The scheme is revealed/ How Carlo Bollino benefited from the state with the contracts for BUNK'ART

2024-01-31 13:01:00, Politikë CNA

Carlo Bollino

The Democratic Party announced today that it has submitted to SPAK a second lawsuit against Carlo Bollino, this time for "BUNK'ART".

The General Secretary of the DP, Flamur Noka, told reporters that the contracts for the benefits of funds from "Bunkart 1" and "Bunkart 2" were made in violation of the law and that since the beneficiary entity, in this case Bollino was not selected by the commission established for the assessment of artistic and economic quality and collegium.

The first concerns a contract worth ALL 11,985,000.

"By order no. 309, dated 30.10.2014 of the Minister of Culture, the financing of the project "BUNKERI" to be realized by QSSL in the amount of ALL 11,985,000 ALL is ordered, Ms. Elira Kokona is authorized to sign the contract with Mr. Ergys Gezka , Executive Director of QSSL, with whom the service contract no. 5208 dated 11.11.2014 was concluded".
This contract was concluded in violation of law no. 10352, as the beneficiary entity was not selected by the commission established for the assessment of artistic quality of economy and collegium. The Minister of Culture at that time was Mirela Kumbaro", said Noka.

PD further denounced that after the first funds were received, it is seen that the payments for BUNK'ART go to another NGO, "CENDRA URA", and this one is headed by Ergys Gezka. The latter has received 320,000 euros in payments from the State Budget, in addition to the income from the tickets sold.

A very important moment that connects Karlo Bolino with these funds is the company Spazio Eventi Albania.

"The company founded by the 'presta-nome' of Karlos, Lindita Doda (this founded the MTSC company that acquired the property for REPORT TV) and several other citizens. In 2018, Alba Malltezi buys 59% of the shares of this company. From the analysis of the balance sheets of 'Spazio Eventi Albania' it is established that it is the final beneficiary of the amount of ALL 11,985,000 given by the Ministry of Culture", said Noka.

According to the PD, a very important part of the report is the name Ergys Gezka and his family members who have set up a scheme with several NGOs, which benefit from funds from the Budget. Ergys Gezka is an associate of Bollino.

"Karlo Bolino's employee for BUNK'ART, Ergys Gezka, has held several public functions during the period 2015-2021 in the Municipality of Tirana, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Finance. SPAK must follow the money and will clearly understand that Karlo Bolino has set up a sophisticated scheme of fictitious organizations to benefit public money. Another point of the criminal complaint is the financing of Karlo Bolino's company, C-7 Communication Systems by the company owned by Igli Gjelishti, Image&Communications Development. Igli's company "Gjelishti has benefited from 12 million dollars of tenders in the period 2019-2023, with which they fictitiously financed Karlo Bolino to build Report TV and not only", he said

The scheme is revealed/ How Carlo Bollino benefited from the state with the

The accused persons in the second lawsuit are:

-Elira KOKONA, Albanian citizen, former General Secretary of the Ministry of Culture at the time of the events. Currently, she is the director of the Investment Corporation directly subordinate to the Prime Minister.
- Carlo Bollino , Italian citizen, naturalized Albanian, born in Lecce (Italy), resident in Tirana, owner of "Report TV" and "Shqiptarja.com".
- Alba Ridvan Malltezi, partner in the company "FFM Group" sh.pk and in the company "4B Communications" with address for notification: "Shqiptarja.com", "Ndre Mjeda" Street, "Former Enterprise Metalike Tirana", ( Department of Watches) - Tirana, Albania.

- Igli Ilir Gjelishti, Albanian citizen, owner of the company "Image & Communications Development".

-Ergys Arben Gezka , former director at the Ministry of Finance and currently human resources expert at the NGO - "LiburnEtik" Association.

- Arben Myftar Gezka , head of the "Hand of Reconciliation" Association (DEP)./ CNA