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Rilindja Demokratike

1 February 2000

USA: vote against the corrupt

Pickering repeats the American conditions for Albania “Only if the elections are free and democratic will they be accepted by the international community” “Only if the elections are free and democratic, they will be accepted by the international community” On page 2

Gjinushi: Better to dismiss Ilir Meta

Than to excuse Gjinushi’s abuses Parliamentary Bureau or Mafia Bureau?! Gjana: Gjinushi’s abuse did not concern us The Democrats of Tirana Gjinushi: Better to dismiss Ilir Meta on page 3

Police, rubber truncheons at the ready

The situation in the capital is becoming tense The situation is becoming tense in the capital Police, rubber truncheons at the ready on pages 6-7

Here is Ilir Meta’s villa

Berisha: USA, a crucial role in the region Berisha: USA, a crucial role in the region on page 3 Here is Ilir Meta’s villa This is all about the Prime Minister Ilir Meta’s villa. It is located on the new ring road, near the capital’s customs office. Its construction cost is hundreds of thousands of dollars [?]. According to the builders’ relatives, but in order to have transparency even Prime Minister z. Ilir Meta [?], only the exact figure. Likewise, we are also stuck on the living area, which to the eye appears to be around 1,000 square meters. Along with the walls all around with small fences, Prime Minister Meta can also secure, even though he has “said” he had the means to build this luxury villa, which still has not been fully completed, but is nevertheless astonishing in its modesty, and is guarded by the guard troops, while all the expensive equipment has been installed to ensure the necessary normality for our prime minister.

The government covers up Azem Hajdari’s killers

Today, 503 days since Azem’s murder Every day that passes since the murder of Azem Hajdari, the symbol and representative of democracy in Albania, has been made all the more difficult by the government of Fatos Nano and his successor Ilir Meta. The government of the former bloc members, now numerically returned to parliament, declares with even more pomp, pointing the finger in only one direction, that it “protects” the real perpetrators of Hajdari’s murder. Almost every day, a shocking fact linked to these events comes to light, and the circle of those working on the cover-up of Hajdari’s murder grows closer. Thus, recently, those who appointed Azem Hajdari have been working, they have nothing in common with the harsh sinful writings and were asking, and this city also included Mr. Hajdari. While seeking, everyone knows and publicly finds that it is one of the acts with which this has been closed

Socialist MPs vote for Pollo

The Katovian majority rejects the request of the PD parliamentary group on page 4 Isolation for Lusha, contact with the lawyer is prohibited on page 10

“We have been talking for a long time, we have asked and continue to ask that efforts in the fight against corruption be punished, that law and order be restored, and that the rule of law be established. But in the end it is the Albanians themselves, through their vote and their responsibility”