Democratic Party MP Belind Këlliçi has denounced a decision by the Assembly Bureau which, he says, provides for awarding Arbjan Mazniku 250 million lek.
In his public statement, Këlliçi links the payment to Mazniku’s involvement in the territorial reorganization that led to 15 municipalities being removed from the map. He called the decision scandalous and claimed the reward was being granted for Mazniku’s political role in the process.
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Këlliçi says he opposed the decision at the Bureau of the Assembly of Albania. According to him, the proposal was reviewed and approved by representatives of the governing majority, while the documents offer no clear justification for the amount and contain no convincing explanation.
The Democratic Party MP also opposes the territorial reform. He warned that removing 15 municipalities would harm residents of the affected areas and deepen depopulation. According to Këlliçi, the project was designed for electoral gain, without regard for the will of citizens, who have protested against it.
Këlliçi also linked his statement to rewards for police officers following clashes with protesters. He accused Prime Minister Edi Rama of using public money to favor people who, he says, have served the government.
“The 250 million lek will go neither to pensioners, nor to families in financial difficulty, nor to students who can barely make ends meet, but to Edi Rama’s servant for removing 15 municipalities from the map,” Këlliçi said.
The Democratic Party MP ended by urging citizens to continue protesting and not to give up their demand for the Rama government to step down.
Full statement:
The co-head of 5D, Arbjan Mazniku, who served Rama in wiping 15 municipalities off the map, is being rewarded with 250 million lek!!! After rewarding the police officers who beat, abused, injured, and tortured the young people and students protesting, Edi Rama has decided to give Arbjan Mazniku 250 million lek for his contribution to wiping out 15 municipalities. I opposed this unacceptable and scandalous act at the Bureau of the Assembly of Albania, where Edi Rama’s decision was reviewed today. Removing 15 municipalities will have devastating consequences for residents of those areas and deepen depopulation. This is a political project with electoral aims that disregarded citizens and their voices. They protested and strongly opposed the arbitrariness carried out without their approval. But Rama pushed it through parliament using his majority. Europe’s most corrupt prime minister is adding insult to injury for citizens and Albanians by awarding Mazniku 250 million lek. The document approved today by the Bureau with the votes of the “Renaissance” representatives justifies none of the items and offers no convincing explanation. This 250 million lek will not go to pensioners, families in financial difficulty, or students who can barely make ends meet, but to the man who served Edi Rama in removing 15 municipalities from the map. The regime knows no limits, either in its arrogance toward people or in the privileges and benefits it grants itself. Citizens have one more reason to continue protesting and not to give up their demand that this unprecedented clique of thieves leave office as soon as possible!
