
Mayor Erion Veliaj appeared yesterday morning, around 09:00, to show that he is a worker, to discuss the show "Wake Up" on Top Channel.
We covered this show, his attitudes and what stands out more than any other are his next statements about incinerators. ( READ HERE )
In fact, Erion Veliaj, in his last statements, accepts the affair and blames it on Lefter Koka, the former Minister of the Environment and Alqi Bllakos.
We've downloaded the video, which probably won't open, we've downloaded this video that should actually be one of SPAK's key pieces of evidence.
Erion Veliaj says that he is one of the customers of the landfill, of the incinerator, and that those who made a mistake have been tried and investigated, and according to Veliaj, everything is closed. He was one of the customers and nothing more.
(*The images in the video belong to Top Channel)
First, the Ministry of Environment has written to the Ministry of Finance. The latter was clear and emphasized that we have no funds, look at your funds at the district level.
However, Erion Veliaj, without meeting all 5 customers to build the landfill, i.e. the five municipalities, without meeting the Municipal Council of Tirana and the Municipal Councils of other municipalities, has written a letter to Alqi Bllakos where he says in principle I agree and he is the only mayor who made this document and the contract went ahead and was signed, while other municipalities were forced to follow him.

Kamza had its own landfill, it was not with Tirana, it was Vora, it was Tirana, it was also Kavaja. Shijaku and Durrësi would have it to themselves. The municipality of Durrës was later forced to take the waste to the Tirana landfill.
Erion Veliaj lied because the Ministry of Environment Lefter Koka or Alqi Blako could never do it alone.
Therefore, there are several institutional links, there are ministries, municipalities, contracts are signed, commissions are established. None of the other municipalities have had representatives in the working groups for the preparation of the concession contract, for the construction of the landfill and the incinerator. But it was Taulant Tushe from the Municipality of Tirana.
None of the other municipalities of the district of Tirana had representatives in the Project Implementation Unit. They could be clients, but they were clients without political and economic weight like that of the Municipality of Tirana.
They were not actual owners. To whom was the incinerator and concession contract handed over after 30 years? Municipality of Tirana.
So, Erion Veliaj not only initiated or supported and requested the project because we also remember his statement at the Municipal Council meeting where he says that I am the one who is asking the Prime Minister to have a landfill and an incinerator like the one in Elbasan.
To pay with taxpayers says and we will give this money.
Erion Veliaj is both an incinerator, a collaborator, and a de facto owner, and in this case, with his latest appearance, he wants to bill everything to Lefter Koka. So, we must believe that alone, the Minister of the Environment of Albania signed a contract with guaranteed income for 30 years over 300 million euros and with an investment of 128 million euros and with a total income of about 1 billion euros after the land contract which is signed by the directors of Erion Veliaj.
Erion Veliaj says in the Municipal Council, I am the one who asked Rama. Secondly, Veliaj says in writing that I agree in principle.
Thirdly, Erion Veliaj has his representatives in the Document and Contract Drafting Commission, Erion Veliaj has his representatives in NJZP, Erion Veliaj and his directors signed the land contract for the Tirana incinerator. Erion Veliaj goes out with the garden in the communes of Klodian Zoto and Mirel Mërtir.

Therefore Eriopn Veliaj to save himself from all these facts wants to bill them all to Lefter Koka.
Lefter Koka has his legal responsibilities and that is why he is behind bars, but in fact the real responsibility is Erion Veliaj./ CNA
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