Who is directing the information only to the Mertiri-Ahmetaj report? How other oligarchs are being hidden from the file of the former deputy prime minister

2023-07-11 14:33:55Fokus SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
In the photo: Arben Ahmetaj and oligarchs Samir Mane, Shefqet Kastrati

For almost 24 hours, the public has been bombarded with information that the media have provided from the file that SPAK has submitted to the Assembly together with the request for the arrest of Arben Ahmetaj.

The commonality of all the articles, sometimes sold as exclusives and sometimes with the titles 'new details...', is that they all revolve around Arben Ahmetaj's connections with Klodian Zoto and Mirel Mërtir, two accused in the incinerators case.

Ahmetaj's connections with Zoto and Mërtir is only the tip of the iceberg in the 320-page file that SPAK submitted to the Assembly, and moreover, it has been known worldwide for a long time.

But why is this connection brought back to the public with dozens of articles and chronicles? The reason may be an organized effort to hide the thick threads of Arben Ahmetaj's connection with the oligarchs.

In the fictitious transactions cited by the media referring to the SPAK file, Ahmetaj is said to have benefited from these payments from Zoto and Mërtiri and the main detail is omitted.

The articles leave unanswered where Arben Ahmetaj laundered the corruption money, although in the same file, the laundering of money is cited in the construction sector through the purchase of villas or apartments.

This means that Arben Ahmetaj was helped by the sellers in laundering the money. Who are the sellers? According to the SPAK file, the villa in Hamallaj was bought by the Mane TCI company, owned by Samir Manes, while the former minister has other transactions with Shefqet Kastrati.

simply put, the file proves that Arben Ahmetaj was a regular client of the oligarchs. The latter seem to have been set in motion by sponsoring articles on portals, chronicles and television studios as if they "do not defend Arben Ahmetaj".

In fact, the defense is being carried out under the rug by focusing the articles only on Arben Ahmetaj's relationship with the incinerators, ignoring the fact that in the charge of money laundering, the most serious charge against the former minister, which is punishable by up to 15 years in prison, his collaborators are not the owners of the incinerators, but the oligarchs.

The long hand of the oligarchs may have extended to SPAK, through the orientation of the investigations by the prosecutor Klodian Braho, who resigned from the file 277 faction 1, but only after dragging out for months the inclusion of Arben Ahmetaj in the file and the request for the arrest of his.

The same hand can guide the details that are selected to be made public today from the file that SPAK submitted to the Assembly, while the "Buka" file, the file on the privatization of state properties where Arben Ahmetaj is the protagonist, has also been brought back to public memory.

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