Interview with Kastriot Islami KASTRIOT ISLAMI reiterates: «Your end will come very soon. This is not pressure but a reality. The people will drag you along like a dictator and fascist and smear your skulls not with busi but like political kuijoma» Question: You are a member of the Mandates Committee; please briefly tell us how the Committee meeting unfolded. Answer: Everything had been pre- A banal scenario – street-thug mannequins Answer: Everything had been pre- Although we had informed him fully about attending the Committee meeting, he deceitfully declared that the Committee meeting would take place the following day at 12:00. My first accusation at the Committee meeting was against Pjetri: «He has usurped the powers of the chair of the Rules Committee; he has violated the rules, has abused d—». The visible portion ends in the middle of the text. Some force. You do not accept logic and arguments; what is more, you do not allow us to reflect or to make contact with the Tirana District Prosecutor, the Prosecutor General and other people. This is dictatorship, this is revanchism, this is fascism. Addressing Bregu, but also having Ibraj and all those standing behind them in mind, the ones breaking the laws, regu- JOINT DECLARATION of the political parties The Party of Albanian National Unity, the Socialist Party of Albania, the Albanian Right Republican Party, the Albanian Agrarian Party, the Albanian People’s Party, the Albanian National-Democratic Party, the Social-Workers’ Party, the Ecological Party, the Albanian Republican Alternative Party, having learned of the decision of the Tirana District Court to sentence Mr. Idajet Beqiri, chairman of the Party of National Unity, on the charge of “insult and defamation” of the President of the Republic, declare: This decision is utterly absurd. We vigorously protest against it and demand that it be annulled immediately. The targeting of an opposition party chairman for the sole reason that the press of his party expresses opinions is considered not only an attack on a chairman or a party, but an attack on the pluralist system as a whole. This is evidence of the revival of a totalitarian political system, a system that uses democracy and pluralism only as a façade, to hide from Europe and the World the fact that we supposedly have established democracy, while acting otherwise. We call on the President, who in this particular case is also the injured party, and on the Prosecutor General and the Court of Appeal, to examine more carefully and responsibly the absurd decision they have made by sentencing Mr. Idajet Beqiri to six months’ imprisonment. They should annul this decision immediately and release the chairman. The restoration of people’s trust in the legal institutions will be a ray of hope for truly guaranteeing the fundamental freedoms and rights of human beings and citizens, and will contribute to building and consolidating a genuinely democratic Albania. PARTY OF ALBANIAN NATIONAL UNITY SOCIALIST PARTY OF ALBANIA ALBANIAN RIGHT REPUBLICAN PARTY ALBANIAN AGRARIAN PARTY ALBANIAN NATIONAL-DEMOCRATIC PARTY ALBANIAN PEOPLE’S PARTY ALBANIAN REPUBLICAN ALTERNATIVE PARTY SOCIAL-WORKERS’ PARTY ALBANIAN WORKERS’ PARTY ECOLOGICAL PARTY OF ALBANIA Tirana, 22 July 1993.

Answer: Everything had been prepared on the basis of a thug’s scenario. Berisha – «zdhuk» – was at the head. Pjetri appeared and disappeared. Malasi knew everything but played the ignorant throughout. As usual, the mannequins were the well-known Mirash Ibraj and the theatrical Bahri Bregu. I feel worse for Kolë Tonaj, who looked as if he had been put in a vise after spending the whole night leading police calls one after another throughout the highlands of Shkodër: «Capture Kola alive or dead; the President wants him». The most vociferous was Dodë Kaja, who apparently had not got his rights under Mr. Perikli Teta’s draft law on opening the files. On 26.07.1993, at 17:35, Pjetri’s secretary knocked at my house, having arrived in a red Pezho. The envelope contained the request to lift MP Nano’s immunity, accompanied by a worthless letter from Pjetri. In the prosecution material, the date 25 had been changed (false), with the date 26.07.1993 handwritten, and beside it was the signature of Mr. Aldush Dragoshi. The Byzantine scenario now began, pen in hand, in red ink. At 12:00, during the plenary session, Pjetri reads out the request and the issue of lifting immunity; with several clearly prearranged maneuvers, it is put on the agenda. [?] of the Commission, he slyly announces that the Commission meeting will at the Commission the chair of the Rules Commission; he has violated the rules and abused his office. In my view, this is an unlawful act.” Although I was convinced of the scheme and of the rush to violate the rules and the law, I agreed to attend the announced meeting at 12:00, which I consider to have been held in violation of the rules. Mr. Abdiu explained all his actions and denounced the unlawful actions of Pjetër Arbnori. Then Bahri Bregu took the floor pompously and, among other things, admitted that, as deputy chair of the Commission, he himself—not Pjetri—had taken Mr. Abdiu’s powers away. He concluded his speech by saying: “We will vote, and today we will defend this matter.” It was the act of an exceptionally stupid man, who exposed the Mafia group that had been working on this scheme for days. As soon as Bahri Bregu had barely finished speaking, Mirash Ibraj jumped up from his chair and declared that he, too, “supports” Bairu and that we had to vote quickly. I laughed, but unfortunately neither Bairu nor Mirashi understood how clumsily they were playing the game. At that point I took the floor and said: “This is a whole scheme, prepared in advance, and as usual you are trying to— Bregu, while also bearing Ibraj and all those standing behind them in mind as they sought to break the laws, the rules and the Constitution, to kill democracy and finally impose a system of dictatorship and rule by the slumbering [unclear], I concluded: dictators and fascists and break your bones—not as a tail, but as political corpses.” To Bregu I said: “I accuse you of violating the rules by usurping and stealing the powers of the Chair of the Commission, and for this you must answer.” Apparently, this hooligan deputy, frightened by my accusation and taking advantage of my absence from Parliament, distorts my statement, which I publicly declare, without any hesitation, to have been as quoted above. Question: What can you tell us about the session held in Parliament?

