136 uL stration and eV tting in post-communist Albania inter-linked with civic trust in governmental institutions violence against women”59. The process of lustration in Albania in 1995 and 1996, considering these two years as more important for lustration, for international human rights reports as U.S Department of States Country report on Human Rights Practices for 1996, The Albanian Helsinki Committee, The OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission 1996 in Albania, Human Rights in Post-Communist Albania60, observed a backward democracy development and in civic-trust in government institutions. During autumn 1995 and autumn 1996, Eurobarometer measured Public Opinion in Albania, with five main components; direction of country, household finances, market economy, satisfactory with development of democracy and respect for human rights. The public opinion in both years was very optimistic compare with years 1990-1994. Meantime the TJ measures debates about past wrongdoings were happening in Albania Parliament and law reforms was going on. However, all these was not a public debate and did not affect public opinion. The public was not yet widely informed about violation of human rights in the past and the need to punish the perpetrators. Table 3: Eurobarometer 61 Albania Public Opinion Autumn 1995 and autumn 1996 1995 Direction of country Right Wrong 79% 16% 1996 Direction of country Right Wrong 75% 13% Household finances Got better Unchanged 76% 18% Market economy Right Wrong 76% 17% Household finances Got better Unchanged 75% 11% Market economy Right Wrong 13% 76% Got worse 5% Got worse 4% Satisfaction with development of democracy Satisfied Not Satisfied 59% 41% Satisfaction with development of democracy Satisfied Not Satisfied 75% 24% Respect for human rights Respect No respect 75% 24% Respect for human rights Respect No respect 71% 25% 59. U.S. Department of State Albania Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 1996 60. Human Right in Post-Communist Albania, Human Rights Watch Publication, March 1996 61. Central and Eastern Eurobarometer 1995, No.6; Central and Eastern Eurobarometer 1996, No.7

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