'Banks are taking the souls of citizens', Asllan Dogjani: Where is the state?

Democratic MP Asllan Dogjani has denounced the lack of transparency in second-tier banks and financial institutions operating in our country.

In his speech from the Parliament's rostrum in the last session of this parliamentary session, Dogjani said that due to the lack of transparency and supervision by the Bank of Albania , many citizens have been forced to pledge their homes, while in other cases they have been sacrificed.

The Democratic lawmaker also denounced the dire economic and social situation in Kamëz, his constituency, for which he said the elderly dig in garbage bins to make a living.

Dogjani : Citizens suffer in our banks, there is no banking transparency, commissions and hidden clauses. Financial institutions, while you who should supervise them have done nothing. So much so that many families have had their homes taken away, others have even sacrificed themselves and committed suicide because of these machinations. The bank has its own rules, but there is also supervision by the state bank so that there are no high interest rates for young people to take out loans for a house to build a family.

There are all kinds of mechanisms that you have brought to Albanians to get their money through these banks, and you yourself don't know where your money is, businesses are going bankrupt from these bank loans. High taxes force them to take out loans that they then don't pay back, the state is there to control that people take out loans for business and homes, and then have the opportunity to pay them back.

The citizens of Kamza have no electricity, it will be turned off today in 2025. There are no sewers, garbage was everywhere. Elderly people picking food out of garbage to live. This is the state?! That's why we asked for the minimum living wage.