"SP is abusing taxpayers' money"/ Kraja: The campaign logo is stolen

2025-05-07 12:37:00, Politikë CNA

"SP is abusing taxpayers' money"/ Kraja: The campaign logo is

The Democratic Party's candidate for deputy in the Tirana Region, Akil Kraja, has accused today that the Socialist Party is abusing the finances of Albanian and European taxpayers. In a statement to the media, Kraja states that the main campaign logo is on the verge of a diplomatic incident.

Kraja stated that the logo turns out to be the official logo of the European Political Community Summit, which will take place in Tirana soon.

Kraja said that Edi Rama's use of the communication assets of this summit for electoral purposes constitutes a flagrant violation of every diplomatic cooperation protocol.

"The main logo of the Socialist Party's campaign is on the verge of an abuse of public finances at worst, and on the verge of producing a diplomatic incident, at best."

At electoral meetings, in field appearances or in national media, Edi Rama and other Socialist Party candidates appear publicly promoting their number on the ballot through a stylized logo in the shape of a star.

A logo which actually turns out to be the official logo of the European Political Community Summit, which will take place in Tirana soon.

This constitutes a diplomatic scandal unprecedented in democratic republics, and one that can only occur in authoritarian states where all decision-making is concentrated in a single hand.

For years, the Democratic Party has been denouncing the use of public assets for electoral purposes, violating Albanian laws in force. Today, it is the European Union's turn to witness how Edi Rama misuses every kind of public or European asset, no matter how small or large, in the service of his electoral interests.

If the logo and other materials of the European Political Community summit were paid for by Albanian taxpayers, their use for electoral purposes by Edi Rama clearly constitutes an abuse and legal violation of the electoral code.

But even if these costs are shared with European partners, Edi Rama's use of the communication assets of this summit for electoral purposes constitutes a flagrant violation of any diplomatic cooperation protocol.

The abuse of the logo of the European Political Community meeting is an extremely symbolic and material case of how public finances are misused by Edi Rama in the service of his electoral objectives.

" The European Union, just as it did for IPARD funds, European taxpayers' money, must also speak out for the misused funds for the Summit, Albanian taxpayers' funds," the statement said./CNA