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Documents / Stagnation with SMI figures for lobbying in the US. There is no statement at the CEC about the money spent

2022-05-31 13:20:46Fokus SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Documents / Stagnation with SMI figures for lobbying in the US. There is no
Ilir Meta

President Ilir Meta has threatened to file a lawsuit in Austria against the Kronen Zeitung for the article, which the newspaper describes as "fundamentally corrupt" and raises suspicions that he lobbied in Washington through a shell company paying 700 thousand dollars.

More than hope to win this trial, Meta's threat is made for internal political consumption, similar to Sali Berisha's lawsuit against Antony Blinken in Paris. Compared to the beginning when he announced the lawsuit, Berisha's optimism for victory has faded and at a recent press conference, he almost admitted that it was a losing battle.

The Austrian newspaper article did not come out of nowhere. The data is stored on the US Department of Justice FARA and can be easily accessed online on its official website.

In addition, the SMI statements themselves in the years when the Austrian newspaper article in question 'confirm' the content of that article. In the 2017 financial report on the official website of the CEC, this party does not declare as a consulting expense even the first agreement with McKeon company worth 15 thousand dollars for lobbying.

The figure is then reflected in an audit report of the Central Election Commission, which converting into lek says that the total amount spent for consultancy by the SMI is 48 million lek, including the 19 million old lek of lobbying with McKeon. In the same report, the CEC says that even this amount is not justified by the financial documentation according to the legislation in force.

The SMI has justified the amount as membership and business donations, presenting a list of donors. The CEC says that it has violated the Electoral Code by accepting donations in 6 bank accounts opened in three banks and not in a single special account as required by law and declared to the CEC.

Meanwhile, suspicions have been cast by the Austrian newspaper that Ilir Meta is still behind the lobbying through the shell company "Dorelita Limited". According to the documentation reflected by the McKeon lobbying office to the American authorities, 'Dorelita Limited' paid him with about 650 thousand dollars with a contract signed after the cancellation of the contract that McKeon had with the SMI.
The signatory of the contract in both cases is the Greek-American controversial lawyer and lobbyist, Iraklis Fidetzis. With the signing of the contract, McKeon Group has started lobbying meetings, officially for Dorelita, but unofficially there are strong doubts that the lobbying was done on behalf of Ilir Meta. From April 11 to April 28, a day before Ilir Meta was elected President of the Assembly with 87 votes in favor, McKeon Group declares that it has made at least 28 contacts in the Senate, Congress and with "Homeland Security" to introduce clients own, standing behind the company "Dorelita Limited".

 


Emri i klientëve nuk bëhet publik, por një pjesë e kontakteve janë të njëjtët që zyra e lobimit ka kontaktuar për llogari të LSI-së dhe Ilir Metës sipas kontratës së parë të lobimit, të anuluar më 14 shkurt. Njëri prej tyre është kongresisti Ed Royce. Me të, Ilir Meta u takua më 20 janar të 2017-s, kur ndodhej në Uashington për të marrë pjesë në ceremoninë e inaugurimit të Donald Trump, si frut i lobimit të McKeon Group në kontratën e parë.
Kongresistin Ed Royce, McKeon Group e ka kontaktuar edhe përmes një telefonate më 13 prill për t’i kërkuar një takim. Një ditë më vonë takimi është konfirmuar përmes postës elektronike për në datën 27 prill dhe më 27 prill, përfaqësuesit e zyrës lobuese, McKeon Group kanë zhvilluar takimin me kongresistin Royce për t’i prezantuar atij klientët për llogari të kontratës lobuese të nënshkruar me kompaninë “Dorelita Limited”.

 


Takime janë zhvilluar për llogari të lobimit për kompaninë “Dorelita Limited” edhe me senatorët Bill Cassidy e Mike Lee, kongresistët Bob Goodlatte dhe Michael McCaul, si dhe me Nate Peters nga “Homeland Security”. Objekti i takimeve ka qenë prezantimi i klientëve të “Dorelita Limited”, dyshimet për të cilin të çojnë tek Ilir Meta.
Një investigim i “Mother Jones”, nga gazetarët Dan Friedman dhe Hannah Levintova hedh dyshime se një vizitë e Vangjel Tavos në Uashington në fund të prillit 2017 lidhet me takimet që Grupi McKeon po organizonte me republikanë të Kongresit për llogari të firmës “Dorelita”.

The investigation raises suspicions that Iraklis Fidetzis is unlikely to have financed the $ 600,000 lobbying campaign of Dorelita Limited, but acted on behalf of another party. The question that remains unanswered and should be investigated by the Albanian justice is who financed the SMI lobbying to the offshore company "Dorelita Limited" and what was the objective behind this campaign of influence?

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