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Arrests for concessions and PPPs, Rama insists: Individual responsibility

2023-08-25 22:57:00, Aktualitet CNA

Arrests for concessions and PPPs, Rama insists: Individual responsibility

In Albania, Prime Minister Edi Rama repeated today in a press conference the thesis that responsibility is individual, when he was asked about the investigations on the cases of incinerators or the sterilization contract, which have led to the arrests of former high officials of his governments. He also denied having any problem with the police's TIMS system, which is suspected to have had unauthorized interventions. Regarding the reactions of the Greek authorities to the issue of the elected mayor of the Municipality of Himara, Fredi Beleri, he stated categorically that no kind of intervention on the justice system will find support.

Former Deputy Prime Minister Arben Ahmetaj is on the run, declared internationally wanted. The former Minister of the Environment, Lefter Koka, and the former Socialist MP Alqi Blako, are in jail awaiting the end of the judicial process. Another former deputy minister, that of Health Klodian Rjepaj, was also recently arrested for the contract of sterilization of surgical equipment, while the Special Court has stated that former minister Ilir Beqaj and former Minister of Finance Shkëlqim Cani should be investigated. a high number of officials or former officials, of the lowest levels, have also been arrested, under various charges, mainly for abuse of office and corruption.

However, Prime Minister Edi Rama insists that the responsibility is individual: "If I could go back 100 times, I would support these public-private partnerships that we have made 100 times, 100 times, because the deeds are what remain. The important thing is that, for example, sterilization is one of the contracts and one of the most beautiful things that we have done, because with that contract and with that transformation we have changed Albanian health in its most delicate link, which are the interventions in people's bodies . If in the process of that contract, certain individuals have entered into sin with the people and the country we serve, they will pay. This is how it works. They will pay".

But the discovery of abuses in cases of concessions and public private partnerships, did not come like a bolt from the open sky. At least the media have repeatedly denounced them. However, it does not appear that any preliminary verification was carried out by the state structures, even when the contract, such as the sterilization one, began to consume additional funds from the state budget, which according to the Special Prosecutor's Office, could reach 70 million euros by the end hers. Whereas, for Mr. Rama, his moral responsibility "is towards the Albanians to give them a justice that does exactly this job", he declared.

Kryeministri i trajtoi si një çështje thjesht teknike, dyshimet për ndërhyrje nga brenda, në sistemin TIMS, të policisë: “Hetimi i brendshëm është kryer i plotë dhe nuk ka asnjë shqetësim. Ajo ngjarja e rëndë nuk ka ndodhur se s’ka pasur as mundësi të ndodhi sepse në përpjekje për të bërë backup-in ka dalë që s’ka backup fare. Kështu që, është një problem teknik i brendshëm. Ata kanë punën e tyre dhe në atë punë ata janë të monitoruar. Edhe hetimi është bërë kështu që nuk ekziston kjo”.

Përkundër deklaratave të kryeminisrit, Agjencia e Mbikqyrjes Policore rezulton të ketë bërë denoncim në Prokurorinë e Tiranës, për ndërhyrje të paautorizuar, ndërsa vetë ambasada amerikane, e cila bëri publik faktin, u ofrua pak ditë më parë që të ndihmonte hetimet.

Zoti Rama foli dhe për çështjen e nxehtë mes Shqipërisë dhe Greqisë për rastin e kryebashkiakut të zgjedhur të Himarës Fredi Beleri, arrestimi i të cilit, dy ditë përpara zgjedhjeve vendore të 14 majit, konsiderohet nga Athina si i motivuar politikisht, duke kërkuar lirimin e tij. Zoti Rama e bëri të qartë se nuk mund të pranojë asnjë ndërhyrje ndaj sistemit të Drejtësisë: “Asnjë lloj interference, ngado që të vijë mbi sistemin e drejtësisë, nuk do të gjejë, jo përkrahjen, por nuk do të gjejë as mirëkuptimin tonë. Ne nuk ndërhyjmë në çështjet e sistemit të drejtësisë. Ne nuk i komentojmë vendimet e organeve të reja të drejtësisë”.

The relations between the two countries are extremely tense, so much so that the Greek Prime Minister, at the beginning of this week, openly avoided an invitation for Mr. Rama to an informal dinner in Athens with the leaders of the countries of the Balkan region./ VOA





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