Ahrens: Get ready for elections

The OSCE chief warns parliamentary speaker Gjinushi OSCE ER [jap…?] on page 3

PD leadership votes for Pollo

The Democratic Party deputy chairman corrects a breach of the nomination procedures Leonard Demi proposes “the new candidacy” The Democratic Party deputy chairman corrects a breach of the nomination procedures PD leadership votes for Pollo Leonard Demi proposes “the new candidacy” on page 2

He who knows how to lick knows how to bite

EDITORIAL He who knows how to lick knows how to bite (French proverb) By Halit Shamata Amid the multitude of praises and self-praises, the impatience and curious eyes of the fans, the media’s siege, the chief— On page 2

Nano, the PS’s “paper tiger”

By Astrit PATOZI Bloody PS conference in Gjirokastër Chairs …

The diaspora scorns Mediani and Milo

The meeting of the President and the foreign minister with Albanians in Boston fails. The hall resounds with anti-communist chants On page 2

Ten killed within 24 hours

A bloody Sunday throughout the country. The police continue to “collect” the dead and count the shell casings On page 6

Chairs to the head for Majko’s supporters

By Astrit PATOZI A bloody conference of the PS in Gjirokastër Chairs to the head for Majko’s supporters On page 3

The government protects Azem Hajdari’s killers

Today, 38| days since the murder of the Leader of December 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 its representative in the grave crime against the entire Albanian world. The government of all the communists who are in power, and their successors, who deny the life of the Leader of December, show Albanians that they have been and are [unclear] of the killers, who have names of their own but are not touched by those in power. Democrats and all Albanians who loved and honored Azem Hajdari cannot tolerate the concealment of this fact. The government must either arrest the criminals and bring them to justice, [the following phrase is repeated several times in the source: “must arrest the criminals and bring them to justice”; some words in the body are illegible in the image.]

Year IX of publication. TUESDAY, 28 SEPTEMBER 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@albanaonline.net and rildem@icc.al.eu org Editor-in-chief: Astrit PATOZI Deputy editors-in-chief: Sami NEZA, Shemsi PEPOSHI

Notice

Members of the National Council of the PDSH are hereby informed that today, 28 September 1999, at 11:00, a meeting of the National Council will be held in Tirana, with the following agenda: 1- Report on the completion of the conferences and elections in the local bodies of the PDSH, and on the preparatory measures for its 6th Assembly. 2. Approval of the proposals for the agenda and the procedures for conducting the Assembly.