The Academy of Sciences has held today the discussion on the topic: "Butrinti - An academic look at values and evaluation." This discussion comes a day after the Assembly approved by 75 votes in favor the agreement for the management of Butrint Park by a foundation created in partnership between the Ministry of Culture and the Albanian-American Development Fund.
Regarding the delay for this discussion, the head of the Academy of Sciences says: "We did not know anything, we did not think they would approve it so early"
The model of the Butrint Foundation, as the main donor, without requiring the management of the site according to academician Vaso Tole, has been one of the most successful models that was leading Butrint to rise. Tole was the former secretary of the Butrint Board in the years 2002-2008, as he states that with the current practice for the management of Butrint, he does not know anything that has not worked.
and money in considerable numbers, but which proved that the laws and mechanisms created by the Albanian state at that time, worked! I remember that in all the investments and financial support that this Foundation made, he was not a member of the Board of Butrint, but he signed an agreement where he stated the goals and interests that fortunately were common interests.
All indicators measured by the level and amount of restorations, expeditions, community involvement, infrastructure investment, income level and number of tourism. The board at the time envisioned stimulus policies for tickets because the goal was not profit, the goal was to absorb tourists, and collect some revenue that would be used yes for the Park. They are all on the rise! And the very fact that when this work started in the 2000s was about 10-15 thousand tourists a year, today we are talking about tens of thousands of tourists and millions of euros in revenue in the Butrint coffers. I do not know that this practice in its entirety has not worked, on the contrary! ” , declares Tole.
Përqendrimi i marrëveshjes mes ministrisë së Kulturës dhe Fondacionit për menaxhimin e Butrintit, në veprimtari ekonomike, aspekte si tarifat e biletave etj, s’do t’i pengojë institucionet shkencore të kujdesen për pasurinë kombëtare, thotë Gjinushi, bazuar në Ligjin e vjetër për Trashëgiminë, por akademiku Apollon Baçe i kujton se ky ligj është ndryshuar prej vitit 2018, kur u financua nga AADF, është i ndryshuar.
Akademiku Neritan Ceka sjell në vëmendje se si arkeologu britanik Richard Hodges, në shkrimet e tij flet me nënçmim ndaj arkeologëve vendas, sipas tij të indoktrinuar me ideologjinë Hoxhiste. Ndërsa Baçe ia lë Hodges, edhe përgjegjësinë për faktin që në faqen e UNESCO-s, Butrinti thuhet se ka qenë siti i një kolonie greke...
"Even on the UNESCO site, he was the one who did this, together with his former boss. So it comes and makes you the history of your country. Corfu is mentioned as a colony 260 times as a colony, Apollonia is mentioned, Butrint is not mentioned only once as a kaon city, here we are dealing with the deformation of society. But Orwell says, "what controls the past controls the future." "How did Chameria leave, here is the archeological argument", says further the archaeologist Apollon Baçe.
Academician Luan Përzhita was also present at the discussion, who, like other specialists, confirmed that he had not been asked about this agreement.