DP's denunciation: Tirana incinerator theft scheme transferred to Shkodra

2025-02-08 15:59:00, Politikë CNA

DP's denunciation: Tirana incinerator theft scheme transferred to Shkodra

DP headquarters

Eliona Shkreli, the leader of the Shkodra Democratic Party, has made a denunciation of the incinerators.

In a press statement, Shkreli said that the Tirana incinerator theft scheme has been transferred to Shkodra.

According to her, the granddaughter of the Minister of Justice, Ulsi Manja, has taken over the management of the landfill for 25 years without competition.

The chairwoman of the Shkodra Democratic Party declared that Manja's granddaughter has been granted 23 hectares of land.

Full denunciation:

Eliona Shkreli, the leader of the Shkodra Democratic Party

That Edi Rama uses his power as a fiefdom for personal gain for himself and his family is nothing new to Albanians.

But it seems that his example is being followed with unusual devotion by other members of the government, who are extorting whatever they can and using every means to abuse Albanians' taxes for themselves and their families.

One of them is the Minister of Justice, Ulsi Manja, a famous character in the wiretaps of the "184" file of Dibra as he promised job promotions for vote manipulators.

In the investigative show "Piranja" dated February 7, it was shown how Ulsiu of Justice has thought of "comforting" his niece, Pranvera Manja, who, dissatisfied with the salary she receives at the Municipality of Tirana where she is employed together with her husband, intends to enter the waste business. A very profitable abuse scheme as proven by the incinerator scheme, where the actual owners are Edi Rama and Erjon Veliaj.

Manja's niece, with the blessing of her uncle, a minister, turns her eyes to the Bushati landfill that manages the waste of the Shkodra Municipality, but also that of Lezha, where the Justice Ulsiu is the political leader of the Rilindje district.

For the management of the landfill, the Bushat Commune Council in 2010 created the enterprise "Intermunicipal Bushat" sh.a. which was responsible for the collection, systematization and recycling of urban waste in the Shkodër region and partially in Lezha. Yes, in June of that year, the Bushat Municipal Council, upon the proposal of the mayor and the administrator of the enterprise "Intermunicipal Bushat", decided to assign this work to the private company "Becker Albania", concluding a contract with it for the use of the landfill for a period of 10 years.

In September 2018, Renaldo Joanidhi and Aldi Zaimi became owners of the Becker company, with 40% of the shares each, and Pranvera Manja with 20% of the shares. The purchase price of the company is 3.5 million new lek or 35 million old lek.

In 2020, two years after Ulsi's granddaughter entered the game, the Municipal Council of Vau i Dejës decided to increase the landfill area by a full 23 hectares, or 230 thousand square meters, despite the fact that the company was operating under monopoly conditions and did not undertake any investments.

On the other hand, the contract with Becker, which was supposed to end in 2020, was extended by a decision of the Municipal Council of Vau i Dejës, which was totally controlled by the majority together with the mayor, for another 25 years, without any other offer and without any company competing.

Not only is the deadline being extended, but now the price that regional municipalities and private operators will have to pay increases from 1,000 lek to 1,500 lek per ton of waste. A price increase without first conducting a feasibility study by the authority that is changing the contract, to see the costs required for waste processing, the fee that is based on these costs, and the profit margin that the company that takes over the management should have.

If we look at the company's revenue graph, we notice that although in its beginnings it had low revenues of up to 43 thousand euros per year after the entry into the game of the Manja tribe, and after the renewal of the contract, the revenues reached their peak. For example, in the 2019-2024 timeframe alone, 2 million euros were paid by the two municipalities in question.

All this financial miracle comes with the extension of the contract for 25 years, the expansion of the waste facility that is deposited in the landfill, and the increase in tariffs, which surprisingly coincides with the arrival of the new owners.

The questions that we address to the Municipality of Vau i Dejës, but also to the justice institutions that should be monitored by Ulsi Manja are:

Why did the Municipality of Vau i Dejës sign a 25-year non-competitive contract with the firm "Becker"?

Was there political influence for the involvement of Manja's niece as a shareholder in this affair, or is the de facto owner of the Bushati landfill the minister himself, as the example was previously set with the Tirana incinerator?