The parliamentary group of the Socialist Party unanimously expressed support for the continuation of mass privatization BUT IT DEMANDS: - Full transparency - Equality of economic opportunity - A fight against corruption and against the capture of the national wealth by the state and the unemployed SOCIALISTS ARGUE AGAINST THE PRESIDENT'S DECREE BECAUSE IT LACKS: - A privatization strategy - Guarantees for citizens against corruption - A legal framework for full implementation - A pillar for preserving the value of the vouchers The parliamentary group of the Socialist Party appeared deeply concerned and unanimous, and social-democratic in the process of social ownership that should be used through privatization to include these categories of people as well. - The peasant without land and the one who has been left without land. - The worker who, while working on the privatization of social housing, is left homeless. - Older people, taking into account the coefficient of the vouchers, as well as each Albanian's contribution to work. The Socialist group proposes that privatization through vouchers should not benefit those persons who, through previous privatization, have unjustly gained large property values For all these proposals by the Socialists, the PD parliamentary group votes: AGAINST!

- Speech by MP Dr. Xhonsion Bej - Continuing with the statement that “in the conditions of the Albanian crisis…” In the name of the people, making the distinction with just law with those classes that historically act, or even through communication it goes… As long as the same policy… to overcrowd, not to privatize, to preserve order and to establish mercy, we must be stronger than ever in the face of this number of other cases. (continued on page 2)

NAIM DOKLE We socialists in our country politically to ensure our unity and win the elections against… We socialists in our country politically to ensure our unity and win the elections against We must present ourselves with dignity as the only serious force capable of giving hope to all Albanians and determined to restore social harmony through the reform of the state and the economy. - Meetings of comrades Gjinushi and Sabri Boka in Vlorë - The state must be reformed and depoliticized In the coastal city of Vlorë, during meetings with the people of this district, the chairman of the Social Democratic Party, Skënder Gjinushi, and the member of the PS leadership, Sabri Boka, expressed their conviction that the severe economic and social situation in the country is the result of misgovernment and corruption. (Continued on page 3)

- Speech by MP Dr. Leotar Guci - From the outset I think I should remind the MPs of the majority that this voucher privatization decree… is a highly incomplete document, which stands in contradiction to the promises made by the government. In particular, voucher privatization must create clear economic guarantees for all citizens and not favor certain groups. (continued on page 2)

- Meetings of comrades Gjinushi and Sabri Boka in Vlorë - The state must be reformed and depoliticized. A governance that brings misery and poverty must be prevented. Vote for the left and its victory.

On page 2: An act of bandit violence by the police against the PS KD in Rrogozhinë On page 3: Sali Berisha in Moscow: “As a partisan or as a ballist!” By LUAN M RAMA