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Rilindja Demokratike

27 April 2000

Control of the traf icking sparks the Meta–Poçi battle

The SP and the Prime Minister openly attack the Minister of Public Order Meta leaves Poçi waiting outside the door on page 7

The expired-medicine mafia

Who is putting deadly drugs on the market. Eurosocialist leaders are also involved in shady deals . The expired-medicine mafia. Vigan Saliasi, Andrea Marto, Gjergj Koja and Ilir Minga run the illegal drug trade. How the mafia network is organized and where the dangerous medicines come from. How many patients may have lost their lives or may have suffered worsening health as a result of using expired medicines. Sami Neza

The opposition’s amendments

The Legal Affairs Committee has become Gjinushi’s robot, on page 9

How to break the peace with crime

Sami Neza How to break the peace with crime on page 5 The man behind Nano and Meta’s electoral platforms Who is Edvin Rama of the SP Nano says he brought Rama back from France because he felt sorry for him when he saw him with long, dirty nails, like a street tramp. In ’86 he jumped into Tirana’s fountain after his teammates tricked him, saying they would take him to Turkey. In ’94 he was caught by the police because he was riding a horse naked in the artificial lake park.

The government protects Azem Hajdari’s killers

Today, 593 days since Azem’s murder. 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 successor in the crime that shook the entire Albanian world. The governments of the former communists, which leave free and unpunished the criminals who took the life of the December Leader, show Albanians that they have been and remain on the side of the killers, who have names and surnames but are untouched by those in power. Democrats and all Albanians who loved and honored Azem Hajdari can in no way tolerate this guilt. The government must either apprehend these criminals and bring them to justice, or its duty is to protect the criminals, who have names and are identifiable, and who have not been cleared. Democracy and those who have been killed are [the phrase is garbled in the original]—it is the government itself that carried out the murder of Azem Hajdari. Today, 593 days since Azem’s murder. 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 successor in the crime that shook the entire Albanian world. The governments of the former communists, which leave free and unpunished the criminals who took the life of the December Leader, show Albanians that they have been and remain on the side of the killers, who have names and surnames but are untouched by those in power. Democrats and all Albanians who loved and honored Azem Hajdari can in no way tolerate this guilt. The government must either apprehend these criminals and bring them to justice, or [the sentence is garbled in the original: “its duty to protect the criminals, who have names and are identifiable, and who have not been cleared. Democracy and have been killed is what it itself has carried out the murder of Azem Hajdari.”]

Gjana: The SP is undermining consensus

The Legal Affairs Committee has become Gjinushi’s robot, formally passes 47 articles of the Electoral Code on page 3

Government pirates come to Vlora only at night

Today, a large meeting of Vlora’s young Democrats on page 6

Limprecht: Fight corruption and restore order

The American ambassador addresses Parliament: The Albanian coast, a base for illegal trafficking on page 2

Meta massacres the ringleader of Çerma

on page 13

Opposition amendments to achieve consensus on the electoral law

on pages 4, 5