On Friday, as Tirana was abuzz with news that Belinda Balluku had been investigated by SPAK for “violation of equality in tenders,” the deputy prime minister posted a video showing that she was in Switzerland. Balluku said the purpose of the visit was to strengthen cooperation between the two countries in the field of rail transport and exchange experiences with Swiss railways.
Meanwhile, today Balluku returned to Albania, where he inspected the works for the new project of the Albanian Road Authority that focuses on the aesthetic maintenance of road axes throughout the country.
Upon returning to Albania, it is a mystery whether the Deputy Prime Minister will appear at SPAK on Monday.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Edi Rama also commented on this issue today.
While in Berlin, he was asked by Deutsche Welle about the investigations launched by the Special Prosecution Office, SPAK, against the number two in his government, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Infrastructure, Belinda Balluku.
"I have no comment on any case, because as I said, we have our work, justice has its work," Rama said in an interview with DW.
"And until certain issues take their definitive form, all people are innocent and unpunishable by the people's court of politics and the media that serve politics, " Rama emphasized.
SPAK said yesterday through a spokesperson that "it has nothing to share with the media."
Belinda Balluku joined Rama's cabinet as Minister of Infrastructure and Energy in 2019 and has controlled the largest government portfolio for more than five years.
She is Rama's second deputy prime minister facing SPAK after Arben Ahmetaj.