Three full days to unblock the clan war in the corrupt coalition of smuggling. The old man pulls back after threats over the PSD’s pardon from the cabinet Strong pre-dawn tensions in the socialist camp. The Alliance hesitates until the very last moment before leaving the government. The most un-Albanian cabinet in the country’s history The black lines in government are being preserved The Majko government was officially left without the Movement for Democracy and its representatives in government. LDK informed Prime Minister Nano, a few minutes after the release of the new government, of its decision to withdraw its ministers and deputy ministers from the new cabinet. The LDK statement formalized the rupture of the coalition with the PS, but the head of government, convinced that the crisis had been solved, declared that the Majko government was the government of agreement. If the new pink-coloured government, the left and the centre revived Nano’s government, then it now appears without the PSD, which until yesterday had never denied its alliance with the socialists. Thus the government and its majority entered into crisis on the very first day of its existence, with the departure of a coalition member that controls the majority of seats in parliament. In the final moments before President Meidani came out with the decree for the new government, the chairman of the Democratic Alliance, Neritan Ceka, stated that his party was once again in government as a decision of its own, based on the decision of the opposition roundtable to support the cabinet of Pandeli Majko. Nano had excluded Ceka’s Alliance from representation in government after its two ministers and deputy ministers joined, on Wednesday, the socialist leadership’s demands for the removal of the PBDNJ chairman, Vasil Bollano, from the government. In this way Nano was forced to fulfil one of the conditions set by his bigger allies, PSD and LDK. Bollano found it impossible to accept being removed from the government. A few hours before the president decreed the government, he said that his party would leave the government and the coalition if Socialist leader Nano did not fulfil such a condition. He accompanied this warning with harsh criticism of the prime minister and his team. According to Ballano, the new government is filled with political losers and with ministers led by Paskal Milo and Ylli Bufi, with the appointment decrees for whom President Meidani has committed the murder of Aziz Hajdari. Blerim Çela is being held in prison without any evidence Alfred Abdullai, Blerim Çela’s lawyer, today condemns procedural violations and the delay in the conduct of the proceedings in his client’s case Today, 21 days since the murder of the leader of December The government protects the murderers of Azem Hajdari With every hour that passes since the murder of Azem Hajdari, the demonstrations that will paralyze increase, proving the government’s disregard — that of the socialists and social democrats and its political grouping — regarding the full clarification of the causes, the course of events, and the identification of the perpetrators of this barbaric act. Certain members of the PS and PDS government are clear in this effort and at the same time try to relativize and diminish their guilt. Albanian protesters, and especially the citizens of Tirana and everywhere, feel every day that the officials they are confronting are not only not devoted to uncovering the truth of his murder but, on the contrary, have in hand the concealment of the traces of the crime through the elimination of witnesses, intimidation of family members and prosecutors, and disinformation of public opinion. These actions constitute the chain of an organized state crime. Berisha calls on the North Atlantic Alliance NATO strikes, a necessity Berisha calls on the North Atlantic Alliance to continue persistently the air attacks on Serbian forces gathered in Kosovo and to punish Serbian military power. He said that only in this way will Milošević’s aggression, the last and most dangerous fascist in the Balkans, against Albanians in Kosovo be prevented. Berisha welcomed the decision of the North Atlantic Council to activate the order and described it as a very positive and encouraging step for Albanians wherever they may be. Azem Hajdari, “Honorary Citizen” of Tirana People and NATO, a necessity [?] Majko does not deny his illness P.S. of the treasurer Majko from the Government of National Reconciliation, because of his illness Majlo and Shuli were left with the chances of the helmet Gaqo took the five million dollars Gaqo Apostoli, an entrepreneur from the village of Zhamë [?], has been sentenced to 34 years of imprisonment by the Court of Appeal for the theft of around 500 million lek in cooperation with the financial accounts of the pyramid scheme “Bicentri” (read in yesterday’s issue of RD) by means of fraud and smuggling. The accused was brought on Thursday to the city of Vlora, where he appeared before the court of first instance. Gaqo Apostoli was sentenced to 34 years in prison on charges of stealing around 500 million lek in cooperation with the financial accounts of the pyramid scheme “Bicentri”. He had an account under the name 34, residing in the village of Zhamë in Vlora. This case was tried in the defendant’s absence, as he had long since left the country. During investigations by the Vlora police and the prosecutor’s office, Gaqo Apostoli denied the accusations, declaring himself innocent and saying that he had never received the million sums. He stated that he had no connection at all with “Bicentri”. “ON PAGE 3” “ON PAGE 5” “ON PAGE 6”

The League Against Dictatorship announces that during the past hours, supporters of the seven opposition parties have gathered with demonstrators in Tirana today at 5:30 p.m. in Skanderbeg Square, urging the leader of the technical opposition to restart the crisis.