Democratic Party chairman Lulzim Basha said Albanian Premier Edi Rama is using double standards with the taxes, raising them for the citizens while excluding his clients and the gangs that keep him in office.

“The government will put zero taxes on the 5-star hotels that will be built as laundering machines for the dirty money. They will not pay taxes for the next ten years, whereas a small hotel with five rooms in Korçë will start paying 20% of VAT. Anything that can be bought in shops will be taxed 20% more”, Basha said today in Korçë.

The Democrat chairman said Rama has put the country’s wealth at the disposal of a fistful of people, through which he makes himself rich.

“He has chosen to raise the price of energy and oil, so that his cronies at ARMO can take 220 million Euros, besides €50 millions in unpaid taxes, which would be enough to pay internships for nearly 30 thousand graduates each year”, Basha said.

He added Rama’s big priority is putting justice under control to guarantee the that anyone helping him to keep office remains untouchable.