Power takes revenge and provokes the anti-communist city. The police station, municipality, banks, "Marin Barleti" library and the university are burned and destroyed. Citizens avoid bloodshed Coup d’état within the state! Nano removes Meidani and assumes presidential powers Bands of former Sigurimi men burn local institutions. The opposition accuses the authorities of being the cause of the local unrest. The opposition accuses the authorities of being the cause of the local unrest. Prefect Laci: "Hardvari should not be violated again in Shkodër" The government provoked the city, police forces have nothing to do with the घटना SPECIAL ON PAGES 2-3 Politicians and residents of Shkodër during last night’s unrest On Sunday evening in Shkodër, what no Albanian mother would ever wish for her children happened. Many important institutions were burned, vandalized and destroyed. The first attacks began around 22:00 against the bronze square with the bank in the center of the city. After a group of irresponsible people, made up of remnants of the communists and the State Security, struck the PD branch with hard objects, damaging its signboard, they then flooded into the city center. According to confirmed sources of the RD newspaper, masked and armed people started the fire that burned the municipality and then the other institutions. Whole buildings were looted, windows were broken, equipment was destroyed. Citizens, alarmed, went out into the streets and sought to avoid a civil clash. At the center of the accusations is the Nano government, which according to the opposition has organized a destabilization scenario against Shkodër, the symbolic city of anti-communist resistance. The police station, municipality, banks, the "Marin Barleti" library and the university are burning, while the police remain uninterested or unable to prevent the destruction. The opposition declares that the aim was to provoke bloodshed, but the citizens of Shkodër, despite their anger, avoided escalation. In the background there is also the institutional clash in Tirana, where Nano is accused of removing Meidani and assuming presidential powers. Shkodër remains shaken today, while the damage is extensive and the real perpetrators have still not been brought to justice.

SPECIAL ON PAGES 2-3 The Prefect of Shkodër rejects the government’s propaganda accusations Lajçi against Nano and vraniçkit ... [text partially unreadable in the image] ...

A government of violence cannot build a rule-of-law state Not at all, no. Pollo said that such interference in the decisions of the highest state bodies runs completely contrary to the principles of the rule of law. Referring to the recent positions of the majority, he said that such behavior is an expression of an anti-constitutional and primitive mentality. According to Mr. Pollo, the choice is clear: either the rule of law, or Haxhi Qamili. If the government and the majority do not respect the Constitution and the decisions of independent institutions, then the country risks sliding into arbitrariness. He stressed that the opposition will continue to defend constitutional principles and that citizens must react against political violence and the capture of the state.

Elbasan- A battle based at the army base Yesterday an armed alarm broke out among soldiers in Elbasan, where armed forces were seen moving with heavy vehicles. According to testimony, the situation escalated after clashes and contradictory orders. The movement of tanks and armored vehicles through the city streets caused panic among residents. There is no complete information about casualties, but local sources speak of a serious security situation. The authorities gave no clear explanations, while the opposition described the event as an indication of the degradation of state order.

OSCE voices in Tirana assessed yesterday that despite the Albanian government’s exaggerations about recent events, the real situation does not match the official alarmism. Its representatives pointed out that government propaganda is using the incidents to justify political and administrative measures. We will try to obtain and publish ... [?] No favor for the prefect, the mayor and the deputies

Everyone with us in Skanderbeg Square On Wednesday, 25.02.1998 at 12:00 in "Skenderbej" Square, the Union for Democracy, the Anti-communist Association of the politically persecuted, the Youth Forum, the Women’s League, and the Independent Miners’ Union support the peaceful protest. Against the discriminatory increase in wages and pensions. Against censorship and the denial of property rights. Everyone in "Skenderbej" Square, in defense of democracy and against revanchism. UNION FOR DEMOCRACY

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