03/04/1998
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Zëri i Popullit

3 April 1998

WHAT ARE YOU DOING, GENTLEMEN MINISTERS

What is worrying Prime Minister Nano? “This period is perhaps also showing a kind of luxury in the structures of the executive” It is not the first time that Fatos Nano has made public, in critical tones, his view of his government, because of the severity of the long wave of the PD’s strikes-marches; something like this had not happened before, neither with the majority in Parliament nor with the previous government. They responded with a particular irony. The first messages he conveyed to the ministers and perhaps also through the media to that prime minister designated by him “as an infallible man” were: “majority leader with cabinet and government”, “where are you, what are you doing, what is being done in government?” These questions, which in recent times are being asked very often to Prime Minister Nano, are taking on even greater dimensions under the influence of the latest developments and the extreme escalation of the hunger strike by former political prisoners. All this has not only created great opportunities for indignation and revolt in the [citizens’?] circles, but also causes perceptions of disregard by the government toward these developments. In addition, with the daily intensification of the open-air hunger strike organized by this political force, through the most extreme forms and methods, the combination of hunger with marching, the government appears to view the situation with indifference, creating the impression of [governance?] that does not know what it is doing, indifferent and [drifting?] somewhere toward an unknown destination. These matters, which are more than concerns of [public opinion?] for every day [in] [deeper?] [will?] be difficult to understand, if [supported?] further by the [gentlemen?] ministers? Nano, at the last government meeting, publicly and quite sharply laid out the criticism being directed at his administration. Assessments [so?] hardly [sharp?] had also previously been made [against?] the ministers of his cabinet. Criticism that increasingly stems from the internal disagreements of the coalition with [factions?] and [clashes?] [in] [government?] and [Parliament?]. “We are noticing and feeling these days of tension that the leadership of the minister we choose is taking on a different inner content: this ministry is dealing more than it should with itself, with [conjunctures?] and gives more priority to its own external image than to work, more to personal careerism and media communication than to results and the effectiveness of the executive structure. All of this, by [marginalizing?] the duty it has and the commitments assigned to it”, was “the luxury in the structures of the executive”! Perhaps this is the most interesting part [and?] [that?] [should?] [be read?] [by?] [the ministers?] [carefully?], since [it?] [should?] [serve?] as [another?] [message?] [not?] [only?] [to?] [understand?] [how?] [serious?] [the?] [situation?] [is?], but [at the same time?] [also?] [to?] [avoid?] [a?] [deeper?] [political?] [crisis?]. From the speech of Prime Minister Fatos Nano at the end of the last government meeting: Albania, after June 30, has been [put?] into a sling as [comedian?] with [defin?] and together with the government [or?] Parliament, yesterday [ko?] is [scandalous?]. [I] personally could not [play?] this thing…

The UN Secretary-General writes to President Mejdani

For Kosovo I will use all my authority PAGE 3

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomes the Security Council decision to impose an arms embargo on Yugoslavia

A positive step for Kosovo PAGE 11

TIRANA

Demolition with license It is still too early to release politics from Tirana’s April, although with yellowish and grayish tones on the forest surfaces PAGE 5

No tenders for firms that do not provide workers

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We Did Not Come to Power to Celebrate

From the speech of Prime Minister Fatos Nano at the end of the last government meeting: Albanians, after June 30, a part of the comments with the value of self-affirmation that they make about themselves with [surprise?], and as if together with this [account?] or [imitation?], this is scandalous. Albanians, after June 30, we ourselves with [surprise?], and as if together with this [account?] or [imitation?], this is scandalous. [I] personally could not [play?] this thing… READ ON PAGE 2