Report: Cadastre ignores Parliament and ALSAI recommendations

2025-06-21 10:33:00, Aktualitet CNA

The Ad-hoc Parliamentary Subcommittee on "Public Sector Audit" criticizes the negligence of the National Cadastre Agency to implement the recommendations and measures left by the Supreme State Audit audit for the period 2022-2023, where a series of illegalities are identified.

The report published on the official website of the Parliament notes that in most cases the Cadastre ignored the measures and recommendations left for violations of the law, mainly in the legalization processes, while its senior leaders refused the Parliament's call to account before the special subcommittee, established a year ago with the aim of overseeing the implementation of the recommendations left by the Supreme Audit Office for public institutions.

"Although the Subcommittee had requested the participation of senior managers of the audited entities, including the Director General of the State Cadastre Agency, this request was not respected," the report states, considering it a "lack of seriousness towards the Assembly and the accountability process."

The report approved by the subcommittee and published on Thursday by the Assembly reviews compliance audits for 5 local directorates of the State Cadastre Agency: Tirana Rural 1, Tirana Rural 2, Durrës, Fier and Pogradec.

The SAI has addressed a number of 263 recommendations to the 5 directorates, of which only 36 recommendations or 13.7 percent of the total have been implemented.

The report approved and published on Thursday by the Parliament concludes that the conduct of the Cadastre is "below the expectations of an efficient and accountable administration."

"The lack of timely reporting, the low level of implementation, and the lack of institutional cooperation constitute clear indicators of the need for immediate improvement in the management of ASHK's activities at the local and central levels," the report states.

The audits have identified a number of shortcomings and structural problems such as: Violations of the legal framework in legalization processes, identifying cases of granting permits outside the legal deadline, for objects in prohibited areas (national roads, archaeological areas, public objects), or with incomplete documentation or for objects built with temporary materials or on public property (state land, canals, agricultural land under administration).

Likewise, the SAI has found abuses and mismanagement in the use of public property, including: non-payment of construction plot obligations in over 249 cases in the Pogradec DVASHK alone (value over 140 million lek), unfair gain of public property through AMTP or unjustified privatizations, discrepancies in cadastral entries and lack of documentation of the origin of the property.

In the work of the Cadastre, significant shortcomings have also been identified in the administration of documentation and archives, noting incomplete files for legalization practices; lack of minutes, signatures and official verifications, failure to comply with legal deadlines and procedural standards, as well as a lack of mechanisms for following up on complaints and transparency.

"Major concerns were raised regarding the issue of AMTP registration and legalization, including citizen confusion, lack of official responses, delays in procedures, and the use of standard response forms that do not provide effective solutions," the report of the parliamentary Ad-hoc subcommittee states.

The Ad-hoc Parliamentary Subcommittee on “Public Sector Audit” was established after debates about the political control of the majority over the work of an independent institution like the SAI, but in the final structure its leadership was left to the opposition. The work of this subcommittee also includes the audit of the SAI’s finances by independent auditors approved by the Parliament./ Reporter.al