In a television show, journalist Andi Tela commented on the latest developments related to the case of former Deputy Prime Minister Belinda Balluku.
Tela said that the issue has also received international attention, citing a question from an Estonian journalist about the situation in Albania. He stressed that the debate on how to qualify the issue as “public procurement” or “corruption” is an early discussion in public and political opinion.
According to him, in cases of public procurement, responsibilities are not directly related to the minister, but cases of abuse of office or corruption may be raised, depending on the investigations.
Following the statements, Tela stated that the issue is also related to the commitments and conditions of integration into the European Union, mentioning the expectations of international partners for developments in such cases.
He also added that, according to him, the rest of the process belongs to the Special Prosecution Office (SPAK), which may take further procedural steps, including requests to the Parliament and possible security measures, depending on the progress of the investigations.
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This was the answer to the Estonian newspaper. That is, the Balluk issue has reached Estonia. An Estonian journalist asks about Belinda Balluk in Albania. Yes. That is, it is an important issue. Then the word games like, it is not corruption, but it is public procurement, are issues that we have discussed for a long time. There is no public procurement by a ministry, the minister does not do public procurement. Either she abuses her duty, or she commits corruption.
Beyond all of this, it is a justification in relation to what is being asked of them, what is being asked of the EU and what was insistently asked of McAllister when he came to Albania and said, we will take note of what will happen, what is expected to happen in this case. So, the answer happened before Mr. Rama gave it to the Estonian newspaper.
So, the Belinda Balluku issue is one of these famous conditions of IBAR. We will then wait to understand how, what will happen next.
The rest then remains with SPAK. So SPAK has to make a second request to parliament and there are rumors, there are sources from within SPAK that within a few days there will be a reaction from it on the issue of the Balluku file, so there could be some security measures and maybe a request for Mrs. Balluku in parliament as well.