29/08/1996
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Zëri i Popullit

29 August 1996

The Socialists do not recognize Berisha’s parliament

The high-level delegation of the Council of Europe begins intensive meetings in Tirana A month ago, Finsberg viewed new parliamentary elections after 14 months as a solution to the Albanian crisis Representatives of the Socialist Party, Et’hem Ruka and Luan Hajdaraga, did not attend the meeting that the Council of Europe delegation had scheduled yesterday afternoon with the parliamentary opposition parties, because the Socialist Party adheres to its principled position of not recognizing Berisha’s illegitimate Parliament Finsberg and Kolumberg, heads of the CoE delegation Page 3

The Chairman of the PSSH calls the first meeting of the PSSH General Steering Committee

Dear comrades, Thanking the delegates to the 2nd Congress of the PSSH for the trust they placed in all of us and for the party’s collective leadership, I congratulate you on the mandate and new responsibility you have been given, and wish you success in your work! I have the honor and duty to invite you all, as members of the PSSH GSC, to the first meeting of this high-level body, on Friday, 30.08.1996, at 10:00, at the PSSH headquarters. The first meeting of the PSSH GSC will have the following agenda: 1. Election of the Party’s leadership structures and officials that fall under the GSC. 2. Definition of the normative duties for each level of the party’s work leadership. Distribution of the program of political and organizational actions of the PSSH up to the local elections of October 20. Dear comrades, I take this opportunity to express my unwavering confidence that all of us will demonstrate the exemplary sense of responsibility, commitment and solidarity called for by the 2nd Congress of the PSSH, so as to save, without wasting time, the dynamic and multifaceted action of the Albanian Socialists in the face of the crisis of today’s regime and the government’s support for this terror against the progressive opposition. In solidarity, Fatos Nano Chairman of the PSSH Bënça Prison, 26.8.1996

Berisha disarmed by the reform of the PSSH

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The Albanian Helsinki Committee responds to the defacement of the frescoes in Voskopojë

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October 20 in the footsteps of May 26

The DP does not guarantee free and fair elections The DP activist gathering, held on August 26, assessed the experience of May 26 positively and adopted decisions to put it into practice again in the local elections of October 20 Page 8

The iceberg of the graft deals at RTV

A season of PD corruption Page 4