The court session for the Kardhiq-Delvin road tender has started today.
Sonila Qato and businessman Rrok Gjoka appeared at the session, who was also the witness of the alleged violation in the tender competition for this road.
The Special Prosecutor's Office has found elements of the criminal offense of "abuse of duty", "violation of equality in tenders", "falsification of documents" and "passive corruption of persons exercising public functions", while the investigation continues for the 7th lot of the street Kardhiq-Delvina worth almost 60 million euros.
SPAK has extended the investigations based on the findings of the High State Control that discovered the violations and referred the materials. This issue is being investigated; Sonila Qato, Elona Gogo, Simon Prendi, Arbër Troka, Ariana Hasani, Erdit Salillari, Almir Hoxhaj, Nikollaq Mihali, Miranda Shkurti and Admir Pahumi.
In September 2019, the former director of the Albanian Road Authority, Sonila Qato, accused the concession company, "Gjoka Konstruksion", with the claim that it had used false data during the application for a tender with a limited fund of 19.3 million euros.
Gjoka countered by claiming that his company had submitted the lowest bid, and accused Qato of manipulating tender procedures by favoring one of the mergers of competing operators. According to the businessman, the company in question had an offer of about 4 million euros higher.
Also, "Gjoka Konstruksion" filed a criminal report in the former Prosecutor's Office for Serious Crimes, that after the merger of this institution, the investigations were continued by the Special Prosecutor's Office.
While the supplementary roads of the Kardhiq-Delvinë axis will require additional funds to be completed, while the Albanian Road Authority plans to open a tender for 2024, with a limited fund of 234.2 million ALL.
This whole road is financed from the state budget.