The truth about the ’97 amnesty. Who benefited from the pardon at the time on page 2

EDITORIAL Sami NEZA It seems that efforts by official Tirana to divide the parties in Kosovo have still not stopped; only now the setting in which such artificial differences are being created has changed. If the Prime Minister of the Provisional Government, Hashim Thaçi, postpones his meeting with Majko in Prishtina for a second time without moving an inch from page 3

Briefing in Washington by the former U.S. ambassador to Tirana The anti-corruption campaign should have started with the ministers on page 3 Briefing in Washington by the former U.S. ambassador to Tirana Lino: I Called for the Arrest of Government Mafiosi The anti-corruption campaign should have started with the ministers on page 3

. The DP must not only become more democratic, but also more disciplined. on pages 8–9

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Today, 338 days since the murder of the Leader of the Dijetori . The government protects Azem Hajdari’s killers. Every day that passes since the murder of Azem Hajdari, the symbol of democracy and pluralism, proves the involvement of Fatos Nano’s government and his successor in the crime that shook the entire Albanian world. The government of the former communists, which leaves free and untroubled the criminals who took the life of the Leader of the Dijetori, shows Albanians that they have been and are on the side of the killers, who have specific names but are untouched by those in power. Democrats and all Albanians who loved and honored Azem Hajdari cannot tolerate any guilt whatsoever. The government must either capture the criminal killers and bring them to justice, or publicly declare that it was itself that carried out the murder of Azem Hajdari.

11th year of publication No. (2313) THURSDAY, 19 AUGUST 1999 Price: 20 lekë (250 drachmas) EDITORIAL OFFICE ADDRESS: 16 “Punëtorët e Rilindjes” St. - Tel. 323 - 55 Tel. & Fax: 303-29 / (Marketing) 323 - 57 E-mail gazetard@albaniaonline.net and rildem@icc.al.eu.org Editor-in-chief: Astrit PATOZI Deputy editors-in-chief: Sami NEZA, Shemsi PEPOSHI