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Nano with grassroots Socialists: Here are the three phases of our political activity, day by day, through the end of the year • We must win the local elections to put an end to the absurd contradiction between central government and local government • We are not spending the funds to buy votes, as the DP did • We will definitively resolve the contradiction by bringing the same majority that is in central government into local government as well, through an honest, uncontested and democratic electoral process • We will bring in a lawful local government, open and equal to all citizens, and it is precisely on this basis that we will resolve the contradiction—not by imposing a dictatorial grip on local government, which we supposedly lack, in order to meet the needs of Socialists alone PAGE 3

Berisha is afraid of free elections, because he is used to organizing elections the way he wants

EVENT OF THE DAY Sali Berisha, former Albanian president, to the shame of Albania, yesterday tried to deceive, besides many women, even his wife, who has tied her fate to his, at the gathering organized by Mr. Berisha with Democratic women and women supporters. Clinging on, and wearing an unkempt jacket, the doctor who needs a doctor accused the PS of spreading prostitution. According to the Democratic leader, this phenomenon spread after the summer of 1997. If it were April 1, this lie, delivered in a mountainous setting—in a mountain-terrain speech—might even be taken as a joke. Albania’s former disgrace thinks Albanians do not know in which year smuggling began, along with the speedboat division and organized pimping that lures Albanian women into prostitution. Without going any further on this point, the money for the hall of the Palace of Congresses, where this historic speech was delivered, must also have been paid to Mr. Berisha by the pimps and prostitution operators. Mr. Berisha must not forget where he is fed and where he is received like a king. There are photographs and recordings of his people about these things, as well as the secret reports of his former SHIK chief, Gazidede, who may have been an idiot, but was not completely stupid. These matters, prostitution in particular, were discussed at length by Berisha and his press when he happened to be president. This man, incomparable to any other individual, with no brakes in his thinking, would come up with any amount of nonsense before the local elections, because, as a respected professional doctor, he knows how it will end for him: defeat in the elections! After the elections, he knows well that the PD will be left with no one at the door, and some “figures” will start begging for money again, saying to people, “we don’t have money to pay the drivers, the administration and a few bodyguards.” PD supporters should know well that Mr. Berisha has only a pension, a salary and perhaps a bank account, but also an escort paid for by the state; so they should face the truth and not let their wives and sisters listen to the contemptuous speeches of the padrino of Albanian prostitution.

… blood feud, vigilante justice … Page 10. … this child’s incident … brought the number of victims of vigilante justice in the villages of Barbullush, … and in Kulë to 14 over the past 10 … . PAGE 10

… planned for … Disarmament commissions at every level of local government, down to district and prefecture level. PAGE 9

… “Mallka” at … the Court of Appeal … a judicial panel of … PAGE 9

Berisha is afraid of free elections because he is used to organizing elections the way he wants • Except for March 22, which was not a vote for Berisha but a referendum on democratic change • The 1992 local elections, which he lost; the 1994 referendum on the constitution, which he shamefully lost; the May 26 elections, which proved fatal to him as a politician; from the 1997 elections to the partial elections of 1998, and then the referendum on the constitution again, in November 1998—he has lost the contests INTERVIEW WITH PRIME MINISTER ILIR META — PAGE 2

The agreement between Albania and Greece on seasonal employment is being activated • Minister Çeço: Seasonal workers from Albania; those who are in Greece should be legalized. • Greek Ambassador Mallias: The Greek government believes the agreement should be implemented. PAGE 6

28 million lek for 1998 wages; the payment process begins . PAGE 6

Shame in the Municipal Council: the PD changes the Boulevard’s name • Shameful scenes in the Municipal Council: the PD renames the Boulevard • Tirana’s Socialist councillors walk out of the meeting in protest • First reaction, Dritëro Agolli: “This means returning to primitiveness. Those who voted are the faces of Ahmet Zog.” PAGE 4

[cut/unclear text] … and group of the missing when … police The prime minister of Tirana: This act … … will … the investigations He explained his position …, so that … would not become an obstacle to the investigations launched PAGE 9 … to seize the debtors … administrative and … … of the pyramid schemes in … in a way … judges … unlike Tirana, … the enforcement office and … taxes in Fier, … Durrës, etc. do not … engage in … the financial assets of debtors. PAGE 5 … blood feud, vigilante justice

YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE SPOTLIGHT OF THE RULING AND OPPOSITION PARTIES’ POLITICAL AGENDAS From Nano to Berisha: “Young people for the future” and “young people as cannon fodder for crime” PAGES 13,14,15,16