14/02/1999
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Rilindja Demokratike

14 February 1999

Majko falls before the media

The prime minister's request for Klosi's removal has been brought before his left-wing power The president twice opposed Majko's request to remove Fatos Klosi from the head of SHIK, approving it only after the intervention of such mediators ON PAGE 3

4,000 American troops in Kosovo

American President Bill Clinton announces the military presence "My decision on the full deployment will be made immediately after the parties have reached a peaceful agreement," Clinton said yesterday ON PAGE 3

Albania still has political prisoners

Albanian politics and Council of Europe reports discuss the consolidation of political dialogue Pollo: If there is no reasoning in freedom, political arrests constitute a political wreckage for the government and the opposition.[?] ON PAGE 3

The government’s cold walls

How strange these communists are, how they hate? It is not known whether they hate because they are afraid or are afraid because they hate. One must think about this, why it is so strong and why they are so unrestrained. If in these days, amid opinions regarding SHIK, intermediaries, failures and the games of a government — or why a government within a government — that is showing that at any moment the nation will be lost, then one must worry not only about the fate of Fatos Klosi and the journalists, but even more about the nature of a power that raises high and cold walls between itself and the citizens. These walls are seen not only in the way the doors of communication with the media are closed, but also in the language used, in the commanded silence, in the replacement of responsibility with arrogance. The prime minister, the ministers, the security structures — all seem to imagine the state as a party possession and the citizen as an obstacle. This makes the crisis of mistrust even more serious. Instead of giving explanations, they build alibis. Instead of accepting public scrutiny, they hide behind vague statements. Instead of calming public opinion, they feed new suspicions. And so the government rises like a cold wall in front of society. A government that does not accept questions, that fears the light of the media, that turns away from dialogue with the opposition and turns SHIK into an object of political bargaining, cannot ask for trust. It demands submission. Today, more than ever, Albania needs institutions that are accountable, not cold walls that conceal the crisis. ON PAGE 4

American landing in Rambuje

Interventions at the table are a key point for securing the agreement By MYQO BAZE RAMBUJE ON PAGE 3

The KLD carries out political purges in the court

The president refused, calling it a political provocation. Reactions in the early days and ALD is retaliating against the judges.[?] ON PAGE 4

The government takes revenge on the strikers

The government takes revenge on students in Korçë ON PAGE 4

SHIK is also tapping the phones of the PD spokesperson

The prosecutor and SHIK are in agreement against the opposition ON PAGE 2

Agricultural University, a hub of dissent

Written by Yllman H. Demiraj on democracy ON PAGE 3

February '91, the battle fought with the symbols of dictatorship

By Besim Ahmetaj ON PAGE 7

Lessons from history

The need to know history By Uran Butka ON PAGE 8

He takes revenge with a fake bomb because he was not educated

A student alerts the police ON PAGE 4

The Enforcement Office ignored by the executive

ON PAGE 4

Tax collectors at work

ON PAGE 4

The Government Against Investment

Expert Gëku unveils the socialists' fiscal package ON PAGE 5

Prices rise under tax panic

Profit-tax levies are having their effects on the market ON PAGE 5

Officials are being undermined by the state's indifference

Shovi: Enough in hospitals, we doctors are reacting.[?] Shovi[?]: Enough in hospitals, we doctors are reacting.[?] ON PAGE 5