Answer: It was noted once again that all those who spoke or replied belong either to the fascist group or to the revanchist group. (Continued on page 3)

No revenge, only justice – say the Luçi brothers. Who killed their brother? – they ask No revenge, only justice – say the Luçi brothers. Who killed their brother? – they ask On 25 July 1992, at the «Army Base» unit in Rrëshen, at 3:20 in the afternoon, the soldier Kujtim Luçi disappeared from his post. Two days later, the unit command informed his family that Kujtim had left the unit. On receiving the notification, his four brothers set out for the unit. They were told that every inch inside and outside the unit’s perimeter had been searched. But it later emerged that the search had lasted only three days. The brothers returned home, where they were gripped by anguish over their brother’s killing. After seven months, nearly 500 metres from the unit, the scattered bones of the soldier Kujtim Luçi were found. A month later, forensic analysis legally confirmed that the bones found belonged to the body of Kujtim Luçi. After that, pressure continued to be exerted on the investigative and forensic teams, insisting that the remains were not Kujtim Luçi’s. And this continues to this day. After everything concerning the identification of the remains had been confirmed, the family pursued the matter through all official channels, while also being aware of their suspicions about two specific people at the unit. «We have written letters to the President, but nothing; we have also asked the President for a meeting, but he will not see us. We met with Mr. Zhulali, but still nothing. We are not seeking revenge, but justice. And until this justice is done, none of the four brothers will go to perform military service. Nor will any of our relatives, because our lives are not safe.» Those were the words of the four Luçi brothers. This is a fact confirmed by four sources, Mr. Sali: first of all, you. A 19-year-old life was cut short by a criminal murder and a military report, followed by a macabre act: the body was mutilated and thrown into the forest. Where in the world does this happen, Mr. Sali? Four brothers are seeking justice, not revenge. Four brothers are seeking justice from the rule-of-law state that you lead, Mr. Sali, which is anything but a state governed by law: it is a state of injustice, a state of inhumanity. Four brothers are seeking justice from the party you lead, Mr. Sali, a party everywhere identified with democracy, which is anything but democracy—it is molashizëm. They are asking for protection under the law and for the «human rights and freedoms» that you formulated, protected and approved, but do not implement—and are «applying against yourself». That law may protect all deeds; it can never protect life. Mr. Sali, these things are widespread and out in the open; they are becoming a phenomenon, and phenomena are taking the name of laws. Be careful, Mr. Sali. Be careful, because these patterns are threatening. They threaten the lives of people who are unprotected and unprotected by state institutions, but they also threaten you, Mr. Sali. There is no force that can stop the people’s momentum.

On 12 July, in the Shirokë neighbourhood of the district of Dibër, two brothers...

– On July 26, the anniversary of the elections, prefects take control of local government – As is well known, since July 26, 1992, the Democratic Government and foreign expertise have not been idle in placing one power over local government. Prefectures and, increasingly, ministries have their directors exercise authority alongside district councils and, in a way, over the legitimate power chosen by the people in the freest vote. After using their votes to approve the scheme for municipal committees and councils, so that all politics comes from the same place, all the other institutions are pushed to the periphery. In a way, they keep local government from being tainted. Now, added to this whole host of rotations imposed to establish themselves alongside the so-called expanded local government, are another 2,000 “policemen.” The calculation is simple: 12 prefects with 180 people each, 2,160. Each of them, to act as a supervisor in the bureaucratic field—

The dictatorship’s state continues handing out the prizes The unscrupulous political cannibals who have been unleashed to divide up the spoils, as everyone knows, recognize no limits whatsoever. Each wants his share. Their political greed never calls them to reason and knows no kind of humanism. In recent days, one of these escapades has involved Clinic No. 2, in a block of buildings for the leadership. After the shops and enterprises, the health institutions are next in line. This clinic, renovated, altered and expanded, equipped with state-of-the-art facilities and a radiology and biochemistry laboratory that cost many millions and thousands of dollars, was ordered to close and be transferred to the clinic in the 21 Dhjetori neighborhood. It served the needs of neighborhoods 6, 8 and 9 in the capital. This is a decision by Mr. Sali Këllendi himself, but it was covered up because entry for the revanchists was to be expedited. It has 80 employees, among them deputy directors who are highly educated doctors, and a very good range of equipment. And the law here does not put the proceeds first. (Continued on page 4)

[?] of the Commission, he slyly announces that the Commission meeting will take place the following day at 12:00.

The Socialist Party of Albania will hold a rally on Friday, 30 July 1993, at 18:00, in the field in front of the «Dinamo» Stadium in Tirana, to protest the violation of the rights of the opposition and individual freedoms; and to demand the protection of democracy and national interests. Members and supporters of the SP are invited to take part in this peaceful rally. SOCIALIST PARTY OF ALBANIA