
The Democratic Party has submitted to the Assembly a request for the establishment of an investigative commission for persons and companies that have benefited from the status of strategic investor by the Albanian government.
The request was signed by seven MPs: Gazment Bardhi, Dashnor Sula, Jorida Tabaku, Dhurata Çupi, Lefter Gështenja, Arbi Agalliu and Ferdinand Xhaferraj. They demand verification of the procedures for granting strategic investor status, arguing that, although the purpose of the law for strategic investors was positive, it was used to provide favors and benefits to people with strong personal or family ties to government and management. of the Socialist Party.
The three concrete cases are those of the Port of Durrës, the case of the member of the Municipal Council of Tirana, Gazmend Paja and the case of the husband of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the SP MP, Olta Xhacka
Excerpts from the PD request:
These projects have been overshadowed by suspicions of corruption, favoritism, illegality, clientelism and arbitrariness, citing as an example three procedures:
1. in the case of the Port of Durrës;
2. the case of the member of the Municipal Council of Tirana (SP), Mr. Gazmend Paja, who has benefited 133 thousand m2 in Dhërmi;
3. the case of the husband of the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs and the SP MP, Mrs. Olta Xhacka, former socialist deputy z. Artan Gaci, who has benefited from the right to use the sea shores and the respective beach area in front of the complex that is being built in the village of Gjilekë in the municipality of Himara.
In order to review all the practices so far followed by the Strategic Investment Committee, assess the possibility of drafting legal changes in law no. 55/2015 "On Strategic Investments in the Republic of Albania" in order to prevent all illegal, abusive or corrupt practices, given the essential importance for our economy to increase the absorption of domestic and foreign investments, through the procedures of lawful, transparent and meritocratic, we consider it necessary to set up a Special Parliamentary Commission for Strategic Investments.
The Commission is proposed to have as object of its activity:
(i) review of all practices so far followed by the Strategic Investment Committee;
(ii) drafting legal changes in law no. 55/2015 "On Strategic Investments in the Republic of Albania";
(iii) review and approval of the draft law "On Investments".