Prime Minister Edi Rama has reacted again regarding the Mountains Package, clarifying some of the accusations made about this law. Rama writes that the criticism that the law was created for large, foreign investors or "oligarchs, does not hold up.
In a Facebook post, the head of government wrote that claims that the law favors oligarchs or foreign investors do not hold up, as the main condition is the actual long-term possession of the land, a criterion that they do not meet.
"Which oligarch has waited for decades living in a cabin, a mountain tower, or an inherited orchard without a certificate of ownership?" he writes.
Rama is also denying claims that the law only favors the construction of resorts, emphasizing that the Mountain Package supports projects such as agrotourism, guesthouses, farms, handicraft workshops, processing of local products, sports activities, and family tourism.
The Prime Minister also emphasizes at the end that the objective of the Mountain Package is to turn dormant capital into a real economy, creating jobs and promoting the development of the country's mountainous areas.
Rama's post:
THE “MOUNTAINS PACKAGE” LAW ACCORDING TO CHATGPT, JUST CLEAR FROM THE FACE
Most criticisms of the “Mountain Package” stem from the idea that the law was created for large, foreign investors or “oligarchs.” If one reads the law, these theses do not hold up.
1. “It’s made for the oligarchs.”
This is perhaps the most widespread criticism, but also the most difficult to legally support.
An oligarch does not need a law that requires proving actual possession of land for at least 10 years, as this law expressly states. The Mountains Package does not create a new path for large investors; it creates a path for people who have been living on inherited land for decades without being able to formalize it.
If a family in Theth, Vermosh, Zagori, Lunzhëri or Mokër has worked inherited land for generations, but does not have a title deed due to the complicated history of the communist regime, transition and existing land legislation, then this law provides a mechanism to develop that property.
This is the real subject of the law.
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2. “It’s made for foreigners.”
This does not result from the law either. The law does not create a privileged category for foreign citizens.
In fact, its most important condition - long-term actual possession of the land - is precisely the one that the vast majority of foreign investors cannot meet.
A foreign investor coming to Albania today cannot declare that he has owned the land for ten years.
So it does not enter into the main mechanism of the Mountains Package at all.
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3. “It was made for the rich.”
This thesis also has a logical problem.
If a person has large capital, he can invest even without the Mountain Package.
The law does not create a new privilege.
While a family that has a mountain tower, a cabin, a farm or an inherited plot of land, but has never been able to formalize it, without this law cannot get a loan, cannot build legally, cannot develop agritourism and often cannot even leave it to their children in a legally secure manner.
The package aims precisely to unblock this situation.
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4. “1 euro per dog?”
Because the state is not selling land to raise money, but is giving state land to the possessor through a legal contract. After he completes the construction, he also mortgages the property.
This is an instrument also used in other countries to develop abandoned areas.
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5. “I am giving you the land.”
Because.
The law does not say that whoever applies automatically becomes the owner.
You must:
* to prove possession;
* verify legality;
* approve the project;
* contractual conditions must be met;
* to realize the investment.
If these do not occur, legal mechanisms provide for consequences according to the contract and relevant legislation, and the land remains the state's.
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6. "Only resorts are being favored."
This contradicts the very philosophy of the law.
The projects targeted are much broader:
* agrotourism;
* hostel;
* stop;
* craft workshop;
* processing of local products;
* sports and nature activities;
* family tourism.
So the model is the local economy, not just big investment.
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7. “Property is being taken from the owners.”
The law does not expropriate registered private property.
It operates on state-owned properties with actual owners or on situations where there is no formalized title of ownership and where previous legislation has not provided a solution for the heirs. Any ownership conflict continues to be handled according to the relevant legal mechanisms.
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Basically, what is the Mountain Package?
If someone says it's a law for oligarchs, the simple question is:
Which oligarch has waited for decades living in a cabin, a mountain tower, or an inherited orchard without a certificate of ownership?
Because this is the person the law has in mind.
The Mountain Package is not a law for those who have a lot of capital. It is a law for those who have had land, memories, work and roots, but do not have legal title to the property. It tries to turn that dormant capital into a real economy: into guesthouses, farms, workshops, tourist trails, jobs and life restored to mountain areas.