DP denunciation: Rexhë Byberi caught in violation, gives tender to cousin in violation of KPP decision

2025-09-17 13:10:00, Aktualitet CNA

DP denunciation: Rexhë Byberi caught in violation, gives tender to cousin

The DP's spokesperson for Anti-Corruption Genta Vangjelli, in a statement to the media, denounced the mayor of Tropoja, Rexhë Byberi, saying that he was caught violating the law.

According to Vangjeli, Byberi awarded the tender to his cousin in violation of the KPP's decision.

This is a tender with the object: 'Construction of the Auto Kika-Gj. Dragobisë-Qafë Paje road', with a limit fund of 82.9 million lekë.

11 bidders participated in this competition, but in the absence of competition, the only remaining bid after disqualifications was declared the winner.

The Contracting Authority disqualified 6 bids with a lower price than the winner, favoring the company 'Vllaznimi' shpk, previously denounced for family ties with the mayor of Tropoja, Rexh Byberi.

"The Democratic Party denounces another scandal in the Municipality of Tropoja, where legal violations and tender abuses continue to be repeated, encouraged by the impunity that gives the heads the courage to act openly against the law and in contradiction with the decisions of the Public Procurement Commission (PPC), which have a binding effect on the Contracting Authority.

This is a tender with the object: 'Construction of the Auto Kika-Gj. Dragobisë-Qafë Paje road', with a limit fund of 82.9 million lekë.

11 bidders participated in this competition, but in the absence of competition, the only remaining bid after disqualifications was declared the winner.

The Contracting Authority disqualified 6 bids with a lower price than the winner, favoring the company 'Vllaznimi' shpk, previously denounced for family ties with the mayor of Tropoja, Rexh Byberi.

Once again, the Municipality has announced the winner of a company owned by Mayor Byberi's cousin, repeating the scenario of family clientelism.

But the scandal doesn't stop there.

The disqualified operator who submitted the lowest bid, which would have saved the Municipality 17 million lek, filed a complaint with the Public Procurement Commission.

By decision dated September 3 (2025), the CPC found that the reasons for disqualification were not valid and ordered a reassessment of the procedure.

Despite this binding decision, the Municipality of Tropoja has again disqualified the bidder in question for the second time, adding the reason for disqualification as exceeding the powers provided by law and openly ignoring the authority of the Public Procurement Commission.

This failure to comply with the decision of the Public Procurement Commission, according to Article 119, point d of the Public Procurement Law, renders the contract invalid.

"The Democratic Party demands immediate discipline of the Contracting Authority in implementing the law and appeals to the justice bodies to investigate and penalize violators of the law," Vangjeli emphasizes./ CNA