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Viktor
Nerhati in the pantheon of glory
Theres a wish in Malėsi e Madhe famous for centuries, which goes like this: May
your name be never forgotten, and may it be always remembered for
generations!. This is a wish for those sons, men
and women who gave glory to our country with their work, acts and life,
thats why it is our duty to remember and honor them for they are todays,
not so happy, glory, history and pride, but also for a tomorrow surely
better. Our land, like no other part of Albania, that God
created since the morning of the ages, has raised men and women like a
few nations and races in the world. Thats why without hesitation we dont
have to wait for decades and centuries, but to give them a place in the
pantheon of glory, giving them the place they deserve in the memory of
eternity. Of course, one of them is Viktor Dede Nerhati, from Pjetroshan of Kastrat. Viktor Nerhati was
born on March 22, 196 3, in the well-known nationalist, religious and
patriotic family of Nerhati, from his (late)
parents, Dede and Lule Nerhati. He was born in this house that was a gun always
ready against Turkish and other invaders. The men and women of this house
were distinguished not only as brave and wise but also as beauty and grace.
Sometimes, when God gives these things, he takes you sooner by himself.
Unfortunately, some members of the family Nerhati
had this bad luck that hit even the late Viktor Nerhati
on March 26, 2001, in
the temple of freedom and democracy in the world, in the USA, where he had to
emigrate in 2000, likewise many other democrats
after the dark year 1997. The family Nerhati, as a
family of nationalist and religious traditions, understood since the
establishment of communism (after November 29, 1944) that the power that came
by gun and blood-streams, caused by the national-liberation war,
unfortunately became a civil war for power, the dark power on Malėsi and Albania. Thats why Viktors grandfather, Kol Nerhati, and his son, Nosh,
didnt hesitate to be part of the anticommunist raise of January 1945. After
the fail of the raise of Malėsi e Madhe, Kol Nerhati
and his son, Nosh Nerhati, had to leave to the
former Yugoslavia, in order to escape the communist genocide. Yet, the
communist persecution hit them even there, as the Slavic where those who gave
life to the Albanian communism. In the former Yugoslavia, the tentacles of
the Albanian intelligence services of that time, which where a section of the
Yugoslavian UDB, made a plan to kill Nosh Nerhati
and forced the anticommunist Kol Nerhati to come back in Albania. Kol
was imprisoned and his family was deported in the ill-famed camp of Tepelenė, that
was worse than a prison. The families of Dede Kol Nerhati and Gjergj Kol Nerhati,
where the object of very long deportations and persecutions, suffered not
only by those who had this bad luck, but also those who were born and grew
after the deportation. The son of Ded Kola, Viktor,
was part of the sufferings of the communist system, far beyond the sufferings
of Christ. I say this because the communism, like paganism, had no religion,
and instead of faith in the true God, wanted to impose the false gods of the
communist ideology, like Stalin, Enver and other
red devils. Viktor in his childhood suffered with his family the communist
persecution, while the state deprived them from every human right, what in
the Marxist language was called the class-battle. During the years of
persecution, Viktor Nerhati, likewise any other
anticommunist, had accumulated energy and hatred against dictatorship,
therefore since the first anticommunist movement of the students in the
University of Tirana, he was near to the students, heroes who were shaking
the socialist castle for the first time, which wasnt rocky, as it was said
If the Democratic Party, the first
anticommunist party, was founded on December 12, 1990, on December 13, 1990,
Viktor Nerhati was in touch with the anticommunists
of Shkodėr and participant in the removal of the
bust of the dictator Hoxha. Viktor Nerhati was one of those young people who, along with
other anticommunists led by the unique democrat, the late Dode
Kaēaj, founded the Democratic Party in Malėsi e Madhe, since January
2, 1991. Viktor Nerhati was one of those
inhabitants of Kastrat who, along with the battle
against communism, was in the first line for the revival of faith in God. The
first mass, after the atheist year 1967, was held in Shkodėr
on November 4, 1990, and on November 11, there was a mass in Bajzė, and Viktor Nerhati not
only was present in both events, but was also one of the organizers of the
one held in Bajzė. Viktor helped also in opening
the cult objects of our Muslim bothers (the Leaden Mosque in Shkodėr and that of Aliajs).
