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Zëri i Popullit

E diel, 15 janar 1995

A FAILED SCENARIO BY THE FAILED DIRECTOR OF A FAILED REGIME

- Not only did Arsid not bring FATOS NANO to Albania, but the return to illusion brought Berisha to power - On the stage of the "Arsid scandal" two noisy lackeys stood out, claiming against Millosh that he had gone out in the USA! SAI SHEHII AND ISHE OHERI - A MEDIATIC COURTESY CONTINUE TO LIE AND LAUGH IN THE FACE OF THE CHIEF’S BOSS Dear friends, Yesterday’s and today’s new communists, those issuing orders with dead consciences and the advocates of neo-fascist super-arrogance, have written and spoken endlessly. As soon as a hysterical outburst was needed, it came from the same desperate, petty, vulgar people who, under the guise of independence, do nothing but fan the dictator. So it happened again this year. For a week the press has been talking about the “Arsid scandal” with the zeal of a liar trying to save his master from shame. The convenient “information” that has served to fabricate this hysteria has only one purpose: to prove that some invisible mediation by the Socialist opposition was supposedly made in order to bring Fatos Nano to Albania. This is not only false, but ridiculous. Fatos Nano did not come to Albania through any company, any intrigue or any secret scenario. Whoever says this is not defending the truth, but once again building the regime’s alibi for its own failures. If we stop at the content of the articles, we see that they are not based on facts, but on assumptions, according to a now overused formula: slander, invent, mix names and institutions, and part of the readership will be deceived. This is the method of mercenary journalism, which does not see itself as serving the public, but the boss. And when the boss is frightened, the lackeys become noisier. There is nothing accidental in this wave of slander. It comes at a time when power needs to cover up its daily failures, its moral crisis and its political isolation. Each passing day makes the regime’s authoritarian slide more visible. Each day the pressures, threats, staged events, fabricated trials and attacks against the opposition increase. And when that is not enough, a “scandal” is thrown onto the market. Anyone who knows the issue even slightly knows that all these are traces of the same failed director, who tries by trickery to bring back what is being lost by vote and by trust. The director is failed because the regime itself is failed. And when the regime fails, its shows fail too. From this point of view, the noise over Arsid has no explanatory value; it is merely a smokescreen. It explains nothing, proves nothing, convinces no one. It only reveals the fear of those who orchestrate it. And the greater the fear, the lower the level of slander. The public opinion must be told clearly: the opposition has no need for dirty tricks or suspicious intermediaries. It needs the truth, freedom of speech and fair elections. Whoever tries to confuse this with police or financial schemes serves only a rotten power. In the end the question remains: who benefits? Not the public, not democracy, not Albania. Only the one who seeks to create imaginary enemies in order to hide real responsibilities benefits. And for this mission the same people are always used: paid sycophants, false moralists and hired accusers. Therefore this “scandal” is nothing more than another act in the old political theatre. The scenario has failed. The director has failed. The regime has failed.
Fatos Nano Berisha Shqipëri SHBA

Attacks and slanders by the PD cannot undermine the growing authority and prestige of the Socialist Party

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Greetings to the Eurosocialists

Today the chairman of the Socialist Party, Mr. Fatos Nano, sent this congratulatory message to the Secretary General of the Socialist International, Luis Ayala: “PLEASE FORWARD THIS CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FROM THE SOCIALIST PARTY OF ALBANIA TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF UKRAINE, VALENTIN SHOSTKA, IN MY NAME AND IN THE NAME OF THE PS, ON THE OCCASION OF THE FOURTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE OF UKRAINE AND THE ELECTION OF THE NEW PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE, LEONID KUCHMA.” In the name of the Socialist Party, I would like to extend our warmest congratulations to our friend Valentin [?] Shostka, on his election to the high office of President of Ukraine. Expressing confidence in further cooperation between our parties, I would like to assure you that the Socialist Party of Albania will continue to contribute with all its strength to the deepening of democratic processes, to Albania’s economic and social progress, and to its integration into Europe. We wish you health and success in your high office. FATOS NANO
Fatos Nano Valentin Shostka Leonid Kuçma Zëf Brozi Ukrainë Shqipëri Europë

Fatos Nano accuses in the courtroom!

[...] You may apply the legal and constitutional norms and act decisively and in their spirit. Otherwise, we have nothing but to examine our official objection. And this will be done. This government decision no. 660, dated 13 October 1994 in the decree of the decision in article 22 with clauses... [?] Fatos Nano before the Tirana court, March 1995
Fatos Nano Tiranë

Zhan Vidanov - the new prime minister of Bulgaria

He was not elected to office without being changed by the pre-socialist government and was not desired in Bulgaria, guided by yesterday’s vote and by the successful elections of the Bulgarian PS. Although in a relatively close time distance to the Albanian situation, he comes in a different context, where political alternation has been accepted and the Bulgarian socialists have entered the scene with full democratic legitimacy. ENGLISH: Zhan Videnov - the new prime minister of Bulgaria (Continued on page 4) ITALIANO: Zhan Videnov - il nuovo primo ministro della Bulgaria (Continua a pagina 4)
Zhan Vidanov Bullgari