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The freedom of Gjon Gjelaj is violated
The local elections of October 12 violated the
freedom of all the Albanian democrats. The lists were manipulated, the
elections boxes were stolen  and filled with
votes, there was physical violence, documents were counterfeited, etc., etc.
This evidence was made known by the opposition even to the international
institutions. Democrats faced violence everywhere. One of them is the young
man you see in the picture. He is Gjon Tomė Gjelaj, from Vukel of Kelmend in Malesi e Madhe. He was born on July 31, 1982. His family
was anticommunist. His grandfather, Gjergj Nika was a political prisoner, his fathers uncle, Ujkė Nik Gjelaj
and his three counsins, Dedė
Gjeloshi, Zef Lula and
Fran Gjoka were executed without a process, by the
never seen before, communist genocide during the regime of Enver Hoxha. He was in the
spotlight of the dicatorship, to be eliminated.
From 1946 until 1990, when political pluralism begun in Albania, this
family suffered a wilde medieval genocide. Since
the beginning of 1990, this family was one of the first involved in the
democratic movements o overthrow the communist atheist regime, as inhuman and
blood-thirsty. Tomė Gjelaj,
the father of Gjon, was an activist and a
commissioner of the DP in alla the elections, since
1991. After 1997, when the social-communists uzurped
violently the power, the life of this family was threatened several times.
The young Gjon Gjelaj has
givven a precious contribution on establishing the
democracy in Albania.
This is why he became a target of the dark segments of the ill-famed security
of the fascist state, that executed over 6000 innnocent albanians in the last
6 years. Many times, this family suffered the violence and inspection of the
political police, a tool of crime. Gjon Gjelaj suffered violence by the police, that had arrested
and beaten him barbarily, while the signs on his
face and on the fore-head are a bad record as the sign of a claim, maybe for
his lifetime. Even his brother, Nikė Gjelaj suffered a beastly violence and is forced now to
live hidden, while Gjon has no address since the
elections of October 12. He is either hidden, or escaped from his country,
for which he and his family did a great sacrifice to prepare a democratic
ground without injustice, violence, revenge, crimes, or he is even missing.
Behold the reality of the Albanian life, where the freedom of
the democrats is violated and their life is in danger, while their country is
often even their grave.
The correspondent of Shqipėria Etnike
Violence prevails
The local elections of October 12 showed once again
that Albania
is not free, that violence and incidents, explosive and stolen votes
determine even  who is going to
have the local power. In a voting center
in Himara was placed explosive by KOzma Pelo, member of the Human
Rights Party, a police officer and two other citizens were wounded, while the
Greek flag waved in clear violence of the Albanian Constitution. Gun was put
at the head of the deputy of the DP in Velipoja of Shkodra, Valetin Palaj, while K.Ē. and S.P., two police officers tried to
steal 100 voting papers. These incidents, as well as the attempt to eliminate
Miri Kraja, a
commissioner of the DP in Shkodra and other
incidents reported by the Albanian opposition to the international
institutions, give the worst sight of this campaign, while the will of the
sovereign people is not only disregarded but even violated. The house of Miri Kraja was even burned up.
The life of true Albanian democrats is going through these dangerous
troubles. Since a child, Miri was involved in the
peaceful protests against dictatorship, for he was born in an anticommunist
family. His uncle, Shefqet Kraja,
was in a political prison for seven years, seven months, seven weeks and
seven days during the dictatorship of Enver Hoxha. In April
2, 1991, Shefqet and Flamur, his son wounded with a bullet, and Miri, his nephew, were protesting for the votes stolen by
Ramiz Alia. Four people were shot dead in those
protests and now Bujar Bishanaku,
Nazmi Kryeziu, Besnik Ceka and Arben Broci are martyrs of
democracy. Other 163 were wounded, and Miri Kraja was knifed twice at dhe
right side of his belly, but he survived by Gods sake. He and Jasemina Kraja, his wife, did
not escape revenge and threats even a few days after the elections of October
12. They left Albania
like many others, who feel hopeless to live here. Those who violated the
votes are violating every day the life of the good democrat people, darkening
their hope for better days.
