Armored vehicles, special police in helmets and masks to stop the PD deputy. They blocked the road with weapons in Lezhë and Milot. Police fire on the cars escorting Hajdari On Saturday, police staged an operation with armored vehicles, helmets and heavy weapons to stop MP Azem Hajdari. At 16:20, large police forces and armed gangs, accompanied by Deputy Interior Minister Pellumb Nako, set up an ambush on the Laç-Milot road after the Democratic deputy was returning from attending his brother’s funeral. News of the roadblock and police ambushes had reached Deputy Hajdari since yesterday morning. After firing indiscriminately at the car in which Azem Hajdari was traveling and the one escorting him, the police, supported by armed gangs, withdrew to Fushë-Krujë. At the same time in Lezhë, in front of the prefecture, police had since the early hours of the morning blocked all roads leading to this institution where a meeting with the party structures was to take place. Three police checkpoints were set up in Lezhë. At the entrance checkpoint before Lezhë, set up with armored cars and armored personnel carriers, deputies and PD chairmen from the districts, as well as dozens of participants in the meeting that was to be organized in Lezhë, were blocked. Cars were stopped with automatic weapons pointed at the passengers. At the second checkpoint before Lezhë, the barrier was placed at the Milot junction. Meanwhile, the third checkpoint, set up in front of the Lezhë prefecture, was blocked by numerous police forces and armed gangs that checked documents and blocked movement. Many of the meeting participants were detained for several hours. According to information received last night, the blocking of Hajdari and the opposition leaders was ordered by Deputy Interior Minister Pellumb Nako. The operation was led by the Director of Criminal Police, Agim Shehu. ON PAGE 3 Protests break out: "We want our money"

The poll by the Young Observers Association shows a reversal in the electorate. Albanians disappointed by the governing coalition. 1,130 people surveyed from 16 different districts across the country PD leads, the right is gaining ground Socialists and the diletets five have fallen to a minimum: PD 26%, PS 23%, PPL 3.1%, PAD 2.5%, PR 1.2%, PPA 1.0%, PBSD 0.8%, PBDNJ 0.3%, PA 0.3%, other parties 3.5% ON PAGE 3

The masked men, terrorizing passengers on the Peshkasan - Peqin road They threatened, wounded and even killed people. Businessmen and clothing traders are subjected to strict checks by criminal squads operating under orders. Four men in police uniforms and carrying heavy weapons, after stopping a freight minibus near the Peshkasan bend at midnight on Thursday, stole 35 million Italian lire at gunpoint. The news was made public by police sources, according to whom the robbery took place around midnight. According to the passengers’ report, the perpetrators wore masks and police uniforms. After stopping the freight minibus and forcing the passengers to get out, they searched the goods and took the sum of money. They then left in an unknown direction. Some of the passengers stated that the police did not intervene. The case increases insecurity on the country’s roads. ON PAGE 3

The dismissal of i babos is a serious concern in Korçë On the day when it was officially announced that the security meeting at the ministries and prosecutor’s office and Ambassador Trivers was cancelled, 12 security officers were employed by SHIK in Korçë The dismissal of i babos[?] is a serious concern in Korçë Councillors warn of handing in their mandates On the day when it was officially announced[?] that the security meeting[?] at the ministries and prosecutor’s office[?] and Ambassador Trivers, 12 security officers[?] were employed by SHIK in Korçë Interview with the renowned screenwriter of cinema, Nexhat Tala ON PAGE 3

Interview with the renowned screenwriter of cinema, Nexhat Tafa Government officials now remember or try to justify, with these stressful matters, how and why it is affecting them and how, and how Holli, Roger Government officials now[?] remember or try to justify, with these stressful matters[?], how and why it is affecting them and how, and how Holli, Roger[?] ON PAGE 5

Malaj Alimëhilli digs up the bones of the murdered [?] ON PAGE 3

ELBASAN: Theft continues at at least one dental center in the same manner. Doctors complain that the police are not taking action ON PAGE 5

The government once again promises money and praise ON PAGE 5

Boka's ministers speak in the morning with a blank stare [?] ON PAGE 4

The property restitution commission is not functioning ON PAGE 5

Protests break out "We want our money" From the teachers' protest in front of the Prime Minister’s Office, February 1997

44th EDITION, TIRANË