Bukoshi finances Berisha’s political and military activity Braho: UDB officers train FARK Bukoshi finances Berisha’s political and military activity BERISHA PREPARES A COUP D’ÉTAT Braho: UDB officers train FARK I have denounced the fact that Bukoshi spoke with Berisha on the eve of the coup d’état on September 14, placing himself entirely at his disposal with physical means, and even monetary means, to carry out the coup and achieve their shared objective: Berisha in Tirana and Bukoshi in Prishtina. So Bukoshi is the one financing Berisha with the Kosovars’ three-percent contribution; it is Bukoshi who, through Berisha, finances SHIJAK TV, ATV1, Radia Kontakt, and the newspapers Albania, RD, and the notorious 55, run by the genderless man Fahri Balliu. Undoubtedly, this financing forms part of that joint scenario, which is considered—or which we may call—the Berish-Bukoshi scenario, to once again sabotage the national cause. Sali Berisha, the architect of the coup d’état, and (left) members of the Democratic Party with weapons against the institutions on September 14 PAGES 2–3

Majko in Macedonia today

The Republic’s Prosecutor General reveals the crime

Maqko in Macedonia today A few hours today with the Macedonians and Albanians Hashim Thaçi also arrived in Macedonia yesterday PAGE 2

uneducated: here are the people behind the crimes Rakipi said that 1.4% are women, 4.86 are minors, 19.1 are aged 19–26, and the others are over 26. Meanwhile, 57.7% have an eight-year education, and 1.2% have higher education. 1.2% of criminals have higher education PAGE 2

The Committee for National Security Policies yesterday approved new measures and powers for the police PAGE 2

They had let Kosovars through with fake visas PAGE 10

Solis is asking for an additional 2.5 billion lekë PAGE 12

“abc” Anyone whose memory has not failed them knows that Sali Berisha, leader of the PD, last visited his birthplace, Tropojë, around two years ago, on the eve of the June 29 elections, without managing to hold any noteworthy event. Even before that, he had shown little affection for visiting his birthplace and reconnecting with his fellow villagers. This time, his very prolonged absence is unjustifiable, bearing in mind that many events—including some that have deeply shaken public opinion, among them the murder of the December student leader, Azem Hajdari, as he himself has stated—have their roots in this northern district. Nevertheless, he stays away from Tropojë. Why? During the years when Berisha’s party was in power, with his blessing, this area became very difficult for the state to administer, as a consequence of clan loyalties, the Kanun, smuggling and illegal trafficking, none of which are, or can be, the foundations of its prosperity. Even after the party he leads went into opposition, Berisha has tried to exploit the tense situation, and especially clan-style disputes in Tropojë, for his own political interests. That is what he is doing these days, too. Thus, the killing a week ago of two employees of the OSCE regional office in this district, and the organization’s decision to close its office in Bajram Curri, became the pretext for the press controlled by Berisha to stir up a campaign of distortion, claiming that this act shows that “Albania is in the hands of gangs,” or that “the North is out of control,” as the newspaper RD asserted yesterday. Of course, Albania—and Tropojë too—has changed considerably compared with Berisha’s 1997. But the situation is by no means where it should be. And that is because, while destructiveness continues to be the garment covering all the political activity of the PD leader, his keeping “the flames burning” in such troubled areas as Tropojë serves his strategy of returning to power as quickly as possible. The question arises: can a politician who can’t be bothered to go and meet his fellow villagers be trusted to be reliable across the entire country? Berisha does not sit cross-legged in Tropojë families’ homes to hear their troubles and fight the rampant crime there, because he is interested in keeping the region hostage to crime.

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