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2026-10-08 17:05:00Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

New details have emerged from the Balluku case, where some facts that were administered in the file have forced SPAK to re-examine the defendants on the issue of the pre-determination of the Llogara tunnel tender.

It concerns a series of e-mail communications that were carried out between officials and tender beneficiaries, leading to the predetermination of the winner.

These conversations are reported to have been submitted to SPAK by external persons, still unidentified at this time. This indicates that other external factors are now involved in this criminal case, where the defendant is the former Deputy Prime Minister of Albania, Belinda Balluku.

Therefore, during these 48 hours at SPAK, several former subordinates of Balluk have been called again. Initially, Gentian Gjyli and Erald Elezi were called to testify.

Meanwhile, today, the former Secretary General of the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure, Viola Haxhiademi, was questioned about this issue.

SPAK's investigations are examining tender procedures and the relationships between officials and entities involved in these procedures. It is expected that former Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, Belinda Balluku, will soon appear before SPAK to testify on this matter.

In November 2025, the Special Prosecution Office against Corruption and Organized Crime (SPAK) communicated the charge of "Violation of equality in tenders" to 5 other defendants included in the file of Deputy Prime Minister Belinda Balluku.

The defendants are Gentian Gjyli, former head of the Albanian Road Authority, former director of the ARRSH, Ervis Berberi, who is arrested for another case, former director of OSHEE, Erald Elezi, Jetmira Dervishi and Mirzeta Kashica.

The 5 were taken into custody as members of the Bid Evaluation Committee (KVO), in connection with the Llogara tunnel tender procedure.

The SPAK investigation concerns the large project for the construction of the Llogara tunnel, part of the Orikum-Himar road, which is a section of the Vlora-Saranda highway.

The tender was initially opened on December 11, 2020 and closed on February 12, 2021. But on April 19, 2021, in the bulletin of the Public Procurement Agency, it was announced that the tender had been canceled, as no bid was successful in accordance with the tender documents.

In this procedure, 6 bids were submitted, the lowest of which was that of the company "Gjoka Konstruksion" sh.a., worth 14 billion lek or about 140 million euros.

The same competition was announced on June 22, 2021 for the construction of the Llogara tunnel, with a limit fund of approximately 190 million euros excluding VAT.

In the tender, which closed on July 28, 2021, 5 bids were made, where the group of two Turkish companies Intecar and Asl was declared the winner, with a bid of 170 million euros plus VAT.

SPAK suspects that Balluku and Gjyli have committed actions that may have unfairly influenced this procurement process, as the tender was canceled when the lowest bid was 140 million euros and was reopened a few months later and awarded to a consortium of Turkish companies, even though they had offered a higher value.

The Llogara Tunnel is one of the largest infrastructure projects in the country and SPAK's investigation is related to the way the tender procedure for its construction was developed and managed.

In addition to the investigation into the Llogara tunnel, SPAK is also investigating other tenders involving the Ministry headed by Balluku.

During his statement in Parliament, the head of SPAK, Altin Dumani, confirmed that the Vlora Airport is also under investigation, while preliminary verifications have also begun for the construction of the Thumanë-Kashar highway. ( Syri )


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