Former Vetëvendosje Movement MP Liburn Aliu announced that the Special Prosecution had decided to discontinue the investigation against him, which had begun around two years earlier.

According to Aliu, the procedure also examined his assets and those of his family, as well as income generated over the years. He stressed that these assets and sources of income had been regularly declared since the beginning of 2011 and continuously up to the present, including after he assumed his new position.

Aliu said that throughout this period he had faced accusations, slander and serious insults directed at him, his family and the national ideal that, as he put it, he had tried to live by modestly.

Nevertheless, he chose not to respond to the attacks and calmly awaited the progress of the investigation, saying that he had been ready to face the truth.

In a statement addressed to citizens, the former MP said he had received the decision to discontinue the investigation from his lawyer. According to him, the decision was made on September 11 and communicated to him on the morning of Friday, October 2.

He added that the case had been accompanied by extensive media speculation over the past two years and that, despite its conclusion, it could continue to be the subject of attacks and slander.

Aliu said that at a time when fake news spreads easily, he remained ready to face the truth. In closing, he thanked everyone who had believed in him.

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Today, speaking to reporters, Democratic Party leader Sali Berisha accused Prime Minister Edi Rama and Belinda Balluku of terminating the concession contract for Vlora International Airport, warning of severe financial consequences for the Albanian state.

Berisha also said that Albanian citizens would face a bill of at least €500 million if Behgjet Pacolli’s company takes the case to arbitration, as it has warned it will do.

The Democratic Party leader criticized Belinda Balluku’s previous statements about the airport project, mocking her promise that Vlora would have “the largest airport in the Balkans.”

“For the enrichment of Edi Rama and Lubi Balluku, and because they have looted €130 million in missing ticket revenue, Albanians are terminating a contract over which, I assure the citizens of this country, they will be fined at least €500 million. They are terminating the contract simply because they realized that Behgjet Pacolli has no intention of recognizing the shares they claim the Turkish company transferred to Pacolli. So, there is a sinister trio here—Edi Rama, Lubi Balluku and Taulant Balla—who used the other construction partner to take the shares away from Pacolli. Pacolli will not hand over the shares. He is an experienced businessman and apparently does not meet their demands for a deal. The proceedings concerning this case file are the most ridiculous in the world. Pacolli’s testimony—that he was summoned by Belinda and that Belinda met separately with the Turkish businessman—clearly showed that Rama, Balluku and Taulant are the main claimants to the shares relinquished by the Turkish partner. These are unprecedented, mafia-style corruption stories. Do you remember when Balluku—who, truth be told, represents a human disgrace in absolutely every respect—would rush to Akërni and declare that Vlora would have the largest airport in the Balkans, showing that there is no one else in the Balkans as ignorant as her, someone who does not know how to conceal her theft? Claiming that you will build the largest airport in the Balkans in Vlora means saddling Albanians with a terrible penalty,” Sali Berisha said.

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