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From Balluku to Benet Beci: SPAK finds them in corruption, but does not demand prison

2026-11-09 17:09:56Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

From Balluku to Benet Beci: SPAK finds them in corruption, but does not demand

A blind eye to compromising messages regarding tenders and a deaf ear to the implication of Benet Beci in a corruption affair at the Albanian Electric Power Corporation; this is how SPAK's request for Benet Beci, currently the mayor of Shkodra, can be read. 

The prosecution claims to have found him guilty and is seeking his punishment for violating equality in tenders, accompanied by a request to the court that he not go to prison.

The claim is two years in prison, which with a shortened trial is reduced to one year and four months. Then, the suspension of the execution of the sentence and the placement of Beci on probation for four years are requested. The decision will be made by the court, but the prosecution has stated its position: guilty yes, prison no.

Conversations between Benet Beci and Ervis Berberi about the theft of tenders

The frauds that Benet Beci was involved in while he was running KESH came to light during the investigation of the former director of the Albanian Road Authority, Evis Berberi. Among the messages stored on Berberi's wife's phone, investigators came across a tender for KESH, an institution that was run by Benet Beci at the time.

The communications were found on the phone of Adela Ruko, Berber's wife and chairwoman of the Bid Evaluation Committee. They discussed a tender that aimed to develop the strategic energy sector with a fund limit of 69.5 million lek.

It was proposed to Benet Beci that the study on Albania's energy strategies would be conducted by a group of Harvard professors. But the phone that the National Bureau of Investigation agents found in Ervis Berberi's house also contained the message that Benet Beci had sent to him proposing that they share some of the money with each other: "500 thousand euros for the Harvard professors, 320 thousand euros for us with two school classes."

Suspicions of abuses related to this tender had been raised even before the disclosure of the communications.

According to the KLSH report on this tender, only one company participated in the competition, with a bid close to the limit fund. The auditors had questioned the need for the study, as there was a previously drafted energy sector strategy.

SPAK investigated the head of the Shkodra Municipality for several years for violating equality in tenders, in collaboration, and for this charge, it is today seeking to avoid prison.

SPAK standards from one name to another

Suspending the sentence is an option that the law recognizes for the prosecutor, but having said that, one cannot help but notice the contrast with the arrests and near-lynchings that SPAK's investigations have produced against other former officials, but also opposition leaders.

Despite the fact that the circumstances and criminal offenses are specific to each case, the treatment given to some defendants is blatantly different from that given to others. 

For opposition leaders and some former majority officials, the public is accustomed to handcuffs, checks and years of detention, while for Beci, SPAK demands that prison remain on paper even though he is considered guilty. In short, the law remains equal for all, while comfort is examined case by case. ( Lapsi.al )


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