The scandal with the "5D" file/Kalaja, for CNA TV: The protests will continue until the arrest of Veliaj

2024-04-22 14:27:00, Aktualitet CNA

The scandal with the "5D" file/Kalaja, for CNA TV: The protests will

Adriana Castle

"The protests will continue until the arrest of Erion Veliaj."

This is what activist Adriana Kalaja declared, in a statement for CNA TV, with journalist Fabjona Pasho.

"The protest will not only continue, not only will it be even stronger, even larger in number, but we have given our word that we will continue until the day when Erion Veliaj will be arrested. We have said who is against corruption, who is against these unprecedented scandals in the Municipality of Tirana, against the model that Erion Veliaj has destroyed Tirana and continues to destroy, let him join us.

We have no problem with ourselves because we say if you are at this point with us, come join us. If you claim that by making those bad labels, some of those who today are lined up next to the shopkeeper Lulzim Basha, have the courage to make fun and irony. We tell them, if we seem a little, let them join us, so that we become a lot, even to be in sync, if they are serious when they say they are in opposition."

Kalaja says that the thefts that happened in the Municipality of Tirana are unprecedented and unheard of before, as well as showing the behind-the-scenes during the citizens' protest.

"The story of '5D' is shocking, which did not happen during this entire period of our long transition, but also from the experience in the countries that surround us, or those that are part of the EU today, it is an unheard case that some directors important take the courage, not only to set up a company to take advantage of tenders, but by robbing 100% of the taxes of the citizens of Tirana.

The reaction should be stronger. The protest is organized in the morning, some of the citizens are at work, the students are at the faculties. We have chosen this schedule to symbolically surround the municipality in the official working hours. Not only do they not go to work on normal days, but on the days we protest, the municipality is surrounded, closed."

The scandal of the "5D" file has received the attention of the entire public opinion, which has incited protests near the Municipality of Tirana, where the revolted citizens demand the resignation of the mayor Erion Veliaj, who already has his directors and close associates behind bars for extortion millions of euros from citizens' taxes, through the acquisition of tenders./ CNA