ALBANIA NEEDS A CONSTITUTION, NOT POLITICAL SHOWS On Monday, until late in the evening, the daily press and the power's verbal machinery were still vigorously trumpeting the week's political "scandal": the vote of confidence for the Nano government through Socialist votes. Prejudiced by the twisted and deliberate worship of numbers, by the childish inability to understand the simple phrase separation of powers, the bewildered eye sees deviations in every line and calls upon madness in the name of insanity. Someone has remained at third-grade mathematics and cannot grasp that a government formed with 97 votes has no reason to fall because of 49 votes. That much should be enough to understand, but apparently the thread of reasoning has been lost. If the PSD governs together with the PS, then this was supposedly a constitutional sin. To put it more simply: this time the vote for the government was not given either by the PS deputies or by the PSD deputies, but by parliament in the name of its own majority. A parliamentary vote is not a proportional lottery among coalition parties. It is a constitutional act in favor of creating a government with the support of more than half the deputies. But those who call such a vote a scandal either know nothing about the laws of the state, or are making noise in order to increase confusion in people's minds. This is not the first time that this so-called political drama has been used as a propaganda tool. What is striking is the haste of some voices to turn this issue into a national farce. Albania today needs stable institutions, clear rules, a Constitution, not party games. A state is not built with insults and manufactured scandals. This is a period full of heavily loaded words without meaning, of insinuations and malice. Instead of understanding that parliament has acted within the bounds of the law, we are served fabrications to muddy public opinion. These paid writers and speakers, or those driven by blind zeal, fail to understand that democracy is not built with shouts, but with laws. A worthy constitution would clarify many of these malicious mists. Instead of theatrical pretenses, the country needs dialogue, maturity and responsibility. Otherwise, politics will continue to be debased by those who confuse the podium with the stage. [Note: parts of the text in the columns of this article are partially illegible in the image; the transcription above preserves the visible title and main content.]

CORRECT YOUR MISTAKES SO THAT NO ONE FEELS HOPELESS Speech by MP Teodor Laço - Mr. Chairman, Dear comrades, What is happening today in the political life of our country has created not a little confusion. I am referring to the way the issue of the parliamentary majority and the new government is being handled. It has turned into an unacceptable scene of accusations, insinuations and moral condemnation, when in fact we are dealing with the exercise of a constitutional right. Today some seek to present as illegal a vote that was taken in the Assembly according to the rules. If a government wins the support of the majority of deputies, it is considered approved. This is neither a mystery nor a scandal. It is parliamentary procedure. So why all this noise then? Because there are people who cannot accept the new political reality and seek to slow the process down with shouts, labels and attempts to intimidate public opinion. Instead of making room for cooperation, they encourage unnecessary divisions. We must not allow politics to become a tool of exclusion. No one benefits from a climate in which one side is declared morally unacceptable and the other side declares itself the owner of democracy. The country needs social peace and rules of the game accepted by all. Correct your mistakes so that no one feels hopeless. The democratization of Albanian life cannot be built on political revenge or on collective exclusions. (To be continued on page 2)

To move from the school of “snaf” to the school of the human being Speech by MP Namik Dokle Any country that aims for a civilized future must start with education. Today is the time to think seriously not only about the number of schools, but about the spirit they convey. We need a school that forms the human being, not just a blind apparatus of knowledge. The old model of teaching has often set aside the student's personality. Today we must move from routine, from command and fear, to free thought, creativity and civic responsibility. School should not produce only grades and diplomas. It must educate an honest, knowledgeable person who is sensitive to society. That is the essence of education reform. If we want to build democracy, we must begin at the school desk. There one learns respect for others, for the law and for the truth. Without this, every reform will remain incomplete. (To be continued on page 2)

The human di- mension of pow- er — let demagoguery abandon the philosophy of being! From the speech by MP Sabit Brokaj Power loses its meaning when it is separated from the human being. If it remains only a mechanism of command, it produces fear, servility and demagoguery. Albania needs a state with a human face. For a long time, the citizen has been seen as the object of orders, not as the subject of rights. This philosophy must come to an end. Democracy is not a decoration of words, but a real relationship between the state and the human being. Whoever speaks in the name of the people and does not listen to the people is doing nothing but propaganda. Whoever uses power to shut mouths creates a frightening order, not a legal one. We need another political culture: more responsibility, less theatricality; more service, less rule; more honesty, less demagoguery. (To be continued on page 2)

The articles that an “Nindari” member Nikoll Lesi has violated were determined. Yesterday, as we are informed from the Tirana District Prosecutor's Office the source established for the prosecution file 627 for the deputy Nikollë Lesi. The criminal offenses included: “Insulting the President and high state representatives”, “Insulting the Republic” and slandering the President of the Re- public”. The indictment was registered on 23.12.1992 and No. 40. Decision 2.2.1993 sends the case to the Tirana District Court. Currently the case is awaiting the setting of the guiding hearing date. (To be continued on page 4)

Dismissed as directors for the easing of the Skodra prison? Yesterday, as we are informed from the Durrës office of the former page for the prosecutor's office and the general director of the enterprise [?] “Xhorxhi Gagu”, file 627 (Burrëli) [?,] it is heard general “Xhorxhi Gagu”, file 627 (Burrëli) [?,] because of the final file. Nikolla Le- ka [?], In the decision of the Council of Mi- lur Verndimino e Këshillit të Mi- nosd? Finally, Nikolla Le- … (To be continued on page 4)

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