-The PD leaders do not know what to do: “To open the files or not to open them” Albania is in safe hands

Socialists will turn to the Constitutional Court -The required majority of 71 deputies was missing. Deputies Shkelqim Cani, Arben Imami, Gramoz Pashko and Azem Hajdari were included in the vote while not being in Parliament Read on page 4

Yesterday morning, the Deputy Chairman of the PSSH and Chairman of FRESSH, Ilir Meta, received the delegation of the Labour Youth of Norway, led by its president, Trond Giske, a member of the Presidium of the Labour Party. The delegation also included the vice-president of the Socialist Youth International, Rita Otervik, and the International Secretary, Ulf Tore Isaksen. The meeting was attended by the Secretary General of FRESSH, vice-president of the Socialist Youth International, Monika Kryemadhi, and the International Secretary of FRESSH, Gjergj Koja. Ilir Meta acquainted the Norwegian guests with the difficult political situation in the country and with the constructive positions of the PSSH in dealing with it. In particular, he spoke about the latest developments in the Court of Cassation, the Nano case and the law on punishment for genocide, which aim to strike at the political opposition and especially the PS, as its main force. The leaders of the Labour Youth of Norway praised the role of the PSSH in building a rule-of-law state and democratizing the country, and expressed their solidarity with the Nano case, as a genuinely political issue. Monika Kryemadhi and Gjergj Koja informed the Norwegian guests about the role of FRESSH in political life and its future activities. The meeting also discussed concrete projects between FRESSH and the Labour Youth of Norway. On Sunday, the delegation of the Labour Youth of Norway concluded its visit to our country, invited by FRESSH. FRESSH spokesperson

Wild police measures Specials of the day (not from TV, but from the Ministry of the Interior), the kind that arrive for events from the track in Kakavie and Lazarat, then, more or less, let’s use a little violence, a little terror and a little curfew in the cultured and gentle city. And they did not hold back: they entered hotels and dragged clients out in the middle of the night, blocked roads, squares and vehicles in a row, stopped and checked dozens of citizens, raided clubs and billiard halls, and beat and mistreated people. They punched with fists, even hitting ordinary people on the head and in the stomach. Something unheard of and never seen here before. On Monday evening the city was shut down and gathered as if under curfew, it fell into chaos. The question was: how much hatred is this? That was the first and simplest question from those who were abused and beaten, from those caught in such scenes, from parents and citizens. What has happened that the state forces and raises its own people with hands in the air like this? The “razor” will stay a few days in Gjirokastër, you hear (razor is what the police vans are called). The razor seems to want to guard. The razor wants to guard, but the barber should know that sometimes, as people say in this case, one goes out for wool and comes out shorn oneself. You can even come out completely shaved. The PD and its government are playing dangerous games in the areas where they are losing. They do nothing but deepen the future abyss. Drugs and weapons that are supposedly being sought do not belong to the people. The first has seized the state, the one that also has the second in its hands, the weapon. Thanas Dino

At the invitation of the Democratic Party of Albania, yesterday arrived in Tirana the Chairman of the National Alliance (Neofascist) Party of Italy, G. Fini. He was received at the airport by the Secretary General of the PD, Tritan Shehu. During yesterday's activities, it is worth noting that the chairman of the Italian neofascists was received in separate meetings by the President of the Republic Sali Berisha, Prime Minister Aleksander Meksi and Deputy Speaker of Parliament Tomorr Malasi.

Meetings with Mr. Urban Ahlin, member of the foreign affairs committee of the Swedish Parliament: With the Deputy Speaker of the People’s Assembly Shqir Vukaj ... and the vice-president of the Socialist Youth International Monika Kryemadhi Yesterday morning the Deputy Speaker of the People’s Assembly Shqir Vukaj received Mr. Urban Ahlin, member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Swedish Parliament, at the headquarters of the People’s Assembly. At this meeting, the Deputy Speaker of the People’s Assembly acquainted the Swedish MP with the functioning of the People’s Assembly. In particular, he dwelt on the tense political situation in the country, provoked by the unlawful actions of the majority in Parliament which are directed against the opposition. Yesterday afternoon, at the headquarters of the PSSH, the vice-president of the Socialist Youth International, Monika Kryemadhi, received the Swedish PSD MP and chairman of the PSD of Mariedstad, Mr. Urban Ahlin, and Aleksandër Gabaliq, at the PSSH headquarters. The meeting was attended by the International Secretary of FRESSH, Gjergj Koja. Monika Kryemadhi and Gjergj Koja informed Mr. Ahlin about the serious political situation in the country and the contribution that FRESSH gives to defend and develop democracy in Albania, which is threatened by the anti-democratic policy of the ruling party. For his part, Mr. Ahlin praised the contribution of FRESSH and PSSH to the proper functioning of democracy and expressed the wish of the Swedish Social Democrats to expand relations with the Albanian socialists.

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On Friday, 29.9.1995, at 10:00, the meeting of the General Steering Committee of the Socialist Party will take place, with the following agenda: “Problems and tasks of the party’s work in the new pre-election political developments”. The Presidency of the Socialist Party of Albania