Former Prime Minister Sali Berisha, at the press conference, was asked by the Top News journalist about the testimony of the head of the Freedom Party, Ilir Meta in SPAK, on the CEZ-DIA case.
Berisha said that he is not aware of this issue, as CEZ was a private company and did not notify anyone of its activities.
TOP NEWS: On September 10, 2015, you stated in the Parliament that Ilir Meta had no chance to negotiate the CEZ-DIA contract in Prague. You also requested at that time that the Prosecutor's Office investigate Ilir Meta. On the other hand, Meta answered you with the same coin, asking for an international investigation and that Kastriot Ismailaj was your confidant. Today, what is your position on the Cez/Dias case, or do you stand by the accusations against Meta if you will also be called as a person in the know?!
Berisha: I was not aware of this issue. CEZ did not announce any of its activities because it was a private company. Even today, I have no idea what Meta's connections are in this story.
CEZ-DIA has been intensively investigated. The former president of the company has been arrested and a woman as far as I know. I have no knowledge beyond what I have said. I don't know if negotiations were done on behalf of the government.
What Berisha declared in 2015 in parliament
After Meta joined the SP, in 2015, Sali Berisha brought back the CEZ-DIA issue. In September 2015, the democratic leader Sali Berisha declared in the parliament that the former president Ilir Meta had no choice to negotiate the CEZ-DIA contract in Prague.
In the case of Kastriot Ismailaj's sentence of 11 years in prison, a sentence confirmed by all levels of the courts, the prosecution concluded that Kastriot Ismailaj's goal was not to collect debt on behalf of CEZ, nor to perform any real work, but theft. of CEZ money, in cooperation with CEZ.
Ismailaj submitted fictitious invoices, received the money from CEZ and then CEZ was favored by the government of the time.