The slogans chanted were: “We want our professors” “Down with corruption” “Freedom · democracy” - The slogans chanted were: “We want our professors” “Down with corruption” “Freedom · democracy” - The students’ insistence brings the professors who were unjustly dismissed back to work. - The Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Myzafer Çola (appointed by the PD), is dismissed after being accused of corruption by the students. Tomorrow’s issue will provide more details about these events.

- The parliamentary group of the Democratic Party approves the state budget for 1993. - The Socialist parliamentary group declares that this draft budget is an expression of the Meksi cabinet’s governing incompetence in dealing with the transition reform in the market economy.

The Socialist Party parliamentary group: — being convinced the market economy; — being convinced that this draft budget offers no solution to the complex problems of reform needed to bring the economy out of the crisis; — being convinced that this draft budget offers no chance of alleviating social hardships, but instead deepens them through its prices and wages policy and massive, drastic unemployment; — being convinced that it is not based even on the minimal revitalization of the economy; — considering that this budget offers no clear and immediate outlook for where our economy is headed; — being convinced that the government’s inability to carry out economic reform reflects its inability in other areas of governance, such as the full institutionalization of democracy, the obstruction of local government, political purges of specialists, governing the state through police violence rather than democratic means, and the manipulation and censorship of state information media, etc., does not approve the 1993 draft budget and at the same time submits a motion of no confidence in the government. Socialist Party parliamentary group 11 March 93 Signatures follow

The Deputy Chairman of the Socialist Party of Albania and Chairman of the Socialist parliamentary group, Namik Dokle, received at the Party headquarters the Greek parliamentary delegation led by the Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Mr. Athanasios Ksarhas. Also present at the meeting were Bashkim Zeneli, Deputy Chairman of the Foreign Policy Commission of the People’s Assembly; MPs Maqo Lakrori and Theodhori Bej; and Arta Dabulla, a member of the Socialist Party’s Presidium. After briefing him on the economic, political and social situation in Albania and the activities of the People’s Assembly, Namik Dokle praised the traditional friendship between our two peoples and countries. This is a sound basis, he said, for advancing good-neighbourly relations. In our relations with friendly Greece, we have valued and continue to value their humanitarian aspect as well—the fact that the Greek people are generously welcoming into their midst (Continued on page 4)

Yesterday, Gyjla Horn, Chairman of the Socialist Party of Hungary, received Fatos Nano, Chairman of the Socialist Party of Albania, at the Party headquarters in Budapest. Yesterday, Fatos Nano, Chairman of the Socialist Party of Albania, at the Party headquarters in Budapest. The two Party chairmen assessed inter-party relations, exchanges of delegations and experience, and the parties’ documentation, which have served and will serve even more in the future to promote understanding and implementation of sound and realistic alternatives during the transition periods both countries are undergoing. Hungarian experience, Fatos Nano said, is of particular interest not only to the Socialist Party of Albania but to the entire process of economic and institutional reforms in Albania. The meeting discussed the tense situation in the Balkan region as a result of Serbia’s adventurist policy, but also the resurgence in the region of old national, ethnic, religious and other means of conflict. The need to undertake joint political initiatives by socialist and social-democratic forces to lead the region out of the crisis and to resolve, through regional cooperation and constructive dialogue, the current problems facing the Balkans was stressed at the meeting as essential. Today, it is imperative that all [forces] finally speak with one voice and take joint action; all these would serve and naturally help east-west integration. The time has come, under these circumstances, for the contribution of socialist and social-democratic parties, as well as of the Socialist International itself, to be further increased in easing and overcoming the conflicts of today’s Balkan crisis. Speaking about the very grave situation of the Albanian population in Kosovo, which is in practice occupied by Serbian troops, Fatos Nano stressed that left-wing forces must be more attentive and take initiatives for- (Continued on page 4)

- PS and local government leaders are [Giobitcn] - The Kuçova public-order police were put on full alert on Wednesday, 10 March. The reason was a meeting organized in the village with [them] and sympathizers of the PS from the village. I happened to be on duty in the Kuçova district and took part in that meeting myself. Around 150 villagers attended. The meeting was organized on the village sports field, where leaders of the district Socialist Party and local government spoke to villagers seated cross-legged on the ground. At the beginning of the meeting, the chairwoman of the Kuçova district PS, Fatmira (Continued on page 4) The Party chairman, Mr. Idajet Beqiri, as well as Deputy Chairman Viron Andrea and Shqiponja Korita. The Socialist Party was represented by the Party’s Deputy Chairman, Dr. Servet Pëllumbi, the Chairman of the PS parliamentary group, Mr. Namik Dokle, and Dr. Luan Hajdaraga. At this meeting, Mr. Idajet Beqiri, after speaking about the Albanian National Unity Party’s perspective on the political, economic and social situations unfolding in the country, as well as the stage reached in resolving the national question, emphasized that, viewed as a whole, democratic processes in Albania are not developing or moving in a positive direction. Through the ongoing positions and actions of our officials and the

