DP Presidency member Grigels Muçollari, in a statement to the media, stated that the government and the AKU are responsible for the scandal of 21 tons of poisoned mandarins that were not destroyed but were released on the market, and SPAK should launch investigations.
21 tons of mandarins were banned in December last year by Croatia, as harmful to health, due to the pesticides used.
The Berat Prosecutor's Office is now investigating as it is suspected that the merchant reintroduced those tangerines into the stores and that they were consumed by us citizens.
Muçollari's statement:
This is not the story of 3 or 4 criminals who violate the law for a few million more and are ready to put our health and lives at risk. This is the repeated story of a state crime committed by the AKU, the Ministry of Agriculture, and other responsible structures.
Citizens pay taxes and maintain the National Food Agency and other offices to protect them.
The government has failed to provide food security. Edi Rama sees the AKU as a directorate to reward his patronages in the judiciary, as was the last appointment.
Food security is as important as national security.
Therefore, SPAK should be seriously engaged in this direction. No one believes that the Berat Prosecutor's Office will go to the real responsible parties, which are the director of the AKU and the Minister of Agriculture. They should take care of the safety of the products from planting to their release to the market.
The Democratic Party has engaged experts and experts in the field. We will have a complete platform to solve this problem. Our children, our families, must and will have guarantees for the food they receive, just like in EU countries, just like in Croatia, Greece, and Italy.
It is possible, and we will make it happen with the change coming on May 11th.