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HOW IT BEGAN Four years ago, the two promised to develop Tirana, but they destroyed it HOW IT BEGAN Four years ago, the two promised to develop Tirana, but they destroyed it Pictured: Sali Berisha and Albert Brojka two days before the local elections of 20 October The licensed massacre of Tirana — apartment blocks choking the city’s residents 15 MPs sue Brojka • Albert Brojka has begun buying the local elections by “selling” construction permits • Poci: Should the door of Brojka’s KRT be locked? He is issuing 200–300 permits every month, just as before the ’96 elections PAGE 4

The Social Democrats’ Congress began yesterday Nano greets the congress: Within the Alliance for the State coalition, relations and ties should reflect this natural rapprochement and long-term partnerships. Together, our parties should become even better bearers of the philosophy and practice of Western progressives, who are also in power in most Western countries and in the USA. Social Democratic chairman Gjinushi: The PS–PSD alliance will win a resounding victory in the autumn local elections PAGE 2

Here is the man of terror Berisha keeps silent about • A 21-year-old Democratic Party member in Lazarat blew up the monument to Haxhi Dali and seriously wounded two police officers • An arrest warrant and “a mountain” of evidence against him: blowing up electric poles, armed robbery, resisting police with weapons and opening fire on its forces, and the killing of a captain in 1997 PAGE 5

Hard times for people from Elbasan, Lezhë, Shijak and Berat — their work in Switzerland under investigation Swiss investigators arrive in Tirana and discover fabulous wealth in their hometowns It will be called the “State Guard,” against armed and computer crime PAGE 7

It will be called the “State Guard,” against armed and computer crime Requirement: clean for three generations. Legal authority and physical, legal and professional training, backed by highly sophisticated logistics PAGE 13

abc At long last, Mr Brojka has found his “argument” for the government’s poor performance in paving the roads. He declared that Tirana Municipality does not work through campaigns but through science, implying that the government’s current road paving is a sham and that roads are paved differently, using different technology and science, etc. Mr Brojka is a man of science and knows a great deal in theory; however, he should explain why he did not apply his knowledge during the four years he headed Tirana Municipality, when he turned our capital into a huge rubbish dump, full of potholes, beggars, kiosks, dogs and urban destruction! To talk about science today, when you yourself have built with your hands tied and had absolute power to apply science, even to 100 metres of road, is undignified—especially for a man of science! Mr Brojka studied as far away as Japan for the sake of our Lana, but when he became mayor of our Lana, it ended up as an atomic bomb for the city! Right under his eyes, Lana filled up with endless kiosks, and he did not lift a finger to prevent this four-year catastrophe. So why did this man study and acquire scientific knowledge? So that he could sleep, then wake up and say, “This is not how you work”?! This man, who learned great science, should also know the little science of the Albanian people, which says that, in words, there is no better hoxha or priest than me! Mr Brojka has Mr Nako as his counterpart. The former did not accomplish in four years what Mr Nako did with the roads in four days! This example alone should be enough for the “professor” to calmly ask about his pension, which, considering what he did for Tirana, he would do well to declare: “I am not entitled to this pension as a former Mayor of Tirana, because incompetence is not paid anywhere in the world!” That is far more dignified than his ideological idiocy with “anti-campaign” arguments.

THE PRIME MINISTER Implementing the programme, the PS’s greatest obligation PAGE 3

THE TREASURY Serious work on the mega-theft dating back to ’92 PAGE 6

MUNICIPALITIES The Elbasan prefect also sues the municipal leaders PAGE 6