THE GREEK HOUSING LOAN PAGE 6

Eight years after the DP applied the “John McCou” scheme for gold, the scheme no longer works Malaj: “Johnny of the pyramid schemes” admitted in Vorë too that he had stolen 600 million dollars and used them for an election campaign PAGE 3

The Prime Minister yesterday before the MPs on the treasury • Berisha knew before everyone else how the treasury was stolen • I invite Berisha to tell the prosecutor how he knows how the state treasury was stolen and how he knows • Otherwise, he incriminates himself PAGE 2

Here is how Berisha’s party steals official documents Tirana, 14.2.2000 Subject: The draft law “On the Prevention of Money Laundering” proposed by the DP Parliamentary Group PARLIAMENT COMMITTEE ON ECONOMY, FINANCE & PRIVATIZATION TIRANA 1. Letter from the Bank of Albania, signed by the Governor of the Bank of Albania, Shkëlqim Cani (dated 26.11.1999), informing the Council of Ministers that the law “On the Prevention of Money Laundering” had been sent to the Government. 2. Explanatory memorandum and draft law “On the Prevention of Money Laundering,” proposed by the Parliamentary Group of the Democratic Party, dated 13.12.1999. 3. Letter from the Bank of Albania, signed by Governor Shkëlqim Cani (dated 14.02.2000), stating that the Democratic Party’s proposal is a defective copy and mixture of provisions from one of the draft laws on the prevention of money laundering proposed by the Bank of Albania. PAGE 16

ISSUE OF THE DAY When he once heard a historic speech by Hitler, Churchill calmly remarked: This boy needs to get married!... The chairman of the SP, Fatos Nano, also brought back from his visit to the USA the message that the focus of Western democracies is now on removing dictators and destabilizers from the Balkan political scene. Every Balkan nation that receives this message makes its own identifications. In Albania, it is not difficult to identify Berisha as a destabilizer. As soon as he crossed the Mifol Bridge on his way back, the Democratic leader hurried to raise the alarm about destabilization. After taking his pills, Berisha resumed his latest slanders and curses, calling every name that came to mind a thief and a murderer. At a time when the government is governing and achieving considerable success, when law and order are being consolidated in the country and investors are arriving, it is highly unpatriotic to call those in government “thieves” and “murderers” simply because Berisha is not running the country. The Albanian patient definitively ended his political career when he mentioned TNT in the People’s Assembly and showed the doctors his diagnosis: a destroyer and an arsonist. Naturally, such a Nero, who dreams of how he will take the fadrormat all the way to Greece, cannot find support among European democrats or in the USA. The day when he is also cast aside by the European right will not be far off, but that would be the greatest crime the patient could commit against the Albanian right. If, for Albanians, the patient has long since become a source of amusement, that does not mean he should continue to lead the opposition, since from this position he makes not only himself but the entire opposition look ridiculous! The opposition, facing a government that is achieving considerable success, can no longer be directed by a conductor who cannot read music and has it in his head to beat both the orchestra and the audience with his batons (the conductor’s baton). When he once heard a historic speech by Hitler, Churchill calmly remarked: This boy needs to get married... Berisha, too, needs to calm down!

Latest news from the treasury investigation • The Prosecutor’s Office will seek testimony from all those involved in the transfer and administration of the Krraba treasury 11

Inspection of all gold-melting and currency-exchange shops 3

• Brokaj: CEC member to be appointed even without proposals from the parties 4 • EDU to decide tomorrow in London on Berisha’s expulsion 4 • Topalli: Under the law, parties do not make proposals for the CEC 4 • 5 June, NCRT begins licensing. Ahrens and Limprecht condemn the DP for the boycott 5