The main problem of today's opposition that does not inspire hope among citizens is its dependence on oligarchs. The same as the socialist majority that seeks to replace it in power. This has been indirectly proven today by the credo-democrat Sali Berisha, who defended the two main oligarchs who own three-quarters of Albania, Samir Manen and Shefqet Kastrati.
Sali Berisha është pyetur në emisionin "Të Paekspozuarit", përse Partia Demokratike nuk i denoncon me emra oligarkët dhe përfitimet e tyre nga paratë publike. Si përgjigje, Berisha mori në mbrojtje Manen (që ishte edhe në dasmën e Shkëlzen Berishës) dhe Katratin, ndërsa tha se ata nuk kanë përfituar ndaj tij, ndërsa u justifikua se beteja kryesore e tij është ndaj kryeministrit Edi Rama.
I pyetur nga gazetari Enton Abilekaj se pse PD deri tani ka sulmuar vetëm Portin e Durrësit, ku ka biznesmenë të huaj, por nuk ka dhënë asnjë deklaratë ndaj Portit të Sarandës dhe Portit të Vlorës që po u jepet dy kompanive pa transparencë, Berisha e ka anashkaluar pyetjen.
Pjesë nga biseda:
Ylli Rakipi: Para vitit 2005, ju denonconit shumë ashpër biznesmenët dhe shqiptarët e dinin kush i vidhnin paratë e tyre. Ata nuk ishin as oligarkët. Ndërsa sot, që kemi oligarkët të fuqishëm, ju nuk i thoni emrat. Përse?
Sali Berisha: Përmend me emra kur shoh se cënohet në mënyrë flagrante interesi publik. E gjithë kjo klientelë dhe oligarki, ka një person përgjegjës dhe ky është Edi Rama.
Ylli Rakipi: Për dhjetë vitet e fundit.
Sali Berisha: If you want, we will take the richest people of this country in turn. I tell you, if today Samir Mane is one of the richest, absolutely, he has not benefited from any favor and he has never asked Sali Berisha for a favor, except for one. He was once building large warehouses and there were several families who had built them and asked for legalization. Not even a single one. He invested here in TEG. Me, Sali Berisha and the government participated in the inauguration and nothing else, not even land, nothing. He built the QTU before we came to power and inaugurated it after we came to power. You can't tell me a single thing, that this man... Why should I call him an oligarch? The oligarch gets rich by making laws, he had connections with big companies.
When I was in the government, all major axes without exception were built by international companies. Shkodra-Hani i Hoti were Italians. Lushnje - Fier, Italians. Levan - Tepelen, Italians. So no tower is signed.
We take Shefqet Kastratin. It was the largest in oil. The Albanian government has issued 32 oil licenses. Absolutely. Just so you know, when he asked for VAT to be removed, the oil he sold to Bankers for injection was not removed. What do I tell you? At a time when it dominated the oil market, Albania cleared 700,000 tons with 430,000 vehicles. Today, Albania clears 400 or so thousand tons with 700 or so thousand vehicles. It is the smuggling of minimum 250 thousand tons of oil. Oil smuggling is impossible without the government. I have not signed any towers.
A tower that was planned from the end of the new Boulevard, came out Edi Rama asked the one who had it, he asked for 20%. 20% in that tower was 100 million. It was a tower of 400 or so million.
Enton Abilekaj: Can we talk a little about businesses that receive illegal contracts?
Sali Berisha: Anything not transparent will be undone.
Enton Abilekaj: We have nothing to do with the businessmen, but if we talk about the Port of Saranda, it is given to two companies without transparency, as well as the Port of Vlora. The matter now comes to the Port of Durrës, where we have foreign businessmen, here you attack it. But in others you don't attack him.
Sali Berisha: Everything that was done in violation of the procedure will be canceled.