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Rilindja Demokratike

19 February 2000

Welcome, Mr. Albright

The deputy speaker of Parliament presents remarks and suggestions for the Electoral Commission By Aslli PATOZI The Secretary of State, Madlin Ollbrajt, has been warmly welcomed by Albanians everywhere in Tirana and throughout Albania, the few stars of her predecessor. Xhorxh Beker, the only one of the 100,000 Americans who left after Te Tirana, was already in Tirana, was skederbejt[?] on page 5

Berisha: The way out of misery is the fight against corruption

The people of Bulqiza fill the square at the meeting with the leader of the democrats and other PD leaders on page 3

KIOSI - Rakipi, secret plan against the opposition

The head of SHISH has recruited some of his people for the fake failure against Berisha on page 7

Here is what the opposition is asking for from the CEC

Second meeting initiated by Ambassador Ahrens to resolve the crisis of the Electoral Commission on page 2

"14 February" remains without uprising

Experts: None of the prosecutor’s evidence for a "coup d’état" holds water on page 15

Tomorrow, a big rally in Skanderbeg Square

Union for Democracy: We call on citizens to come to the demonstration in support of the mayoral candidacy Union for Democracy: We call on citizens to come to the demonstration in support of the idea on 20 February 2000 in Skanderbeg Square, at 12:00, to help and support the overthrow of the communist symbols. All those who are still convinced that economic prosperity, peace, independence and coexistence of Albanians in the Balkans, and the strength of Albania and the support of our allies, especially the USA, would be impossible without the truth, today more than ever must join on 20 February 2000 in Skanderbeg Square, to express their spiritual voice. The prosecution and the blind executors of the Bloc’s orders ignore the importance of 20 February, falsifying it, while the forces of Rokfeler’s “gang” and his political pups try to criminalize the winners of this uprising. The place of all Albanians untouched by the communist past and conscious of speaking in the name of the free and democratic future of this society will be in Skanderbeg Square. In order to achieve this, we want not only to rise above the present, but also to instill in future generations that 20 February cannot be confined within the boundaries of a single event. 20 February will be the heaviest stone in the implementation of the deepest patriotic, nationalist, democratic and pro-Western ideals, or it must prove that the duty of those who claim to govern cannot represent the future. 20 February must be protected from distortion by those who, with ignorance and shamelessness, want to strip it of its true dimension. It must strongly influence the corruption of our politics and the direct reform against the past. 20 February, with its historical scale and weight, is the challenge of Albanian democracy.

OSCE gathers the parties on Monday

The socialist chairman demands Berisha’s imprisonment on page 2

The ten-year-old, symbolic confinement for 21 February

Today, 519 days since Azem’s killing The government protects the killers of Azem Hajdari on page 6

Robertson: We will not allow the division of Mitrovica

Montenegro and Mitrovica bring the NATO Secretary General to Tirana on page 4

Editor-in-Chief Aslli PATOZI Deputy Editor-in-Chief Sami NEZA, Shnesti PEPOSHI