Albert
Vataj
The doves of religions
reappearance
In that unforgettable day of October 19, during the Mass for
the Sanctification of Mother Teresa, held by the Pope, John Paul II in the
Saint Peters Square in Vatican,
we were there and brought to the readers the full picture of that greatness,
through the reportage The sanctification of Mother Teresa drew Albania
nearer to God. When the Pope was uttering the blessed words for Albania, we
were thinking about the drama of the Albanian people that was oppressed
throughout history, though being too religious. Many martyrs came out from Albania, yet
it kept the faith, though under pressure and threats by the dictatorship used
by the atheist rulers. After 1967, when churches and mosques were closed,
exactly 153 clergymen were executed. Many believers were imprisoned, killed
or just threatened. The Catholics were mostly on target. The family of Broz Zadrima was one of the Albanian families in opposition to
the communist-atheist dictatorship. This is one of the families that mostly
kept the traditions as well as supporting the democratic movements since the
beginning of 1990. Broz Zadrima and the members of
his family were active helpers in the process of religions reappearance, in
the fist mass celebrated on November 11, 1990, by Dom Simon Jubani at the Rrmaji
Cemetery. During the dictatorship were executed hundreds of clergymen and Dom
Marin Shkurti, a friend of the family of Broz, was
one of them. With this religious spirit, as Mother Teresa, the greatest of
this earth, taught was fed the daughter of Broz, Senkė
Zadrima, who was born two years before the fall of
communist dictatorship, so it was on Febbruary 7,
1988. She was baptized illegally by Dom Zef Simoni, before democracy came in Albania. This
hit the eye of the men of that system, who saw her from the beginning as
their enemy, while she was a dove of the religions reappearance. There are
many others like Senka in Albania,
doves of religion, peace ad life, but were going to speak about this one. Senka, though too young, even an innocent child, suffered
pressure and difficulties. Though she was young, even during the so called
years of democracy she experienced horrendous scenes of persecution by the
secret structures of dictatorship. Her father was several times nearer to
death than life, while those secret structures reminded him the baptism of
his daughter before pluralism and democracy came. When the innocent dove
grew up, those same structures had arranged for a long time and tried to kidnap
and use her. They were three persons, unidentified, as it is seldom occurring
in Albania.
They could kidnap a friend of her, while Senka,
thanks God, escaped as there was people around. None knows about the destiny
of her friend, kidnapped in that dark September. She might be either on the
streets of Europe, or dead. Senkė Zadrima was forced,
however to leave school since very young, as she was on the sixth grade, and
go far away, very far, somewhere by her relatives in the Occidental
countries, to live her life safely.
Sokol Pepushaj
People living shut-in
and blood-feud are still the most concerning problem of the Albanian society
Weve been treating this problem several times in our journal,
making known the concern of hundreds of  innocent families
living shut-in, mostly in the northern area of the country. Many conflicts,
like those of property, revenge and blood-feud cause many families to live
shut-in.
In this case were going to tell about an incident that caused
some families to live shut-in.
As a result of the conflict, Engjėll Pashuk Pemaj, born in Dajē of Shkodra on February 7, 1970, now
married, had to live shut-in along with his family and relatives. His father,
Pashuk Pemaj, was the
author of the incident against Vehbi Beqi, from Mushan of the Municipality of Dajē. The
incident occurred on February
5, 1998, while Vehbi Beqi, riding his motorcycle crashed to the vehicle driven
by Pashuk Pemaj. Since
that day, three families Pemaj had to live shut-in
fearing the revenge of the family of the victim.
On June 15,
2003, members of the family Beqi
menaced Silvana Pemaj, Engjėlls wife, saying that they would avenge against her
family.
On August
24, 2003, three people on a white Mercedes tried to kidnap Silvana Pemaj, but without
success. Silvana says that one of them was a member
of the family Beqi.
Besides the fact of a family living shut-in, what mostly hits
the eye is the other fact that avenges goes as far as the attempt to kidnap
even women. However, the most innocent in these cases are the children. Only
in Shkodras District, hundreds of children have to
leave school, as they are menaced and their life is unsafe. How long is it
going to last? We will keep on reporting these cases in our newspaper.
Vasel Gilaj
Socialist bring back
dictatorship in Kelmend
After the socialists got the power through violence with the
revolution of 1997, they are becoming as  dangerous, cruel
and blood-thirsty as their fathers, who ruled during the 50 years of
communist dictatorship of Enver Hoxha.
They cannot forgive Kelmend for their very first
anticommunist rise in the Eastern Europe
after the World War II. Since they came back on power, beastly violence is
being used on all the democrats of the anticommunist castle of Kelmend.
The Youngman in the picture is Pėllumb
Marash Rrukaj. He was
born in the village Brojė of Kelmend,
on July 2, 1974.
His family is patriotic and his forerunners fought communist since 1945.
After that, until 1990, his family went through great misery and sufferings
because of their anticommunist convictions.
During the great changes, the family of Marash
Rrukaj joined the democratic and progresist forces led by Sali Berisha. Pėllumb becomes member
of the DP in 1994 and was elected chairman of the Youth Forum in the village Brojė. After 1997, Pėllumb is
at the head of the democratic efforts to report the newly arrived on power,
which he called new communists, blood-thirsty and sons of dictatorship.
Because of his activity beside of democratic forces, certain structures of
the state involved in crimes, pressure on him through anonymous letters and
threatening phone-calls. During the general and local elections, Pėllumb was the chairman of the voting center, where the
democrats were always winners. On January 17, 2002, Pėllumb was
mistreated by armed civilians. After insulting and beating him, they menaced
to kill him and left him on a street far from home. People passing by, found Pėllumb and sent him at the hospital of Tamara,
where he got the first aid and his wounds were cured. That same day, his
family takes him and after a while, frightened by the pressures, he leaves Albania,
definitely. Pėllumb is not the only. There are
hundreds of young people from Kelmend, who leave
their country to escape violence, persecution and even execution by the new
socialist-communists now ruling Albania.
