The intense Albanian electoral campaign has recently concentrated on national issues. Sali Berisha, leader of the centre-right Democratic Party (DP), has declared in public rallies around the country that if the DP wins the elections, resolving the land claims of Albania's am population would be a condition of ongoing Albanian-Greek relations. Socialist Prime Minister Ilir Meta, in rallies in the northern cities of Shkodra and Tropoja, referred to these cities as "bridges" between Albania and Montenegro and Kosovo, respectively. Meta accused his opponent Berisha of trying to divide Albania into north and south instead of unifying the two regions.

Members of the Democratic and Socialist Parties have traditionally accused each other of leaving aside the issue of national unity, but this has changed with the adoption of the new Albanian Constitution, recently approved by referendum, which in its preamble sanctions the support of the national case for Albanian governments throughout the region. This has now become a leading issue in Albanian politics, and the interests of Albanian sovereignty movements in the region (in Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Greece) will be best served by an Albanian democratic state that supports their national rights.

These political positions are no doubt disturbing to Albania's neighbours. During this last week, prior to the 1 October elections, Spartak Poci, the interior minister, declared during a press conference that his agency has information indicating that foreign secret service organisations are interested in causing unrest in Albania. "The Albanian police are on high alert for possible disturbances," stated Poci.