
The government has approved a draft law proposed by Defense Minister Pirro Vengu , which paves the way for the seizure of military properties by strategic investors, even when they are in the Deployment Plan.
The draft transforms the Distribution Plan into a document that can be touched upon at any time, whenever a minister proposes an investment.
"The deployment and deployment plan of the Armed Forces is reviewed periodically every 5 years and at any time, in cases of investments of particular importance for the economic development of the country or constructions, improvements to public infrastructure, that partially or completely affect a property within the deployment and deployment plan of the Armed Forces, when it is assessed that this change does not affect the operability of the Armed Forces. The institution responsible for investments of particular importance requests the review of the deployment and deployment plan, after assessing the nature and importance of the investment," the draft law states.
The Deployment Plan is the document containing all strategic military assets, which are critical to the country's defense capacity and the operationality of the Armed Forces.
But the draft law approved by the government this Wednesday practically puts military properties on the "high street", as it gives any member of the government cabinet the right to request the removal of military properties from the Distribution Plan with the aim of privatizing them with the argument of important investments for the economy.
The point is, if a businessman who deals in fishing asks the Minister of Agriculture for a military base on the coast to expand his business, through this law, the government begins the process of privatizing the property.
The alienation of strategic military properties to private individuals, under the argument of investments important to the economy, has been an early goal of the government.
In the case of the Saranda naval base, the property was attempted to be privatized without being removed from the Armed Forces Deployment Plan, as at the time Edi Rama was being obstructed by Ilir Meta, who held the final signature for removing the properties from the Deployment Plan.
Later, the Saranda base affair ended up in SPAK, reported by the former deputy commander of the Navy, Artur Meçollari.
The Special Court ordered the seizure of the property, which had been given to a private company for development, with the argument that its privatization violated national security and the country's defense capacity.
But despite the seizure, so far no one has been arrested in this matter./ Kapital