Accused of buying votes for "May 14", Salillari wins the tender just a few days after the elections

2023-05-22 18:30:33Fokus SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Pellumb Salillari and Lefter Maliqi

Pëllumb Salillari is one of the oligarchs who was rightfully accused of buying votes in the May 14 local elections. The candidate of the "Together We Win" coalition accused Salillar during the campaign, but also after the end of the election process, that he bought votes for the SP candidate for the Municipality of Kuçova, Kreshnik Hajdari.

"Citizens of Kuçova have united tonight and are patrolling the entire city to stop any attempt by criminal groups led by the oligarch Pëllumb Salillari to buy votes," wrote Maliqi in a post on social networks.

However, it seems that Maliqi's accusations stand to some extent, as suspicions increase when, just a few days after the May 14 elections, Pëllumb Salillar's company was declared the winner of the Ministry of Defense tender for the reconstruction and asphalting of the road in Military Department no. 1030, Poshnje, Berat.

The tender was opened on April 14 and closed on May 2, while the winner was announced on May 18.

The tender fund limit set by the Ministry of Defense was ALL 67,921,666 without VAT. Pëllumb Salillari gave 40 million ALL, i.e. 27 million less than the limit fund, and the company with the lowest amount was declared the winner, beating the other 26 companies in the competition.

But how is it possible for a company to give 270 million old lek less than the limit fund set in the tender?

Of course there is something here, or take for granted the version that the private firm saved the budget of the ministry by offering many times less to build the road.

The winning of this tender just a few days after the elections adds to the suspicions of vote buying by Pëllumb Salillari in Kuçovo, accused by the candidate Lefter Maliqi. The latter lost the elections with a narrow margin of votes, where he was "burnt" also because of the votes received by the other candidate of the official Democratic Party.

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