THE "NANO" STUNT, FOREWARNED … We received a book on Monday. "No one may be deprived of liberty except in accordance with the rules provided by law." We said this several times, but the Tirana prosecutor’s office is doing the opposite. The arrest of Mr. Nano is raising a fundamental problem in the application of the rules of a legal state. …This is a flagrant violation of the relevant constitutional article, because there is neither a regular court decision nor a justified procedure for such a measure. This creates a dangerous precedent for citizens’ rights and undermines trust in the justice institutions. …In this sense, the competent bodies must provide public clarification of their actions and respect the constitutional guarantees of the individual. Otherwise, the country risks entering a spiral of arbitrariness, where the law is interpreted according to political interest rather than justice. (Continues on page 5)

The presidential spokesman and Ilir Hoxholli respond/justify themselves after the publication in "ZËRI I POPULLIT" The Lecce daily "Lecese" 11 August 1993 SHOFERI: Absidi (DC) with our Albanian orders was paying traffickers ALESSI (res): Albanian fraud over Italian aid "resto del Carlino" 11 August 1993 Albanian fraud over Italian aid "corriere della sera" 11 August 1993 Controversy with Albania over humanitarian aid "Il popolo" 11 August 1993 Theft in Albania. 1,200,000 US dollars turned into millions of dollars from… …[the text in the columns below is partially legible and damaged in the image; it contains a summary of the reactions of the Italian press, quotations about humanitarian aid, the name Absidi, Hoxholli and the controversies over the destination of the funds].

DRITËRO AGOLLI …he muttered [?]. The only power of man that blocked him on the road to exile and forced him to remain where he had been born, even though persecuted, was the power of love. Was that how Kuteli returned? Did he come back a dwarf and a customs officer?… In the publication in the book Atje te… [?] and calling himself Aleksandër Xhuvani, our great poet and writer Fan Noli stayed in the United States, where he was always pursued by longing for his homeland and for Albanian. He wrote anxiously to his parent, his district and the people there. What longing he had for the Albanian language! By what powerful hand could that manuscript of his have been written?… …Great poets always have a silent admiration for the Nile, its river and antiquity. Perhaps that is why this title brought to mind a kind of wistfulness and a calm meditation that leads not only to landscape, but also to history, to the memory of civilizations. …This is a critical and essayistic note on a poetic volume and its author, highlighting memory, longing, travel and the cultural dimensions of the figure being treated.

Tangjente. Distributors and [illegible word]… … because of [damaged text] … … Only the place in [illegible] had [illegible] … … the article in "resto del Carlino" dealt with the misuse of aid and the involvement of Albanian figures in a network of misuse.

They point out 4, 5 months in Italy? [?] … … for all [illegible word] … … from 800 million lire. Speaking about the shipments and their links with Albanian structures, the article states that the payments were made through intermediaries and traffickers. … The article mentions our Albanian orders and a suspected scheme for distributing aid, which led to a strong public reaction.

Rome. Outbreak of scandal of [damaged text]… … in Italy with [illegible] … … the article in "corriere della sera" dealt with the political and media debate over the way the aid sent to Albania was used. … Shipments, official contacts and disagreements over institutional responsibilities are mentioned.

… the article in "Il popolo" mentions the amount of 1,200,000 US dollars and links it to an abusive scheme for distributing aid. The column text is very faint and partly illegible, but the essence of the accusation of theft and financial manipulation is preserved.