The ambush in Mamurras on June 18 this year befell the unfortunate Sali brothers. Today they sleep with their eyes open. The victims of the civic passions of the mad raids, under the gun barrel and of boundless violence, have not only become socialized, by the sweetness of milk, but have also awakened the irreconcilable hatred of the entire highlands. Durrës, in the exclamation following the revolts that have gripped the whole spectrum of the north, was warning flamboyantly of the defense and honor. Welcome, O Mirditë, and thank you for the warm hospitality that hundreds and hundreds of socialists offered to the people of Mirditë. This is what you have traditionally lacked, despite the warm hospitality that characterizes you. Through the honest center. Through the mutual respect of your side for your history, for your fiery love of the motherland and for the centuries-long efforts of the sons of Midhja for freedom and independence. We appreciate and thank you for your understanding and your balanced and mature behavior not only in these tense days, but throughout these 7 years of democracy. Among you I experience, as has happened everywhere, that the barricaders who are being executed every day by the rebel police show that Mirditë has not abandoned its tradition and cannot change its skin. Colinafshi for the people of Mirditë. Through honesty has traditionally been lacking for sincere hospitality. Through mutual respect of your side for your history, for your love of the motherland and for the uninterrupted efforts. The stirring of word and weapon for the Albanian cause shows that we are far apart. Your shared places. It turns out we are once again far away. Sali Berisha, since 22 March, has insulted and humiliated Albanians with slanders, but in a more offensive and unreasonable way he has singled out Mirditë, which since antiquity has been a cradle of Western civilization in Albania. With wisdom and humanity it can be seen that he was casting himself aside by comparing, with the unbridled excess of the Beast, the cradle of Gheg dialect and representative erudition with clear lamentations. Mirditë drawn into the passions of Mirdis, with wise and mature words. All Albanians, and especially the highlanders, the workers, teachers, doctors and engineers with civic and political integrity, are determined not to obey his adventure. In the wake of this ballad of guidance, they are gathering densely and increasingly. As has also happened in hundreds and hundreds of assemblies in the cradle of bravery and civic culture. We have come to join their most legitimate aspiration, indeed to precede it. Our Socialist Party, allied with the forces of the Union for Democracy, with all the other strata, with socialists without a party, with republicans, social democrats, nationalists, with workers and intellectuals, with military men and technocrats, with peasants and students, with persecuted and unprotected citizens, is set on a clear orientation: to win regardless of their support. We cannot move with small calculations. Therefore we must awaken hope and consolidate it. We clearly state that the elections are approaching and will be the only way out of this tragedy. If you, with your patriotically minded country, have conveyed this message clearly, the forces of order and those who give orders must understand that the era of fear has ended. We must speak with courage and calm. Albanians no longer want rulers or dictators. Mirditë has long said this truth and today repeats it with its own voice. (Full on page 4) The Socialist leader at a meeting with the electorate of Mirditë.