The State Commission for “political virginity” announces its first results Of the 35 parliamentary candidates examined by the Commission, six are disqualified. Perikli Teta, Frrok Çupi, Preç Zogaj, Ridvan Peshkopia and two other candidates from the districts are disqualified. Page 4

- The imprisoned citizen Fatos Nano, today an “Honorary Citizen” of Tepelenë and Kuçovë, is more honored than the citizen-president Sali Berisha, who wears the Arsid decoration around his neck. - Page 5

The bundles of the newspaper “Zëri i popullit” and the delivery van continue to be held hostage by the Fier police. The Ministry of Interior may “deny” that journalist Bektash Zeneli was beaten by police officers, but it cannot deny the death of a citizen beaten in the cells of the Laç police station; it cannot deny the death, also from police beatings, of a citizen in Sarandë, another in Korçë; nor can it deny the killing by police bullets of the innocent citizen on the road leading to the President’s home in Tirana, the killing of the young man Durim Çela by bullets fired by an officer of Unit 88, etc. Page 8

May 26 The day of change Everyone will benefit from this day Page 3 PSSH activists in Lezhë Determined to win Page 2 A letter from Pëllumb Sallku, persecuted and an initiator of democratic processes in Shkodër Berisha’s rule has divided Shkodër Page 5 After 4 years of PD rule Missed opportunities Page 9 The soul sings, not age With Fig[e]rete Kapaj, soloist with the Folk Song and Dance Ensemble Page 10