Albania. Democrats left Parliament because democracy had to be defended; it is present neither in Parliament, nor in the government, nor in the other institutions usurped by bandits and those in power. By breaking with Parliament, the Democrats have not turned their backs on the country, its plight or its great problems. Remaining in Parliament was having no effect on preserving the values of democracy, let alone perfecting them; instead, it meant become a symbol of serious violations, the destruction of many institutions, and even bullets fired at the opposition. From this Albanian Parliament, people have never seen a decision emerge that guarantees their freedom or gives them hope. In Parliament, Albanians have watched the institutional advance of the rebellion that began in March of last year against municipalities, military units, the police and SHIK. If anyone had forgotten the suffering and terror of the past, the last two days of the fall of the TV station brought it all back: bandits, smugglers and corrupt figures protected by immunity brought back not only 1997, but also 1946, the year that saw the execution of the opposition of that time. Only then were the slogans “opposition out of parliament,” “the opposition in prison,” and “the opposition on the gallows” heard. Those beings also called MPs left, outside the occupied doors of Parliament, the image of Zani’s gangs, Gojoleka, the declaration of 28 March, and the meeting in Tepelenë, where they also placed Albania in servitude. The DP could not remain behind this parliamentary mob as a façade for democracy. You cannot remain in the same place as the destroyers of democracy, those who resemble the “enemy” puppets of the dictatorship fifty years ago, those who rob and humiliate the country and insult it after setting it alight, killing and destroying it only years earlier. Now, after this day, things are even clearer. Albanians must choose between thieves, bandits, criminals, smugglers and themselves—their own future. The latter has made its choice and can neither remain within this mafia clan of killers in power nor stand with it.

Everyone against the new dictators On Thursday at 19:30, the Democratic Party of Albania invites all activists and supporters to “Skënderbej” Square to protest the killings, persecution and imprisonment of opposition members. Everyone to “Skënderbej” Square on Thursday, against the new dictators, offspring of the old dictatorship, against the persecution of the opposition and the plots to eliminate it! Everyone to “Skënderbej” Square on Thursday at 19:30, to restore the values of democracy and defend its freedom.

The World Bank’s signal about government corruption cancels the Donors’ Conference scheduled for 21 July An IMF delegation that has been in Tirana for a week is repeating to the govern-

A view of the parliamentary chamber P. Hysi denounces the Socialists’ senior spy Ruçi, “The Cigarette” in the Socialist Party “While a student at the Bio-Chemical branch in Shkodër, lured by his adventurous nature and as a thief of students’ meal allowances, he fell into the trap of the State Security Service” ON PAGE 3

The chief customs officer has been a servant of government officials in the development of smuggling Prime Minister Fatos Nano is sacrificing his people to justify himself before national and international public opinion, claiming that he is fighting smuggling. Nano will imprison even his closest friends, solely so that he does not relinquish power ON PAGE 6

The publishers of “KJ” and “Shekulli” accuse each other ON PAGE 4

Murders and robberies dominate the city ON PAGE 6

Fenomeni and Tafarel take Brazil to the final -Brazil in the final. When football becomes a spectacle -Blazevic: “It’s no surprise if we win the World Cup.” The Croatian coach speaks -France’s coach is confident. Zhake: “We’ll reach the final without penalty shootouts” -The winning presidents. Who brings bad luck and who brings good luck... -Boban: “We are close to the final” -How far do the Balkan teams’ ambitions go (Analysis) -Tafarel and Dunga break records SPECIAL FEATURE ON PAGES 10-11 Football photograph