Rifat Ymeri
The heavy hand of
dictatorship
Nothing can stop the heavy hand of socialists in Albania. The
situation is getting even heavier. The people is the direct witness of this
situation that is causing everyone who lives here to have no breath, as this
country seems to have the bad seed of
socialist-communist curse. This was testified by the last local elections of October 12, 2003, when
the situation was really heavy. Nowhere in the world can ever happen as it
did in Albania,
where 100 of votes are stolen at the sight of everyone. This happened by the Forestal
School. There were two
police officers along with the secretary of the Socialist Party, Tren Xhabia, who wanted to
overthrow the situation.
This caused a great chaos and the voting stopped for several
hours, until the intervention of the representatives of the Democratic Party
and other right winged forces, until the new sign was brought. There were
even other problems in Shkodra, and in other voting
centers there was interruption of voting. There was noticed even physical
violence.
This was not the only voting day when such situations happened.
The people does not forget the 24 June 2001, when the overseers of the center nr. 5 of
the district Guerrile were mistreated, and one of
them was Gjin Camaj, for
who was told even in the news of that time and the Democratic Party had
protested. Gjin was active even before to protect
the free life, away from manipulations and corruption as it happens now every
day. He was mistreated simply because he was protecting the free vote and did
not want the elections to be manipulated. Mistreatments against such people
are not for one single day, but threats go on until they are forced to leave Albania, as
their life and their family is in serious danger.
This is what happened to the democrat Gjin Camaj, and this is what happens to all the
anticommunists.
The
correspondent of Shqipėria Etnike
Death threats to the
democrat family Bakalli
The
family Bakalli is one of the most known families in
Albania as far as their contribution on democratic developments in various
moments of our  history is
concerned. They didnt spare anything for the country. The family of Lulzim and Lirije Bakalli from Shkodra is the
most prominent representative of these values. This family started a trade
activity since 10 years ago, when the time of true democracy started in
Albania, when the Democratic Party was on power. Lulzim
and Lirije didnt hesitate to sponsor various
activities and shows during the campaigns of the Democratic Party. The
winter of the neo-communist dictatorship of 1997, brought a freezing cold
all over Albania, particularly to Shkodra and
especially to one of the most democratic families, like that of Lulzim and Lirije Bakalli. Even their children, Belma,
14 years old, Nensi 10 years old and Jeton 6 years old, were feeling year after year the
weight of this open persecution, menaces by the State and people around it.
Their business built with their hard work was menaced several times, and the
life of the entire family was in danger. Nevertheless the democrats didnt
hang back. After an active participation in the parliamentary campaign of
2001, the couple Lulzim and Lirije
Bakalli joined the electoral team of the candidate
for the Mayor of Shkodra, the vice-chairman of the
DP, Artan Haxhi. It was
then when they faced the clearest insults and menaces from the clique on
power. The repression of the State, with or without uniforms, particularly increased
after October 12, 2003, when the Democratic Party won the office of Mayor of Shkodra, through the candidate, Prof. Dr. Artan Haxhi. Lulzim and Lirije Bakalli became a target to be eliminated, as they were
amongst the most enthusiastic supporters and sponsors of the campaign. This
is why the implacable democrats, Lulzim, 45 years
old and Lirije, 40 years old, along with their
three children, have their life in serious danger in their birthplace.
Theyre a target for the clique on power, like the other democrats.
Albert
Durgaj
Lek Ulaj, commissioner of the Democratic Party, faced
violence defending their votes
A few days have passed since
the local elections of October 12, 2003. As the Shqipėria
Etnike newspaper is a periodical every two weeks,
many  problems and
complains have come to our editorial office during these days, asking to come
closer to watch and make evident all the violence used on October 12, 2003,
by the Socialist Party on power towards the commissioners representing the
DP. A similar case is that of Mr. Lek Ulaj, from the village of Bogė
of Shkrel in Malėsi e Madhe, who faced violence and threats on that day of
October 12, 2003, at 19.00, right the time when the voting boxes were closing
at the Voting Center Nr.1, in the village of Bogė. Lekė Ulaj didnt allow the
structures of the Socialist Party and the Security of State to manipulate the
elections results at the voting center where Lek Ulaj was defending the votes won by the candidate of the
Democratic Party. This is also sustained by the medical document accompanied
by a declaration of the branch of the Democratic Party in Malėsi
e Madhe, spread for the press since October 13,
2003. Lek Ulaj, the
commissioner of the Democratic Party was beaten and received death threats,
only because he wanted to defend the free vote, against the thieves and the
Mafiosi of the Socialist Party on power. Pressure and surveillance on him
didnt stop, for he is one of the most active members of the Democratic
Party, becoming its member since 1994. Lek was
distinguished for participating in all the peaceful protests organized by the
Democratic Party in Albania, reporting from time to time the corruption of
todays governors who did their best to manipulate the elections of October
12, 2003, whose victim is also the democrat commissioner, Lek
Ulaj.
Vasel Gilaj
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