Exclusive / Ahmetaj: The Company That Won the Supervision Tender for the Llogara Tunnel Paid for the Hotels of Rama, Balluku, and Ibrahimaj

Speaking on Çim Peka LIVE, Arben Ahmetaj said that Hill International, the company awarded the supervision of the Llogara Tunnel project, paid for the hotel stays of Prime Minister Edi Rama, Deputy Prime Minister Belinda Balluku, and Minister of Economy Delina Ibrahimaj.

Arben Ahmetaj:

Ah, one very interesting thing about the small tunnel. It relates to the 324 apartments, the aircraft, the vessels. I promised I would not refer to Altin. This is the last time today. I even apologize to him. If I ever mention him in a public report, in relation to my own case, I will of course maintain respect for him as a prosecutor.

Take a look at this for a moment, these are the payments made by Hill International for Belinda and Delina.(Editor’s note: Delina Ibrahimaj, Minister of Economy)

Payments were made for Delina. Delina has now taken on Belinda’s role; all companies go through Delina. I explained the reasons once to the prime minister when he was in office.

Payments for an event in Greece. Belinda, Rama, Delina. At least these are the ones I have documented here. And the discussions concerned supervision. Hill International received the supervision contract for the tunnel.

So this is the supervisor of the tunnel, which paid for their hotels. Now, Mr. Dumani, by the same standard, Delina should also be investigated.

Belinda, certainly, because she signed off. But just as there was an attempt to accuse me, Delina carried out reallocations. So what does that mean? You accuse me by saying I made reallocations, while you stayed in a hotel with your spouse and also made reallocations.

Therefore, by this standard, Mr. Dumani, you should also initiate criminal proceedings against Delina for corruption, shouldn’t you? Based on this. The company paid for the prime minister and also won the tender.

It paid for the prime minister, it paid for Delina, and it paid for Belinda. You have it here. Okay? Take it. Let us stay focused on critical infrastructure."