The scheme is exposed/ How Evis Barberi and his firm received hundreds of millions of Lek with public contracts

2023-10-07 23:12:05Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
The scheme is exposed/ How Evis Barberi and his firm received hundreds of
Like Evis Berberi with his firm received hundreds of millions of Lek with public contracts

The Democratic Party has denounced today with documents how the director of the Albanian Road Authority (ARRSH), Evis Berberi, concluded public contracts with state institutions when he held the position of head of procurement.

In a statement from the blue headquarters, the spokeswoman of the anti-corruption unit in the PD, Genta Vagjeli revealed the full scheme of how Barber used the state office to secure contracts and public money for his private company DAAM shpk.

According to the DP, this commercial entity was established in October 2017 with the initial name "B - VAAL ENG - 10" and, in October 2018, Berberi changed its name to DAAM shpk, where the head of ARRSH is the owner with 100 percent of the company's capital from September 14, 2018 to January 31, 2019. On January 31, 2019, Evis Berberi sells 100% of the shares of the company DAAM shpk against the value of 500 thousand euros.

"DAAM shpk has benefited, from December 2017 to June 2023, 202 million ALL of public funds from the Municipalities of Tirana, Prrenjas, Librazhd, Elbasan, Erseke, Kamëz, Shijak, Lezhë, Pukë, Cërrik, Klos, the Ministry of Tourism and Environment, General Directorate of the State Police, General Directorate of Customs, National Coastal Agency, INSTAT, Korca Hospital, Agricultural University, etc. 21 payments from these above in the amount of 81 million lek have been paid in favor of Barber's company during the time that he is officially the owner of the trading company and at the same time holds public office as a manager." - said in the DP statement.

Further, Genta Vangjeli added: "In none of the forms submitted to ILDKPKI there is no data for the declaration of the sale of the company Daam shpk." Concealment of income in order to pay a tax liability of over 8 million ALL is punishable by 4 to 8 years of imprisonment according to Law no. 7895, dated January 27, 1995, the Criminal Code of the Republic of Slovenia as amended.

During the management of the Energy Efficiency Agency, Evis Berberi, appointed as Energy Auditor in buildings, energy auditor in industrial installations, and energy manager the person from whom he bought the company DAAM shpk. The latter is currently the owner of this company again, and this means that for every new building that is built or every existing building that is reconstructed, a certificate from the energy auditor must first be obtained. The current owner of DAAM shpk has benefited from Evis Berberi, previous owner of the same trading company, the value of 322 million old lek paid by the Albanian Road Authority headed by... Evis Berberi." - says the statement of the DP.

The Democratic Party demands the immediate and irrevocable resignation of the head of ARRSH, Evis Berber.


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