DEnunciation: Veliaj gives millions of euros in tenders to the husband of his official

2024-08-03 11:01:00, Politikë CNA

DEnunciation: Veliaj gives millions of euros in tenders to the husband of his

The anti-corruption spokeswoman in DP, Genta Vangjeli, denounced today from the blue office that another theft has taken root in the municipality of Tirana, after Erion Veliaj has given many tenders to the husband of his official.

According to Vangjeli, the husband of Besjona Dede Mehmetaj, Lulëzim Mehmetaj, has benefited from many tenders through his company "StarTek shpk".

Full statement:

For 19 weeks, the opposition has been protesting at the armored doors of the Tirana municipality and in front of a mayor dressed in bulletproof vest.

We will knock down the doors of the town hall to make way for the people, while the bulletproof vest will be enjoyed as a gift from those who are afraid.

What worries the Democratic Party are not Veliaj's protective measures, but the extent of his and his associates' thefts.

No bullet proof and armored door can hide their stain. Another theft has taken root in Tirana municipality.

It is about the employee with different functions at the time of Erjon Veliaj, Besjona Dede Mehmetaj, who with Veliaj's firm benefited from public contracts through the entity. Trader StarTek shpk owned by her husband Lulëzim Mehmetaj, in which she herself was previously employed, specifically:

On February 8, 2016, the contract for the tender that cost the citizens 80 days of protests with the object: "Playground in the Lake Park", worth 708 thousand euros, together with the addition of the contract concluded on 04.08.2017; which included the children's train, which according to the citizens has never been put into operation even though trees were cut for this purpose.

On February 5, 2018, the contract with UKT Tirana with the object: "Water supply and sewerage network for the object: Rehabilitation of the settlements of the Roma Community" worth about 77 thousand euros related to the merger of operators of which the company was a part (Star-Tek Shpk ).

Pursuant to VKB VKB 53 dt: 26:4/2018 For the determination of the procedure for negotiation with private developers who seek to enter into an enterprise/exchange agreement with the Municipality of Tirana for the development of assets owned by it, "Startek" shpk of the husband of Besjona Dede Mehmetaj signed the contract as an entrepreneur for a public property with the firm of Erion Veliaj.

Startek" shpk of the husband (Lulëzim Mehmetaj) of Veliaj's employee Besjona Dede Mehmetaj was approved by Edi Rama through the decision 2/3 dt 2.9.2019 and holds the status of strategic investor for the investment project with strategic potential "Dërmi Resort" in a total area of ??133,000 m2 in Cadastral Area No. 1481, Himare, investment value 13.7 million euros.

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