In Gjirokaster, one of eight towns from which rebel leaders have tried to create a kind of southern committee which could open talks with people in Tirana, a general sacked by Mr Berisha is prominent.
The new coalition's prime minister, Bashkim Fino, who hails from the opposition Socialists, has toyed with the idea of going to Gjirokaster, where he used to be mayor, to ask the rebels to lay down their weapons and back the government of national reconciliation.