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Rilindja Demokratike

20 April 2000

Arapi, secret meeting in prison with Shemsie Kadri

A bargain to cover up the dirt of officials with the pyramid companies The chief administrator has asked the former boss of “Gjallica” for her word that she keep quiet about the 100 thousand dollars the Arapi family received during the pyramid-scheme period, as well as about the dirt involving Gjinushi and other senior officials at the time — on page 4

Meta, stealing in Nano’s style

Road tenders: the corruption scheme is repeated, as two years ago Direct procurement of funds for paving roads, rapid financial transactions without oversight, selection of companies close to the government and, finally, paving within a month — on page 5

The legal rehabilitation of dictatorship

By Nebil ÇIKA During these three years of governance by the left-wing coalition, the problem of political dependence and communist practices in the country’s legal institutions has been regarded as among the government’s most regressive moves, as well as those of its state leaders, in their efforts to destroy everything independent and democratic that had been built during democratic governance on page 5

The OSCE spokesperson calls for CEC members to be acceptable to all political forces OSCE: Consensus in Parliament on the CEC on page 3

The return of the right

By Ekrem SPAHIU The Legality Movement Party, as the oldest party in Albania, feels its own responsibility for what is happening in Albania, even while in opposition on page 3

Klosi uses “Gazeta Shqiptare” to cover his tracks in the crime

on page 4

The government protects Azem Hajdari’s killers

Today, 386 days since Azem’s murder Each day that passes since the murder of Azem Hajdari, the symbol of democracy and pluralism, proves the government’s involvement in this crime and that of his successor in the grave crime against the entire Albanian world. The consensus government that have free and [unrecoverable?] ... [the rest of the text is illegible]

2/3 of Albanians do not trust the government

A survey by a global forum on the fight against corruption in Southeastern Europe shows that Albanians have lost confidence in the executive on page 2

Berluskoni: “Elections save democracy”

The Italian prime minister fails to find support in the Senate and therefore insists on resigning on page 12

468 packages of drugs coming from Albania seized

The drugs seized yesterday at the Albanian-Macedonian border are worth 610 thousand EURO on page 6