Berisha: How Rama is discriminating against the residents of the north of the country with road fees (but he does not mention the oligarchs)

2024-08-25 21:15:51Politikë SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Berisha: How Rama is discriminating against the residents of the north of the
Sali Berisha

The head of the DP, Sali Berisha, has made strong accusations against Prime Minister Edi Rama, accusing him of discriminating against the north of the country.

For this, he brought as an example the protest of the residents of Thumana, but without mentioning the name of the builder of the road, Bashkim Ulajt.

"A powerful protest has erupted in Thumana because, in the first 20 kilometers of roads that were built in 11 years from Fushë Kruja and above, 80 thousand residents of Kruja, like in no other case in the territory of Albania, are punished. The road that is built on their land is prohibited. They are excluded from the market, their businesses are destroyed. As if the road belonged to an invader, with which he decides to punish the conquered" , said Berisha, then brought as an example the tolls on the northern roads.

"More than 11,000 km of roads were built in Albania before, the roads were inclusive, they never excluded, they never punished. Because they are built for the community they pass through and necessarily for the community as well.

So look my friends, the first 20 km of road that this government built from Fushë Kruja to Vermosh and Valbona, turns them into punishment for 80 thousand inhabitants. Not only that, but in these 20 km for 500,000 inhabitants of the 4 northern districts, he imposes a tax on them to enter and leave Tirana" , said Berisha again without mentioning names.

The head of the DP then stopped at the distribution of funds.

"Investments in Peshkopia district, in Shkodra district, investments in Kurbin and Kukës districts, not that they are not 1/20 of them, but they are not even 1/100 of them. In 11 years, 10 km of roads in Valbona have been paved. In 11 years, 12 km of the Shishtaveci road, 13 km of the Vermoshi road, all with financing guaranteed by the previous government and the same amount of Theth road, have been paved. Not another kilometer ," said Berisha.

"The incomes in the northern districts are over 50% less per capita than in the districts of central and southern Albania. The northern counties are the poorest counties in Europe, and their poverty, like that of all Albanians, deepened in a frightening way these 11 years. But if in the whole of Albania it deepened by 100%, in the northern regions it deepened by 250-300%.

Today, a resident from these counties, to come to Tirana, to solve a problem or to meet a family member, or a health and other problem, must pay 15 euros to and fro from Tropoja, at a time when he can received a total of 40 euros in economic assistance, can receive a pension under 100 euros.

At a time when no other Albanian from Kakavija to Fushë Krujë pays a single penny, despite the fact that highway A passes through the tunnels. Despite the fact that from Kakavija to Tirana it passes on completely reconstructed roads, they do not pay any. As for those from the north, he must pay 15 euros to come from Tropoja, Hasi, Kukësi to Tirana and return.

Isn't this an unconstitutional discrimination that no country in the world would impose. Isn't this a tribute to the national hatred of Edi Rama towards the inhabitants of the north" , said Berisha.


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