Shikas, Vëstin Riza and Lila Plloli, have blocked the road between AJDI, frozen time with car TR 8234 A and have repeatedly provoked the Cardes who guard the house near the PD chairman’s building Klosi’s agents spy on Sali Berisha’s house Residents of the area feel SHIK’s surveillance of the opposition leader Shikas, Vëstin Riza and Lila Plloli, have blocked the road between AJDI, frozen time with license plate TR 8234 A and have repeatedly provoked the Cardes who guard the house near the PD chairman’s building BY SAKT GAZI[?] Majko with the skafists, D’Alema with their victims In a democratic country, where the state police and SHIK are there to protect public and private order and property, and not to place explosives and extort money as is happening today in Albania, two SHIK employees and a driver from this directorate, only a few meters from the house of the former president of the republic, watch them for hours, provoke them and take pictures of the opposition leader’s civilian guards, thus passing hundreds of times day and night in front of Mr. Berisha’s building. This is what residents of the “Ali Demi” neighborhood, where the former chairman of the Democratic Party lives with his family, told “RD”. According to the residents, for three days now the SHIK driver, one of them named Agron Bakiu[?], together with two other employees of this service, named Vëstin Riza and Lila Plloli[?], have been endlessly circling near the building where Sali Berisha lives. The residents of this neighborhood, alarmed, have said that there is also an attempt to open a conflict with the civilian guards near Mr. Berisha’s building. “They move around in a ‘Benz’ vehicle with plate TR 8234 A. They have practically stood guard all day between the International Development Agency and the building where Mr. Berisha lives. From time to time they come close to the entrance of the building and start taking pictures. Several times they have argued with the civilian guards who protect the building. Then they drive toward the center of Tirana and after one or two hours they come back again,” said one resident of the neighborhood. The residents believe that this surveillance carried out by SHIK against Mr. Berisha is done solely for political reasons. “If it were for Mr. Berisha’s security, they should at least talk to the building guards and not act like provocateurs,” said another resident of the neighborhood. According to them, this action has disturbed the area and created tension among the residents. Under these conditions, the citizens living there have asked the state authorities not to use SHIK for political persecution. ON PAGE 3 MOTO DITA[?]

Taxes, a source of profit for finance experts Corruption with taxes in the Ministry of Finance Taxes, a source of profit for finance experts Berisha’s wiretapping exposes the monitoring of the country BY SADIK SHEHU The chairman of the Supreme State Audit Institution, Mustafa Xhërku[?], will appear in parliament to discuss the institution’s report in detail and provide explanations and conclusions. According to sources close to the Supreme State Audit Institution, numerous cases of abuse with the tax system and control procedures have been uncovered. In the Ministry of Finance, clientelist ties and diversion of sums are suspected. Experts in this ministry unlawfully benefit from the imposition of fines, the interpretation of tax laws, and the stalling of tax files. ON PAGE 5

Majko with the skafists, D’Alema with their victims BY SATI MAZOI Albania is now seen as a ready-made platform for trafficking illegal migrants. Through a gang of skafists and under the nose of the Italian government, as well as the Albanian one, powerful inflatable boats and skiffs leave our coast every night. Rome rightly and repeatedly denounces the Albanian government over this trafficking. But Majko’s government itself does not stop it. Even more so when part of the skafists are under full police and political protection. Under these conditions, the Otranto tragedy and the new drownings at sea are a direct consequence of a state that does not function. Prime Minister Majko appears closer to the skafists than to their victims, while D’Alema tries to justify Rome’s policy. This situation turns the maritime border into a zone of anxiety for Albanian families. ON PAGE 5

The Democratic Party asks Prime Minister Majko to publicly denounce this act and to take measures to stop this surveillance of the opposition leader ON PAGE 3

Pollo meets with the representative of democratic countries The petition, the key to the alarming issues! The PD, for the recognition of political prisoners, calls for a meeting of the international Committee ON PAGE 4

The government protects the killers of Azem Hajdari Today, 152 days since the murder of the leader of Pluralism Every day that passes delays the murder of the Albanian century even more. Fatos Nano and Ilir Meta, one the former police precinct boss and the other yesterday’s prime minister, shared it among themselves. ON PAGE 4

The 33 threads on strike on Tuesday Palos: Life goes on even if it is troubled The 33 threads on Tuesday on strike

In Skanderbeg Square for Azem Hajdari On Friday, a big gathering in the center of Tirana On the 12th of 1999, a grand meeting is being organized in Skanderbeg Square to commemorate the massacre on the steps of the PD headquarters, where MP Azem Hajdari was killed. I ask that the entire party leadership and its supporters take part.