In the People’s Assembly: Interior Minister Çeka denounces the organizers of crime Berisha’s party admits it is armed SHQIPTARE DEMOKRATIKE PARTY TIRANË BRANCH PRESIDENCY Tiranë, 16.08.1997 Enclosed, for engagement as volunteers in the territorial civil defense structure, the following are designated: 1. LES JOE 2. NDUC PJETRA 3. LORING SHEHI 4. JAK RAVZETI 5. AGON BOSHNAKU 6. FATI [FAT?] SULA 7. SAHIT SULA 8. SHPËTIM HYSA 9. SABAN NASTI 10. AGRON ÇINA 11. ALTIN BERULI [?] 12. AGIM XHAJA 13. EKREM NASI 14. NDON BUNDI 15. DEDET LID SHITI [?] 16. GJIN SULA 17. GJENI SULA 18. CENAP DORSHLAKU [?] 19. MURAT HOTI 20. AGRON SULO 21. FATI [FAT?] NIKA 22. DITMAN NASI [?] 23. SHEL [SHE?] HUSA 24. KOLA XHELI 25. NOC KAÇYKU [?] 26. ZEF SHKRELI 27. UK DERVIZI 28. AGON BOSHNAKU 29. LUL BERISHA 30. XHELAL MYFTIJA [?] 31. SHABAN SULA 32. IBRAHIM VATA 33. VESEL [VESE?] SYLA 34. XHEVDET KALOSHI [?] 35. SHABAN MEMIA 36. ASLLAN PULA 37. RAMË KALI [?] 38. GJON [GJON?] PEPA 39. ASLLAN SULA 40. SHKELZEN GJINI [?] 41. ALI H[?]I 42. SHAQIR [SHAQ?] BUJA 43. ALI [ALI?] BERISHA 44. N[D]UE ÇEKANI [?] 45. ALI MOÇI [?] 46. KOLA SHKRELI 47. SHABAN MEMIA 48. ZEF BREGU 49. BASHKIM DOÇI [?] 50. SHAQIR [SHAQ?] HOTI 51. MILAZIM [MILA?] BRIJA [?] 52. HILM[?] DEDA 53. ZEF SHKRELI 54. SHABAN MEMIA 55. PASHQ [PASHK?] TRINA 56. GJON [GJON?] ÇUNI 57. HAXHI [HAXH?] DODA [?] 58. ALI HOTI 59. SHABAN MEMIA The above document was publicized by Fatos Nano, wait for the team of the International Monetary Front Çeka: If I had stolen the plan, I would not have left from the PD at the very beginning This is already a known group. They have the uniformed men, who in the name of the omnipresent Berisha wreak havoc in Tirana. Evidence on a more visible scale, half on paper, he had before Balli, who was declaiming with pathos. That is how I was reminded of Balli’s quip, made earlier ironically about the seized Tirana, the first landscapes where the work is already tumbling down. Democrat, all right, that is how it has also gone with us. To the party of the organization of peace and order, you sent trunks with the pet Berisha, a pack of cigarettes, Mr. Çeka! Have you found allies and the house is driving Albania’s fires away?! That is how it is... Mr. Çeka turns out not to be the slanderous voice of a degenerate opposition, but the minister of order in the government of National Reconciliation and the International Monetary Fund

Prime Minister Fatos Nano meets the newly appointed deputy ministers Prime Minister Nano asked the deputy ministers, and all subordinate levels, that their offices should not remain closed offices “with a padlock,” but should instead be offered as posts where only results and maximum efficiency are achieved through work

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The Berisha regime left the Police in a wretched state; 2,500 unemployed and 1,500 families on social assistance Five years ago, when the people of Poliçan were clashing with Sali Berisha’s armed state The Berisha regime left the Police in a wretched state; 2,500 unemployed and 1,500 families on social assistance Special issue of “Zëri i Popullit”, p. 8

It is now an open matter that Interior Minister Ahmet Çela [?] has sent to parliament how the weapons were distributed by order of Sali Berisha and the relevant evidence, mainly in Shkodër, Durrës and Tiranë. In his speech he also gave the names of the people involved in this network. The denunciation made has shaken the parliamentary and political environment. This statement is even more necessary today when opposition leaders continue to call slander and fabrication everything the Minister of Order has brought to parliament. Documented and confirmed, the minister has given the names and surnames in Balli, where he reveals the relevant documents, mainly in the PD branches in Tiranë, Durrës and Shkodër. The Democratic Party, which has been involved in the course of events and has organized an armed uprising, if it had to say anything, would have seen it with its own eyes. Thus he also revealed the list of 2,500 weapons distributors that the PD has distributed, has shattered 5,500 people and 3,000 billion in turnover from the criminal and tainted pyramid firms. This is a serious and unparalleled accusation, directed at an entire party and its regime. These questions will continue to weigh like a stone around the neck of those who have plunged the country into this year’s chaos. It is also a reply to those who think that Berisha’s power fell as a result of slander, political warfare or the desecration of a lost chance. On the contrary, it fell because it had come to an end, just as all regimes that use the state against the people come to an end.