On 10 March 1993, leaders of the Albanian National Unity Party held a meeting and discussion with representatives of the Socialist Party of Albania. The Albanian National Unity Party was represented at the meeting by the Party Chairman, Mr. Iljadet Beqiri, as well as Deputy Chairman Viron Andреa and... The Party and those in power, instead of moving toward true democracy, a comprehensive resolution of the national question, an improvement in the people’s living conditions and the country’s economic progress, are doing the opposite: they are turning Albanians against Albanians. Sometimes through the deliberate actions of the revanchist faction and sometimes through incompetence in leadership, everything Albanian is being destroyed, while chaos, anarchy and insecurity of life are being sown everywhere. Under these circumstances, he stressed, we support political elections, if we truly want to do something for the nation and its interests, which have reached a crossroads. With the Parliament we have, with this President, this Government, this structure being built, this conception of reform held and implemented by our officials, and the total lack of transparency evident at every level of power, we cannot move forward any longer. Then Dr. Servet took the floor. (Continued on page 4)

On the eve of March 26 March 26, 1990 reminds the people of Kavajë that they can resolve their own fate and problems themselves, with courage and faith in their own strength, and should not place their hopes in others. EJUP TABAKU Chairman of the KD of the PS in Kavajë Just three years ago, on March 26, 1990, the workers and young people of Kavajë organized the first mass demonstration against the dictatorship of the monist state. With the call «Freedom-Democracy», which later became the leitmotif of all popular rallies and demonstrations against the dictatorship throughout the country, they openly erupted, unafraid of prison and torture, expressing the hatred and anger they had gathered in their hearts over the suffering and misery, the contempt and disregard with which the high leaders of the Party and State had treated this «big village». The general meeting of PPSH members at the Tuzinë e Gozhdë-bulonave on April 3, 1990, and the other meetings that followed it became a mask and discredited figures of that mold who, until then, had been among the highest levels of the party and leadership pyramid, such as Lenka Çuko, Muho Asllani, Pali Miska, Hekuran Isai and other leaders of the truth. Those were difficult days, but the authorities and the young people, even [unclear], along the difficult road to democracy, especially toward democracy, through self-examination, were coming alongside [unclear] who took the credit. During those high days, today's Party and its state officials, the militants in clinics across Europe, dated icons and iconostases, wrote articles and «studies on the dictator's aesthetic thought», ran ministries, wrote novels, or sat in corners waiting to see what would happen so they could gain something for themselves. In Kavajë the situation was boiling. The demonstrations of July followed March 26, and the first martyr of democracy fell; his funeral was attended by the whole population and was an open demonstration of hatred against the former bloc officials, and many members of the P.P.SH. also took part in the funeral. The city was surrounded by army forces, and special units were [unclear] to drive through its streets in armored vehicles. The young people and [unclear] of this city also took part in the December events, the students' hunger strike, and the toppling of Enver Hoxha's monument. The expressions «we're waiting for Kavajë», «Kavajë has arrived too» were heard, and were evidence of our city's active participation in all the rallies, meetings and demonstrations that brought democracy and pluralism. This was, in brief, part of the modest contribution Kavajë made to establishing democracy and overthrowing the dictatorship. With faith in democracy, and perhaps in no other country in the world, on March 22 they gave 97.5 percent of the votes to their candidates for parliament, today the President of the Republic. And the president «rewarded» them for this contribution. In the city where democratic processes began on a national scale, he still has not awarded anyone the «Torch of Democracy» medal. But what did Kavajë gain from the establishment of democracy, and how is it coping with the reform? In every election campaign, today's authorities, who used Kavajë as a «testing ground» for their demagogic programs, promised that they would put industry back to work, invest and develop foreign capital, provide water and electricity, improve trade and healthcare, organize emigration and tourism, and so on. But what is the reality? We will not mention the bombastic statements made by Mr. Sali Berisha during the campaign of March 31, 1991, that «Kavajë will become the capital of democracy», «the first European city», and all the rest, since even then they did not prove true. We will venture to address only the latest statements. At the rally on the occasion of

Recently, the telephone and telegraph links between the city of Korçë and many cities and districts of the country have suffered serious faults. A typical example is the line to Lushnjë and Berat, which for about a month has hardly worked at all. (I do not think it appropriate to mention here the authorities’ commitments made a year ago concerning telephones, because, as the saying goes, «you don’t mention the rope in the house of a hanged man».) Under these circumstances, letters have remained the main means of communication. In recent days, public opinion in the city of Korçë has been trou-[cut off] (Continued on page 4)

The reason: It is said that they are suspected of possibly having provided information about the departure of the former head of SHIK in Tirana some time ago. Following the replacement of the head of SHIK in Tirana a few days ago, which we also reported in the newspaper, it was not long before the two deputy directors, namely Gjergj Marku and Petrit Çalla, were dismissed from their posts, apparently by order of Gazid[e]s. But as if that were not enough, surveillance or, more harshly, wiretapping was arranged against the two deputies in question. THE INFORMER

Unreported events A few days ago, an unusual incident took place in the city of Durrës involving Agim Bendo and several of his colleagues, judges at the Tirana Court. They were detained by the public order police of that city, without any sufficient legal reason. According to eyewitnesses, the incident was entirely commonplace. It was caused by the breaking of two bottles of beer in one of the city’s commercial establishments, after a festive lun-[continues]

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