The Prime Minister’s True Apologia No. 5

Unvarnished chronicles by Mitro Çela (3) on page 7

Intensive dialogue to bring the elections forward

Fatos Beja, Secretary for Electoral Campaigns and Human Resources of the DP, exclusively for “RD” on page 4

Fier: New elections

Myzeqeja wants the DP and Berisha in power on page 2

Neo-communists—return to the fathers

editorial By Edi PALOKA A press release by the SP in its own (press) organ prompted an analysis of a phenomenon that, strangely, is being passed over with an unforgivable indifference by us Albanians. The press release concerned a meeting that the SP secretaries had held two days earlier with a delegation from the Chinese Communist Party, at which the Chinese communists, after thanking the SP secretaries for Comrade Nano’s visit to China, offered their congratulations on the SP’s victory in the upcoming elections. on page 3

Meidani and Hajdaraga, the army mafia

The commander of the army supply base exposes thefts at the Ministry of Defence on page 10

Chief customs officer Ago, a smuggling businessman

Friends of Albania: Smuggling costs the budget 320 million dollars a year on page 3

Apostoli and Shuli steal 300 million lekë from the orphans

on page 8

Today, 440 days since the murder of the December Leader

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 money in the crime that shook the entire Albanian world. The government of the former communists, which on this day sent the criminals who took the life of the December Leader on their way, shows Albanians that it has been and remains on the side of the killers, who have names and identities but are untouched by those in power. Democrats and all Albanians who loved and honoured Azem Hajdari can under no circumstances tolerate this fact. The government must either understand and bring the criminals to justice, or publicly declare that it itself committed the murder of Azem Hajdari.

November 28—the day of Independence and Liberation

on pages 12–13 By Uran BUTKA

SCRIPTA

In memoriam for Arturo Patten By Besnik MUSTAFAJ on page 20

Announcement

Today, at 14:00, the activists’ group of the Tirana branch of the DP is organising a celebratory meeting on the occasion of November 28, Independence Day and Liberation Day, in the meeting hall of the PDSH. All members and activists of the DP Tirana branch are invited to attend.