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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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