Viktor was also participant in the meeting of January 3, 1991, in the Isa Boletini square in Shkodėr, as
well as one of the organizers of the meeting of February 19, 1991, in Bajzė, where were present Sali Berisha and the eternal leader of democracy, Azem Hajdari. Viktor Nerhati was also one of the first malėsorė
who participated in the anticommunist protest of April 2, 1991, in Shkodėr, to defend the free vote, as the foundation of
democracy. With the foundation of the association of the former politically
persecuted, in Malėsi e Madhe,
Viktor was elected its secretary during the years 1992-1996. He also was the
leader of the section of the Democratic Party in Kastrat
in 1993-1998, while in 1994-1997 he also was member of the leading-group of
the Democratic Party in Malėsi e Madhe. From 1993 until 2000, he was inspector of the Institute
of the former Politically Persecuted for the Prefecture of Shkodėr. In 1996 until 2000, when he had to leave Albania
for political motives, he was member of the Regional Council of Malėsi e Madhe
Viktor Nerhati, as one of the first democrats, was never missing
a meeting or protest of the democratic forces, either in local or national
lever, even though these activities were often dangerous, like that of the
protests after the murder of the hero of democracy, Azem
Hajdari, held on September 12, and the protests of
September 14, 1998. We should emphasize that in all campaigns and elections, either political and local, there was the hand and mind of
this resistant democrat with a vision. Viktor Nerhati
showed dedication, honesty and tolerance in everything he did, without any
motive of revenge, as he said: We, of the persecuted, deprived from freedom,
democracy, equality and human rights, given by the Creator, know the value of
these rights better than anyone else, therefore it would be a sin if we would
try to deprive others from these rights, even though if they are the authors
of our sufferings. Viktor Nerhati showed these
qualities in practice, what made people in Malėsi
respect him, without any political difference. We have a saying which goes
like this: God takes good people by him sooner than others, and this is
what happened with Viktor, for his life and work is remembered with great
respect by everyone after his death, what gives strength and pride for life
to his relatives, his brother and his sisters, especially to his wife, the
respectful Mrs. Flutur, to educate and transmit to
the son, Danadon and the daughter, Lusijana, the name and the work of their father, and to
the well-known family a heritage that honors not only the family, Pjetroshan, Kastrat, but also Malėsi e Madhe. For these
qualities, the Communal Council of Kastrat gave him
the title of Honorable Citizen.
Ndue Bacaj
Lives
destroyed in the name of Canon
 The Canon of Lekė Dukagjini, this code that is still taking lives, even after
700 ears from its creation, is clearly challenging
not only the laws but also the human rights. This medieval code, which should
had been just in the museum, is followed by most of the Albanian areas and is
relevant in taking legal decisions in the north of our country. The Media
report every day sad stories realized by people, but also supported and
drugged by the Canon of Lekė Dukagjini.
The story of a couple, that of Artur Daka, 24 years old, and Diane Kazani,
20 years old, is already a personification of the long Calvary in the name
of the Canon, even with heavy consequences to the family of the young Daka.
As requested by the laws of the Catholic Church, the two were married
in the church on August 10, 2006,
in the mass held by Dom Simon Jubani,
in the presence of Ejll Leka
and David Leka. But their life had no normal
perspective. Diane Kazani had been previously
engaged to another person named Bashkim Kasemi. For some reasons, but also for the Canon of Lekė Dukagjini, the ex-fiancée,
didnt accept this relationship, even though the two swore in the house of
Jesus Christe before the altar to love and help
each-other in bad and good luck, until death. Kasemi
started to persecute them, making their life a hell, and not only to them,
but to their families too. They were continuously threatened, while there
were even criminal acts against them. It went to the point that the father
and the brother of Artur were shot yesterday at
about 21.30 in
the village of Berdicė, about 3 km from Shkodėr, while they were in their car.
The miracle of God saved them. As it was dark, they escaped running,
leaving their car.
In these conditions the life of the couple is impossible, said Pjetėr Daka, the father of Artur Daka, who escaped
miraculously to the bullets. The son and his wife life hidden now.
It is clear that a gun is ready to take the life of Artur Daka and Diane Kazani, if they come out. All this in the name of the
Canon of Lekė Dukagjini,
which is active even today in Albania and is held more important than the
laws of the State.
The family Gjonaj,
with the family Gjokaj are in enmity too. As a consequence of this emnity
theyre living shut in still today. The other families in the northern town
suffer also the consequences of various enmities. For many years, the family
Gjoni and the family Gjokaj didnt find a way to resolve their conflict.
The Editorial Office
Innocent
victims of a crazy time
The sentence murdered for properties has now become daily. The
demographic movements of the last sixty years, while the properties were
property of the State since 17 years ago, in the post-communist period, the
Law 7501, still available, distributed the land on the basis of persons,
inciting conflicts between the legitimate proprietors and those who became
new proprietors, a conflict that registered thousands of victims. Riza Milani, from Postrribė, in Shkodėr, on
January 10, 2000, bought from Muhamet Musa Bushi five thousand meters square of land in faith,
without any notarized document, what it is common, as they had a bad house in
that land, of the family Bushi. But Bushi broke the promise and wanted the land back. Theres
a conflict that cannot be closed neither by the Commune, nor by the elders,
so Riza Milani starts a
new building, for according to him and the declaration of the mayor Faz Shabaj, he
was right. Muhamet Bushi
got angry, he took his two sons with guns and stops
the work forcedly. Riza Milani
and the workers avoided the conflict and left. The building thus was pulled
down. A little later, on March 5, 2997, Sejdi Milani, the father of Riza,
kills Muhamet Bushi for
revenge. The two families were in enmity with each-other. Now there was the
Canon of Lekė Dukagjini
between them. The family Milani
are closed in, as it is common. We have an official document in our
journal, of the elder of the village Domen, B.M.
and the mayor F.Sh., proving the facts that we are publishing.
The sons of Riza Milani,
Artan Milani, very young,
born in August 25, 1986 and Artur Milani, even younger, born in January 26, 1990, were
mostly in danger, and they lived shut in from March 5, 2007 until December
20, 2007. The gun was ready to shot on them. Yet they found a way to leave
the country. Today they live somewhere without address and in open conflict. Artan and Artur, likewise many
of their age, are innocent victims of crazy time, whose life is in danger, in
the name of the medieval codes.
Rifat Ymeri
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