"ADS a second AKSHI"/ DP: The government scandal is built on four pillars of corruption

2026-05-29 11:36:00, Aktualitet CNA

"ADS a second AKSHI"/ DP: The government scandal is built on four

The Democratic Party's Anti-Corruption Spokesperson, Genta Vangjeli, has given a statement to the media in which she spoke about the government's decision to create the "Albanian Digital Solution".

Vangjeli states that this company is the next act of a corrupt scheme to seize public money and rampant theft.

While she has described it as "AKSHI 2", she adds that ADS is not a technological reform but a government scandal.

According to her, this "scandal" is based on 4 pillars: The new scourge of patronage and militants, extortion without a salary ceiling for government clients, duplication and intentional inflating of AKSHI 2, and monopoly and fines against institutions and private individuals.

Full statement:

The Rama government's decision to create the 'Albanian Digital Solution' (ADS) is the next act of a pure corrupt scheme to seize public money, inflate the administration with militants, and establish a new den for rampant theft.

Under the pretext of 'digital transformation', Rilindja is creating a parallel super-agency with initial capital of 700 million lek from the pockets of Albanian citizens.

This is not a technological reform, but an open government mega-scandal that is based on four pillars:

1. The new stanza of patronazists and militants:

With a projected workforce of 345 employees, this company appears to be being set up as a structure to accommodate party militants.

While the government claims to be absorbing experts, in fact it has created a pyramid structure with 5 departments and dozens of directorates to distribute positions and political favors.

2. Extortion without salary cap for government clients:

With salaries that in the private market reach up to 3,000 euros net per month, this company will be used to pay the luxury salaries of the Renaissance courtiers, hiding behind the status of a 'private business' that is fed by the state budget.

3. Intentional duplication and exaggeration-AKSHI 2:

The government is duplicating strategic functions such as systems maintenance and cybersecurity, the goal seems to be to maintain parallel technical staffs, transferring public funds from one pocket to another and inflating expenses at the expense of taxpayers.

4. Monopoly and fines against institutions and private individuals:

The government has given this company the right to set its own prices and operating costs for state institutions, forcing them to pay. Moreover, its freedom to enter the free market and create other companies at home and abroad paves the way for clientelistic partnerships with the ICT oligarchy.

This decision is evidence of a government that is privatizing every service for its corrupt interests.

Since AKSH is subordinate to him, we publicly address these questions to Prime Minister Edi Rama today:

Why is a parallel AKSHI being created? If AKSHI has functioned successfully as you claim in your propaganda, why are you being forced to create another parallel structure with 345 employees that duplicates almost 100% of its functions?

Why are you hiding behind a 'private' status to avoid the salary cap? Why was the formula of a joint stock company operating as a private business chosen to perform public services, giving you the opportunity to pay luxury salaries to people in your political court with taxpayers' money?

What is the fate of the first 700 million lek from the State Budget? Based on what financial analysis was the initial capital of 700 million lek from the state budget allocated to this company? How can this extraordinary amount be given to a new entity, while public education, healthcare and the needy suffer from a lack of basic funds?

Since ADS has the right to set its own prices for services for state institutions, how will the scheme where public institutions' money is transferred without control to this company through artificially inflated invoices be prevented?

ADS enjoys the freedom to participate with capital in other companies inside and outside the borders of Albania. Is this a deliberate authorization to transfer money and assets of Albanian technology to private companies, using tax havens to hide the true beneficiaries?

The Democratic Party demands the immediate cancellation of this structure and the prompt investigation by the justice authorities of this new scheme to extort the state budget. / CNA