The second Congress of the Socialist Party of Albania concluded Congress of reform Fatos Nano is re-elected Chairman of the Socialist Party of Albania The second session of the Congress of the Socialist Party of Albania was officially opened yesterday with the Hymn to the Flag and the performance of the Internationale. It was greeted and opened by the acting chairman of the National Assembly of the Socialist Party, Servet Pëllumbi, who stressed that despite the debate on democratizing the party, in the highest interest of the PS itself and the national interest, the chairman of the Socialist Party must be Fatos Nano. The opening speech and the one that set the tone for the congress debates was that of the dissident arbnorist Fatos Nano, who optimistically assessed the path taken so far by the socialists and at the same time defined the changes that must be made in the Socialist Party in order for it finally to become a modern and European left-wing party. In addition to the delegates in the hall, the congress was attended by many invited guests, PS deputies, members of trade union and social organizations, as well as delegations from foreign parties who had come to greet the congress proceedings. At the close, the congress elected the secretary of the presidium, the voting commission and the relevant commission, and also approved the program, the statute and the resolutions, for the joint local victory, for crime, for the role of women, for young people and students, as well as for the role of intellectuals and property. Finally, by vote, the members of the KPD were elected and the new KPD will meet on Wednesday to vote for the new presidium. At the end of the session, the second Congress of the Socialist Party was declared closed. Photo Nano is re-elected Chairman of the Socialist Party of Albania

Expanded chronicle and discussions on the inside pages

For several years in the core program of the PS, as has also been the case with the revisionists of several chronological spectrums, there has existed a vague term with the formulation “seizure of lost power” or, more precisely, “return to power at any cost.” This formula, as the world of truth has shown, has proved unclear, even harmful for the present and future of any responsible political force. Such was the greatest concern in reforming the program and statute of the PS. If one carefully read the discussions and debates of the congress in the first session on Saturday, it was not difficult to understand that at their core stood precisely this idea together with the institutional framework that would guarantee it in the future. The motion and part of the theses under discussion were focused on three main pillars: first, independence from the base from all forms of confrontation with political and institutional circumstances; second, the emancipation of the force and ideology into a program free from the vices of the past and of the left; third, the mental proof needed to separate a new concept of the leader from the old one. In this sense, the decisions of the congress and the entire shaping of the new statute are a document of value not only for the Socialist Party but for every political force and for Albanian pluralism itself. They will go down as a special stage in its history, which also drew the attention of many foreign observers and of all the media present in the hall. Continued on page 2

In the General Governing Committee of the Socialist Party, in addition to the 10 members who enter by vote according to the statute, the others constitute membership by virtue of their functions. THE PRESIDIUM (Among the members of the parliamentary group and the chairmen of the commissions, the general governing committee votes for 15 members of the presidium. The chairman of the PS as well as the chairman of PRESSH (if any) and the chairwoman of the Socialist Women (Merita Ndoj) are added by vote, bringing the congress total to 18. 1. Zenepe Sulo Votes 497 2. Namik Dokle 450 3. Ethem Ruka 444 4. Fatos Nano 443 5. Tefta Meksi 443 6. Cazim Muço 443 7. Namik Ajeti 439 8. Skënder Gjinushi 437 9. Femi Abdiu 437 10. Jani Haka 432 11. Taqi Nasto 410 12. Xhvi Hoxha 408 13. Ilir Dardani 403 14. Shpëtim Gjika 392 15. Saimir Vukaj 392 16. Ilir Zela 383 17. Ylber Bregu 371 18. Bashkim Fino 357 19. Ylli Bufi 356 20. Rizero Meidani 355 21. Ndre Legisi 348 22. Piro Dodbiba 347 23. Veton Mursuli 336 24. Agron Dibra 329 25. Pandeli Majko 328 26. Sherif Bundo 327 27. Elmaz Sherifi 324 28. Pali Stani 316 29. Spartak Braho 315 30. Agron Tato 311 31. Lush Çapali 308 32. Halil Lalaj 307 33. Hamdi Jupe 307 34. Anastas Angjeli 303 35. Besnik Bare 303 36. Monika Kryemadhi 300 37. Arben Malushi 299 38. Jani Shallari 298 39. Jan Shabani 298 40. Aleksandër Bega 298 41. Kastriot Islami 297 42. Bashkim Çuko 293 43. Besnik Zhuli 293 44. Hasan Nojka 293 45. Sabri Berxkaj 293 46. Arjan Koçi 285 47. Sabit Brokaj 280 48. Shefqet Kumbro 280 49. Juan Malajarga 278 50. Enver Cani 271 51. Concorde Vuçaj 265 52. Lili Mushi 263 53. Gëzim Kola 262 54. Skënder Deshi 259 55. Ardian Myshll 259 56. Ilir Hoxha 257 57. Vasilika Kavaja 255 58. Ylli Dergj 254 59. Sali Pëllumbi 252 60. Spartak Poçi 249 61. Fatmira Mina 245