According to him, although the funds were allocated and the implementation deadlines have passed, residents of the area still do not have a sewage system. Sulejmani accused former leaders of a lack of accountability.

He believes that their failure to respond further raises suspicions that European funds may also have been misused.

“The fact that they remain silent only increases suspicions that their hands were in up to their elbows in the European Funds as well. In public, they talk about integration and European standards, but when they need to explain what happened to more than €9 million of European taxpayers’ money, they choose to say nothing. This is how DUI governed for more than two decades. They constantly spoke of Europe, but when it came to European funds, they forgot both the values and the standards. The most shameful part of this scandal is that it concerns Zajas, Ali Ahmeti’s birthplace. If this is how they took care of Zajas, one can imagine how they took care of other Albanian-populated settlements,” Sulejmani said.

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In its media statement, the party said that VLEN is prioritising family employment instead of focusing on issues that it says are essential for Albanians.

“VLEN has turned state institutions into employment offices for the relatives and close associates of its officials. In exchange for positions and privileges, its representatives remain silent about the deterioration of the status of Albanians, the Albanian language, fair representation, the gambling law, the bar exam in Albanian and the blocking of the European integration process,” the party said in its statement.

As its latest example, AA cited Mimoza Musa, an MP and vice-president of VLEN. According to its claims, Musa’s father, Arif Musa, despite being retired, has been elected a member of the Supervisory Board of the Development Bank of North Macedonia.

The party stressed that while serving as a member of the State Commission for the Prevention of Corruption, Arif Musa had called for different standards to be applied to appointments in public institutions. “The irony is that Arif Musa, as a former member of the Commission for the Prevention of Corruption, once called for appointments to be reviewed and competitions to be reopened wherever nepotism was found. Today, the same principles should apply to him as well,” AA stressed.

The statement also mentions Nusret Haliti, whom AA identifies as Arif Musa’s nephew and the current acting director of the Agency for Electronic Communications.

“Family favouritism continues with his nephew, Nusret Haliti, who holds the position of director of the Agency for Electronic Communications,” the statement said.

The Alliance for Albanians has called on institutions and the public to clarify the procedures followed for these appointments. “We therefore publicly ask whether there was political influence in these appointments and whether the procedures were transparent and competitive,” AA stated.

In conclusion, AA claims that VLEN has failed to fulfil its pledge to fight nepotism. “VLEN did not fight nepotism. It merely waited its turn to benefit from it,” the Alliance for Albanians’ statement concluded.

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The ruling party emphasized that VLEN representatives in institutions are showing that standards which until yesterday were considered unattainable can be achieved through commitment and continuous work.

The party’s statement says that, as part of this development, Deputy Minister of Transport and Communications Kaltrina Zekolli took part in the launch of the new tomographic system for the security screening of carry-on baggage. According to them, the 1 million euro investment places North Macedonia among the countries applying the most advanced technologies in this sector, while it is the first system of its kind in the Balkans.

VLEN underlines that the development is not limited only to technological modernization. Over the past two years, 28 new air destinations have been opened, while for this year the number of passengers is expected to exceed 3.5 million. According to the party, these figures show that the new policies are consolidating the country’s position as an increasingly important air transport hub in the region.

In conclusion to its reaction, the party says that governance should be measured by results and not by rhetoric. It adds that every investment that increases safety, improves services, and expands opportunities for citizens is part of the vision for a modern, developed North Macedonia that is more connected to Europe and the world.

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