The Albanians have decided: ignore the government’s “passport”... Polls give shocking figures for the result of the November 22 vote The PD’s message to the Albanians: Here’s why you should not go to the polls The PD’s message to the Albanians Here’s why you should not go to the polls Political statement: STAY AWAY FROM THE POLLS! Dear citizens, The Democratic Party invites you, by not taking part in this anti-constitutional referendum, to vote against the government of Fatos Nano, a government abandoned by its own people, a government that has turned Albania into a country where the rule of crime, violence and corruption is replacing the democratic order. Participation in a vote contrary to free will and stripped of the most minimal civil and political standards has already been publicly expressed by the majority of Albanians, by responding to the opposition’s call to boycott the referendum of 22 November and by expressing, through non-participation, their protest against the government. This overwhelming majority of Albanians is giving the best answer to the government’s aim of imposing its own constitution by denying the people their voice on this so important decision. CITIZENS VOTE: NO TO THE GOVERNMENT’S REFERENDUM; YES TO PROTEST! The Albanian opposition invites you not to take part in a referendum without freedom, without transparency and under conditions of unprecedented political terror after September 14 and especially after the killing and physical elimination of opposition MP Azem Hajdari. The government has turned Albania into a country where murders, kidnappings, threats and selective arrests have become a daily ritual for pluralist democracies. Police repression, state terror and the systematic violation of citizens’ rights and freedoms are the instrument the government is using to impose its will. It is also clear that through administrative threats, vote manipulation and pressure from state and police structures, the aim is to achieve a predetermined result. WHY BOYCOTT? Because this referendum is not a free and democratic consultation, but a farce to legalize a power that has lost legitimacy. Because citizens are not guaranteed the safety of the vote, freedom of expression and of organization. Because the public administration is being used to force people to go to the polls, while the police and other services have been put at the service of government propaganda. Because the vote is being replaced by fear. OWNERS OF THE STATE The government has openly declared that it does not consult the opposition, does not consult citizens, and does not consult democratic standards. It behaves as the owner of the state and not as the servant of the public. That is why the civic refusal to take part in this referendum is a high act of democratic responsibility. CONTINUES ON PAGE 3

Pack, chairman of the delegation for relations with Southeastern Europe in the European Parliament, six senior officials of the EP and the chairman of the PP-DS group express their “shock” at the letter of the Democratic Party of 3 August concerning P-D. Together they write: “If this letter is such a statement when we are constantly reminding you from PD to prevent its non-inclusion in the draft constitution”. ON PAGE 3

The West does not call on people to vote for the government’s “passport”. Abstention, part of the rules of the game A considerable number of high-ranking European figures have rejected the insinuations of the left-wing media and of Fatos Nano that the opposition leader Sali Berisha and the democrats are calling on the Albanian people to vote “for” the Constitution. On the contrary, their same concern, also expressed in public statements, consists in the exclusion of the opposition from drafting the new constitution and in the violation of the democratic standards of the referendum. ON PAGE 3

Pressure from the chairman of the PD at yesterday’s session of the Bureau of the European Christian Democratic Union (EUCD) ON PAGE 2

PD protests against violations of the law “On the Referendum” ON PAGE 3

Message from the PD to the Albanians Here’s why you should not go to the polls POLITICAL STATEMENT: DEAR VOTERS! The Albanian opposition invites you, by not taking part, to vote against the government of Fatos Nano, a government that has turned Albania into a country where the rule of crime and violence is replacing the democratic order. OWNERS OF THE STATE The government has openly declared that it does not consult citizens or standards of freedom. In this anti-constitutional referendum it aims to legalize a power without legitimacy. VIOLATED VOTERS Citizens are facing administrative threats, police pressure and vote manipulation. This farce is being presented as a democratic consultation, while in essence it denies the right to free choice. ON PAGE 2

Today, 70 days since the killing of the leader of the December Movement The government protects Azem Hajdari’s killers Today marks 70 days since the killing of Azem Hajdari, the leader of the student movement and of the Democratic Party. His killers and their accomplices have still not been arrested, while justice and the institutions remain silent. ON PAGE 2

NATIONAL LIBRARY Rally called off The rally announced by “Bashkimi” for the democrats, which was to be held today at 12:00 in Skanderbeg Square, has been postponed to another day. ON PAGE 4

The army and the Ministry of Defense do not recognize Olyakan ON PAGE 4

Koçi throws the uniforms into action to undermine the referendum ON PAGE 4

In Tirana M. Sula Bexhika Albana INVITADO TOSHIBA SATELLITE A LA VISTA DE TAIPEI BRAND LEADER WORLDWIDE ON THE INTERNET LG- ASAHI GENERAL SANYO, SHARP, KENSTAR, AOC, SONY etc. Taken from “Mërgimi”