"Rama shames Albania"/ Këlliçi: The next act, lining up cartoons in the Parliament for a super scandal

2026-07-13 17:21:00, Politikë CNA

"Rama shames Albania"/ Këlliçi: The next act, lining up

Democratic MP Belind Këlliçi today accused Prime Minister Edi Rama of embarrassing the country through a normative act that he intends to vote on in the Assembly.

Through a post on social media, Këlliçi states that it is about the green card queue for the bill for the concert held in Tirana by American rapper Kanye West.

Këlliçi, while describing it as a major scandal, states that this is not only a bad way to cover up the legislature, but also a dangerous precedent.

Full reaction:

Edi Rama is embarrassing Albania, he is closing the Parliament legislature by voting on the bill for the private concert!

In the last session of this legislature, on July 23, Edi Rama will line up his cards in the Assembly to vote on a super scandal. To get his deputies to sign off on an event organizer receiving 4.2 million euros for a Kanye West concert.

Since any other method was a violation of the law, Edi Rama issued a normative act and took almost half of the money dedicated to civil emergencies to rent a private concert.

Kapital.al has discovered that the beneficiary is the owner of the nearly bankrupt "Red Cloud" company, Klodian Makashi. His request for money is motivated by the argument that the event is being put at risk, and that the obligations to the singer must be paid.

And the government immediately comes to his side, which according to Edi Rama is giving this money to save the country from embarrassment!

With their vote on July 23, Edi Rama's MPs will all become part of a scandal and a dangerous precedent.

Any private operator who has acquaintances with the prime minister can now receive money from citizens' taxes for private activities.

Edi Rama turned Kanye West's concert into a state concert, after forcing the administration and schools to fill the stadium. And all this just to prevent a counter-meeting from failing against the protest in the square that has been demanding his removal for 43 days now.

This 4.2 million euros for a concert is all a story of scandal and violation of the law.

SPAK has received a criminal complaint filed by the Democratic Party for this serious abuse of power as of today.

Edi Rama has used the state treasury as a personal safe for his own political interests.

What more is needed for the Special Anti-Corruption Structure to be put into action and do its job?!

It is this kind of abuse of office and abuse of position that has raised people in revolt. And those who are Edi Rama's puppets in the Assembly should not complain about the comments people make or the eggs they throw at them, because they are becoming part of a masquerade.

If they have the minimum of dignity, they should reject the abuse once again, closing the legislature in shame . /CNA